It’s about time that the World Economic Forum updated the core work-related skill needed to include Emotional Intelligence. Check it out, in The Future of Jobs report.

Some of you may not have read my post last week and are now asking what is emotional intelligence?

Emotional Intelligence is made up of four core competencies, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management.

Let’s break that down a little further.

Self-Perception:

Self-regard, respecting yourself while understanding and accepting your strengths and weaknesses.  It's often associated with feelings of inner strength and self-confidence

Self-actualization, the willingness to persistently try to improve yourself and engage in the pursuit of personally relevant and meaningful objectives that lead to a rich and enjoyable life.

Emotional Self-Awareness, recognizing and understanding your emotions.

Self-expression:

Emotional expression, how you openly express your feelings, both verbally and non-verbally

Assertiveness, how you communicate your feels, beliefs and thoughts openly and defend your personal rights and values in a socially acceptable, non-offensive and non-destructive manner.

Independence, the ability to be self-directed and free from emotional dependency on others.

Interpersonal:

Interpersonal relationships, the skill of developing and maintaining mutually satisfying relationships and are characterized by trust and compassion

Empathy, recognizing, understanding, and appreciating how others feel.

Social Responsibility, willing contributing to society, to your social group and generally to the welfare of others.

Decision Making:

Problem-solving, the ability to find solutions in situations where emotions are involved.

Reality Testing, the capacity to remain objective by seeing things as they really are.  This involves recognizing when emotions or personal bias can cause you to be less objective.

Impulse control, the ability to resist or delay an impulse, drive or temptation to act.  It also involves avoiding rash behaviors and decision making.

Stress Management: 

Flexibility, adapting emotions, thoughts and behaviours to unfamiliar, unpredictable and dynamic circumstances or ideas.

Stress Tolerance, coping with a stressful or difficult situation and believing that you can manage or influence situations in a positive way

Optimism, an indicator of your positive attitude and outlook on life

How emotionally intelligent are you?