E.I

Emotional Intelligence

What do you think about effective leaders? What comes to mind? Chances are, you picture someone who listens to their team. They stay cool under pressure. They know when to trust their intuition. And they never let their emotions get the best of them. People like this have a high degree of emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence or E.I. is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand them and see how they affect those around you. Having high emotional intelligence also means that you see the emotions of others clearly. This allows you to manage your emotions better and avoid potential conflicts.

There are five elements that define emotional intelligence. The first is self-awareness. When you are self-aware you know how you are feeling all of the time and how those feelings are affecting those around you. The second characteristic is self-regulation; this is the ability to control your emotions naturally. You can develop self-regulation by upholding your values and holding yourself accountable when you make a mistake.

The third aspect of emotional intelligence is motivation. People with high motivation are willing to put off short term rewards for long term success. The forth is empathy. This is when you have an intuitive understanding of other people’s emotions and what maybe motivating them.

Finally, having good social skills is also critically important. If you have strong social skills than you are more likely to work positively with other people and manage conflict effectively.

Having high emotional intelligence skills is critical for today’s work place. If you can build and maintain strong relationships then you can work happily and productively with the people around you. High emotional intelligence is also one of the key attribute of being an effective leader.

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Emotional Intelligence

1.What is the subject/topic of the article?

2.Find 7 important words in the text. Why did you choose them?

Passage 1

3. Who makes a good leader?

4.What does it mean to…………..Stay cool?..............Not get the best of them?

5.Find another word for high degree?

Passage 2

6.What is emotional intelligence (in your own words)?

7.Why is emotional intelligence helpful?

Passage 3-5

8.Name the 5 elements of emotional intelligence and describe what they are in your words. (Example) Social skills: ability to work with others.

9. What does the prefix self mean? Name three other words with the word self in it.

10. Name someone you think is emotionally intelligent and explain why.

11. Find three topic sentences.

12. Separate the text into the correct paragraphs.

13. Ask two question