Emotional intelligence isn’t the most important leadership skill.(Weird coming from me) I’ll explain:
We often tout EQ as THE leadership skill to build.
This simple statement is just that...
Too simple.
Because our EQ is actually a complex, skill amalgamation.
It is made of 4 major parts:
1️⃣ Self-awareness - of your emotions, feelings, thoughts, identities, & more
2️⃣ Self management - of your thoughts, actions, & words
3️⃣ Social awareness - of others’ emotions, feelings, thoughts, & dynamics/chemistry in a group setting
4️⃣ Relationship management - to build & maintain healthy connections
Each of these parts can be broken down further into individual skills or competencies like:
⇢ External self-awareness
⇢ Self control
⇢ Situational awareness
⇢ Influencing a group
It’s kind of like calling leadership a skill.
Leadership is not a skill.
It’s a grouping of skills.
My (most succinct) definition of leadership is: how you influence & build consensus to achieve.
If you agree even a little with this definition, you can see how EQ touches every part of how we lead.
Now because EQ has so many parts, each human has a different EQ proficiency composition.
Or in other words - different mastery levels in each of the 4 parts.
That leads to variety in how leadership is displayed.
When we are lacking in one part of our EQ, we are lacking in the corresponding area of leadership.
Use this quadrant to explore this idea further & gauge where you or leaders you lead might land.
The 1st step to improvement?
It always starts with awareness. 🤓
And your team isn’t expecting you to be perfect or jump quadrants in a week.
But they are expecting you to try.
Show them how it’s done.
One step at a time. 👊
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