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Success at workplace takes a lot more than book knowledge or even hands-on-experience. Most people just seem to think that if IQ or Intelligence Quotient is good the person is intelligent and hence will do better at work. But in today’s world where we are busy all the time, overburdened and stress an unavoidable companion of ours, emotional intelligence has become a more relevant measure than IQ for selecting individuals during recruitment.<\/p>\n

The term “Emotional Intelligence” debuted in several scientific articles written by John D. Mayer and Peter Salovay. They defined emotional intelligence as the ‘ability to perceive emotions, integrate emotions to facilitate thoughts, understand emotions and manage and control emotions to promote personal growth.’ A person who knows to control his impulses and manage his emotions correctly is way more successful and happy in his life than a person with greater IQ.<\/p>\n

For many years employers have put premium on specific aspects of intelligence such as math, verbal, and logical reasoning abilities. While relatively easy to measure, these skills clearly were not enough as a predictor of ability, as evidenced by the scores of people with exceptionally high IQ scores who were performing poorly in the workplace. As Goleman writes in his book – “Emotional intelligence matters twice as much as technical and analytic skill combined for star performances and the higher people move up in the company, the more crucial emotional intelligence becomes\u201d, it is evident that emotional intelligence is a more integral part of success than a person\u2019s IQ.<\/p>\n

Then the question arises- \u201cWho is an emotionally intelligent person?\u201d As given by Mayer and Salovay, an emotionally intelligent person can read others emotions accurately and reacts to them appropriately. Also he\/she knows to control emotions and modifies his\/her behaviour according to the situation. An emotionally intelligent person is less likely to have chronic physiological disorders and psychological disorders like depression, general anxiety disorder etc. Such a person will know the source of his\/her sadness and so will be able to work upon it to change his situation. He forms good, strong emotional bonds with people who may help him overcome stress and avoid situations like depression.<\/p>\n

As now the companies have started realising the importance of emotional intelligence and are giving more weightage to EQ than IQ, so it has become essential for us to focus on our emotional side also. But how to improve emotional intelligence? There are four important aspects of EI-<\/p>\n