We seek to be happy and enjoy more of all areas of life and we find in emotional intelligence the keys to well-being. With ourselves, in love, in the family, in our social relationships and also at work. Apply emotional intelligence at work because it can lead you directly to success.
What is emotional intelligence at work
- When we talk about emotional intelligence, we are talking about the ability to know and manage one’s own emotions, to also know the emotions of others and to be able to empathize with other people and modify the relationship we have with them. That can help you a lot in your work, right?
- But let’s talk about success because it is closely linked to emotional intelligence. Many studies confirm the theory that successful people need not so much a high IQ as a good emotional intelligence. Knowing how to manage emotions and learning to motivate yourself and others is the best quality you can have to achieve success.
- And all this regardless of what you consider success. Maybe your goal is not to run a multinational, not everyone is ready for it. Perhaps success consists in enjoying your work and not suffering from the usual tensions between colleagues or with bosses that usually end in a burn out syndrome, if not depression.
How emotional intelligence can help you at work
What happens in any job? That you have to interact with other people. With your boss, with your subordinates, with your colleagues, with your clients… And here emotional intelligence comes into play so that you can enjoy a healthier work environment.
- Observe the body language of the people you associate with at work. If they are comfortable, when they get more tense, what moments generate conflict or discomfort.
- Listen around you. People in the work environment have a lot to say and we don’t always listen carefully. Emotional intelligence goes through active and attentive listening.
- The goal of watching and listening is to get to know your peers and their reactions better. Once you have this, you must take another step in emotional intelligence.
- We talk about social skills applied according to emotional intelligence. If you are capable of self-regulating your emotions, you will also be able to do so with those of others and thus create a more pleasant and trustworthy work climate.
- Emotional intelligence speaks to motivation and self-motivation, and this is essential in a work environment where it is easy to lose focus and motivation while we look closely at how long until departure time.
- Managing stressful situations is easier for those who have developed emotional intelligence. And you can also help others so that stress does not overwhelm their emotions.
- As a boss or as a subordinate, emotional intelligence leads you to set realistic goals in terms of productivity and in terms of relationships with others. And that, after all, is the basis of a good working day.
- And you, do you already know how to apply emotional intelligence at work?