Positive Organizational Behavior
...Leaders
Supervised by: Dr. H. Harlow
Developed by:
- Amir Barsoum
- Engy Michael
- Marmina Abdel-Malek
- Sara Mehany
- Zeinab El Sherif
Table of Contents:
Defining Emotional Intelligence 3
Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Leadership 4
Effective Leadership 6
What is the relation between emotional intelligence and effective leaders? 7
Manager Versus Leader 9
Survey measuring on emotional intelligence in the Egyptian culture: 10
How to raise an emotionally intelligent kid? 14
Kinds of parents: 15
Emotion-Coaching: 16
Characteristics of the emotion coach: 19
Effects of emotion coach parenting style on children: 20
Conclusion 21
Appendix: 22
A. Survey questions 22
B. Survey Results 23
References 24
Defining Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence refers to the ability to recognize and regulate emotions in ourselves and others. It is the ability to pinpoint, understand and manage emotions. Emotional Intelligence also refers to a person’s ability to detect and manage emotional cues and information. The above definition is according to Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and science writer, published a number 1 bestseller book titled “Emotional Intelligence” in 1995. His book was considered as the introduction of the emotional intelligence concept. However, the concept of Emotional Intelligence had its roots in earlier researches in psychology.
Beginning in the early 1900’s, intelligence became an area of great interest and was heavily researched. Scientists such as Thorndike (1920) (social intelligence) and Gardner (1983) (personal intelligence) established the idea of interpersonal intelligence from which emotional intelligence developed. In 1990, the term “Emotional Intelligence” originated in the USA academic literature by Salovey and Mayer (1990). The concept bloomed into what many considered the golden...
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