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Emotional Intelligence (EI) - Answers A form of social intelligence involving
awareness, understanding, and management of emotions, and using emotions to guide
appropriate thought and action.
Four Domains of Emotional Intelligence - Answers Self-awareness, self-
management, social awareness, and relationship management.
Self-Awareness - Answers The ability to know yourself and understand your
feelings; includes emotional awareness, accurate self-assessment, and self-confidence.
Self-Management - Answers Managing your own emotions and behavior through
emotional self-control, adaptability, achievement orientation, and a positive outlook.
Social Awareness - Answers Understanding others and the larger social environment;
includes empathy, organizational awareness, and service orientation.
Relationship Management - Answers Managing interactions effectively through
leadership, influence, conflict management, coaching, mentoring, teamwork, and
collaboration.
Empathy - Answers The ability to understand and share another person's feelings and
perspective.
Sympathy - Answers An expression of pity or sorrow for another person's situation;
distinct from empathy.
Empathy vs. Sympathy - Answers In empathy, we understand the feelings of others;
in sympathy, we feel sorrow about another person's plight.
Self-Regulation - Answers Freeing yourself from mindless reactions by recognizing
triggers and choosing a more mindful and thoughtful response.
Hierarchy of Emotional Skills - Answers Perceiving emotion, using emotion,
understanding emotion, and managing emotion.
Perceiving Emotion - Answers The first step in EI: becoming aware of your own
emotional states.
Using Emotion - Answers Using emotions to facilitate thinking and problem solving.
Understanding Emotion - Answers Developing a deeper understanding of complex
emotions and expressing emotions and needs accurately and appropriately.
Managing Emotion - Answers Managing emotions in order to grow and achieve
goals.
Cognitive Intelligence - Answers Mental capacity involving information processing,
reasoning, problem solving, abstract thinking, and learning from experience.
IQ vs. EQ - Answers IQ focuses on reasoning, abstract concepts, numbers, and
problem solving; EQ focuses on identifying, understanding, and managing emotions
and relationships.
Daniel Goleman's EI View - Answers Emotional intelligence involves knowing and
managing emotions, responding appropriately, making sound emotional decisions,
and managing relationships.
EI and Performance - Answers Emotionally intelligent leaders can improve
collaboration, trust, engagement, group identity, and team performance.
Mindfulness - Answers Being alert and mentally present in the current moment or
activity while accepting what is happening without judgment.
Mindfulness and EI - Answers Mindfulness can increase EI by creating space to
identify, understand, and navigate emotions without immediate judgment.
Mindfulness Qualities - Answers Acceptance, nonjudging, nonstriving, letting go,
patience, trust, beginner's mind, gratitude, and generosity.