Emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence (EI) describes the ability, capacity, skill or, in the case of the trait EI model, a self-perceived grand ability to identify, assess, manage and control the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. It is seen as a good factor when it comes to the outside world.

Employers are all looking for people who have higher Emotional Intelligence in order for them to be able to work well in the company to produce high productivity and also in terms of relating to the colleagues. They often look out for traits like; do you have the maturity and independence to follow a project to completion? Can you motivate and lead a group of your peers? Do you genuinely care about the company's values and goals? Are you the type to be sensitive to the needs of a troubled co-worker? Can you control your anger when a supervisor is rude to you? The ever-increasing business emphasis on technology and globalization means more communication, cooperation, and teamwork is necessary to get projects completed on time and on budget. Companies have to hire good communicators if they want to survive. And personally, i feel that empowering people by helping them develop EI skills, enables them to become internally self-managed and capable of making their greatest contributions.

In the article named Report on Business, it is said by Maria Odoardi that “When I am interviewing somebody, I am definitely looking for clues that this person is a relationship-builder … it’s just really important that you are going to get along with people,” She values a lot about how people communicate to one another and i agree with her about its importance. If I were to be the employer, i wouldn’t want to hire someone who is bad at relationships and leads to conflicts and misunderstandings instead of being a help to the company.

To sum it up, i feel that character and competence surely comes together. Not only should one be skilled and experience, his or her character must also be well enough to take up the position in the company if we were to say in the working aspect. Emotional intelligence is a big bonus if you have it.


-Yongqing!