Introduction
The topic of emotional intelligence has been discussed at length by various authors. This paper seeks to examine the concept of emotional intelligence and compare and contrast two articles discussing about the subject.one of the articles is titled “Emotional Intelligence And Why We Need It Now, More Than Ever” as elucidated by Palena Neale of the Forbes council. The article was written on 1st December, 2020, during a tumultuous time when the world was grappling with COVID-19 at its core. Neale saw the need to exercise emotional intelligence, especially for leaders as an important ingredient to get along with team members effectively. The article demonstrates positivity and general optimism in regards to how emotional intelligence can be applicable is a tempting time. The paper will also look at an article on emotional intelligence written by Melinda of HelpGuide.org titled “Improving Emotional Intelligence.” the article does not have a specific date in which it was written, but it demonstrates positivity and optimism in regards to Emotional intelligence and how it matters to happiness and success in life. This paper examines the concept of emotional intelligence in the lens of Palena Neale and Melinda.
Comparison
In their elucidation of the concept of emotional intelligence, both article start off by defining what emotional intelligence is. Neale of the Forbes council provides a simplistic definition of what emotional intelligence by highlighting that it is the capability to realize, identify and manage our own feelings, as well as the feelings of others. Neale further notes that emotional intelligence entails the self-control, social skills and relationship skills that are important for personal and professional success. Melinda offers a more comprehensive definition of emotional intelligence as the capability to understand, utilize and handle one’s emotions in a positive manner to get rid of stress, communicate effectually, show empathy to others, overcome challenges, as well as resolve conflict in an efficient manner. These definitions show that knowing about oneself and relating to and with others is a must have for one to be said to be emotionally intelligent.
Neale’s article is also similar to Melinda’s article by highlighting the four main components that make up emotional intelligence. Neale views these components as the four interconnected competencies whereas Melinda views them as the main components of emotional intelligence. These are; relationship management, self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness. Both consider self-management as the capability to control one’s impulsive feelings and behavior in a healthy manner, and the discipline to adapt and follow through changing circumstances. Both articles consider self-awareness as the ability to identify one’s feelings and how they affect feelings and behavior. Both Melinda and Neale view social awareness as having empathy and understanding the needs and concerns of other people, especially in a group or organization. The fourth attribute as highlighted by both articles is relationship management that entails knowing how to improve and retain noble connections by communicating visibly, motivating and impelling others, especially when working in a team.
Finally, Neale and Melinda discuss the significance of emotional intelligence in a striking manner. Neale describes the benefits of emotional intelligence by very strong terms ‘What’s So Important about Emotional Intelligence?’ Melinda uses a similarly strong connotation for the same asking ‘why is emotional intelligence so important?’ this striking connotation denotes that having emotional intelligence is very important in life at a personal and a professional level. Melinda notes that emotional intelligence touches on one’s performance at school or work by helping one to navigate the social complexities needed to excel in career. Melinda further observes that emotional intelligence is important for physical and mental health in that the ability to manage stress can lead to severe health problems mentally and physically. Neale notes that having emotional intelligence has many benefits in that emotionally intelligent people are not anxious and stresses as others. She further notes that emotionally intelligent people have better and stronger relationships with those around them at personal and professional levels. Neale finally notes that qualities associated with emotional intelligence are regarded as the top 10 essential skills needed for the future workforce.
Contrast
Although Melinda and Neale have discussed the concept of emotional intelligence at length, the two seem to differ in terms of the audience that each article targets. Neale article on “Emotional Intelligence: Why We Need It Now, More Than Ever” speaks to a rather specific audience of managers and leaders in charge of a team.to demonstrate this, the section on building emotional intelligence provides a valuable insight into the audience. In terms of assessing yourself, the article says that the leader can conduct SWOT activity with the staff or team members, and that learning weaknesses can help the leader to delegate appropriately. The article describes how listening with tolerance, compassion and empathy can help leaders to reassure tem members, motivate staff who missed out on a promotion, as well as being curious by showing interest in team members’ hopes, goals and dreams. That depicts that the articles addressing leaders and team heads on how emotional intelligence can become handy in a turbulent time such as during year 2020 when teams and organizations had been dealt a blow. On the other hand, Melinda writes for a general audience and anyone can read through the article and get insights on how to develop emotional intelligence.
Neale provides a comprehensive overview on how one can build emotional intelligence by using tools such as recognizing one’s feelings. Another way of building emotional intelligence is using mindfulness technique by focusing on the present moment. Conducting half a SWOT of strengths and weaknesses helps one to identify the skills and qualities to use while understanding the areas that need to be developed and improved. Being curious and encouraging is another way to build emotional intelligence as a way of creating a social buffer and improve social awareness. Finally, Melinda notes that practicing social awareness can help build emotional intelligence. On the other hand, Melinda says that emotional intelligence is built by focusing on the four main constituents of emotional intelligence. To improve self-management element of emotional intelligence, Melinda notes that one should use emotions to make constructive decisions about behavior while managing stress helps to increase self-awareness. Social awareness can be built by recognizing and interpreting nonverbal cues that others use to communicate while relationship management may be improved by recognizing what other people are experiencing.
In terms of the use of mindfulness, Melinda provides a comprehensive review of what mindfulness is, and how it can be used to improve emotional and social awareness. The article further posits that mindfulness helps in discerning subtle nonverbal cues and focusing on the present moment. According to Melinda, mindfulness is an important component of building social awareness. Neale on the other hand employs the use of mindfulness as building emotional intelligence in general. Neale provides a comprehensive insight as to what mindfulness is as being wholly present in the moment and cognizance of what is happening around including physical sensations, feelings and thoughts for the present moment.
Conclusion
In the HelpGuide.org, Melinda provides a comprehensive analysis of emotional intelligence, its components, and benefits and how to build emotional intelligence. The article is intended for a general audience as the skills and insights offered can be applicable to everyone ranging from school going children to leaders in the highest offices. On the other hand, the Forbes article by Palena Neale provides a specific overview of emotional intelligence and addresses team heads and team leaders as the main audience in the article, especially during a tumultuous time such as in 2020 when the world was grappling with the global pandemic. The article by helpguide.org is stronger than the Forbes article in that it addresses emotional intelligence and its applicability by anyone. Everyone needs to have emotional intelligence, whether young or old, thus making the article applicable to everyone.
The topic of emotional intelligence has been discussed at length by various authors. This paper seeks to examine the concept of emotional intelligence and compare and contrast two articles discussing about the subject.one of the articles is titled “Emotional Intelligence And Why We Need It Now, More Than Ever” as elucidated by Palena Neale of the Forbes council. The article was written on 1st December, 2020, during a tumultuous time when the world was grappling with COVID-19 at its core. Neale saw the need to exercise emotional intelligence, especially for leaders as an important ingredient to get along with team members effectively. The article demonstrates positivity and general optimism in regards to how emotional intelligence can be applicable is a tempting time. The paper will also look at an article on emotional intelligence written by Melinda of HelpGuide.org titled “Improving Emotional Intelligence.” the article does not have a specific date in which it was written, but it demonstrates positivity and optimism in regards to Emotional intelligence and how it matters to happiness and success in life. This paper examines the concept of emotional intelligence in the lens of Palena Neale and Melinda.
Comparison
In their elucidation of the concept of emotional intelligence, both article start off by defining what emotional intelligence is. Neale of the Forbes council provides a simplistic definition of what emotional intelligence by highlighting that it is the capability to realize, identify and manage our own feelings, as well as the feelings of others. Neale further notes that emotional intelligence entails the self-control, social skills and relationship skills that are important for personal and professional success. Melinda offers a more comprehensive definition of emotional intelligence as the capability to understand, utilize and handle one’s emotions in a positive manner to get rid of stress, communicate effectually, show empathy to others, overcome challenges, as well as resolve conflict in an efficient manner. These definitions show that knowing about oneself and relating to and with others is a must have for one to be said to be emotionally intelligent.
Neale’s article is also similar to Melinda’s article by highlighting the four main components that make up emotional intelligence. Neale views these components as the four interconnected competencies whereas Melinda views them as the main components of emotional intelligence. These are; relationship management, self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness. Both consider self-management as the capability to control one’s impulsive feelings and behavior in a healthy manner, and the discipline to adapt and follow through changing circumstances. Both articles consider self-awareness as the ability to identify one’s feelings and how they affect feelings and behavior. Both Melinda and Neale view social awareness as having empathy and understanding the needs and concerns of other people, especially in a group or organization. The fourth attribute as highlighted by both articles is relationship management that entails knowing how to improve and retain noble connections by communicating visibly, motivating and impelling others, especially when working in a team.
Finally, Neale and Melinda discuss the significance of emotional intelligence in a striking manner. Neale describes the benefits of emotional intelligence by very strong terms ‘What’s So Important about Emotional Intelligence?’ Melinda uses a similarly strong connotation for the same asking ‘why is emotional intelligence so important?’ this striking connotation denotes that having emotional intelligence is very important in life at a personal and a professional level. Melinda notes that emotional intelligence touches on one’s performance at school or work by helping one to navigate the social complexities needed to excel in career. Melinda further observes that emotional intelligence is important for physical and mental health in that the ability to manage stress can lead to severe health problems mentally and physically. Neale notes that having emotional intelligence has many benefits in that emotionally intelligent people are not anxious and stresses as others. She further notes that emotionally intelligent people have better and stronger relationships with those around them at personal and professional levels. Neale finally notes that qualities associated with emotional intelligence are regarded as the top 10 essential skills needed for the future workforce.
Contrast
Although Melinda and Neale have discussed the concept of emotional intelligence at length, the two seem to differ in terms of the audience that each article targets. Neale article on “Emotional Intelligence: Why We Need It Now, More Than Ever” speaks to a rather specific audience of managers and leaders in charge of a team.to demonstrate this, the section on building emotional intelligence provides a valuable insight into the audience. In terms of assessing yourself, the article says that the leader can conduct SWOT activity with the staff or team members, and that learning weaknesses can help the leader to delegate appropriately. The article describes how listening with tolerance, compassion and empathy can help leaders to reassure tem members, motivate staff who missed out on a promotion, as well as being curious by showing interest in team members’ hopes, goals and dreams. That depicts that the articles addressing leaders and team heads on how emotional intelligence can become handy in a turbulent time such as during year 2020 when teams and organizations had been dealt a blow. On the other hand, Melinda writes for a general audience and anyone can read through the article and get insights on how to develop emotional intelligence.
Neale provides a comprehensive overview on how one can build emotional intelligence by using tools such as recognizing one’s feelings. Another way of building emotional intelligence is using mindfulness technique by focusing on the present moment. Conducting half a SWOT of strengths and weaknesses helps one to identify the skills and qualities to use while understanding the areas that need to be developed and improved. Being curious and encouraging is another way to build emotional intelligence as a way of creating a social buffer and improve social awareness. Finally, Melinda notes that practicing social awareness can help build emotional intelligence. On the other hand, Melinda says that emotional intelligence is built by focusing on the four main constituents of emotional intelligence. To improve self-management element of emotional intelligence, Melinda notes that one should use emotions to make constructive decisions about behavior while managing stress helps to increase self-awareness. Social awareness can be built by recognizing and interpreting nonverbal cues that others use to communicate while relationship management may be improved by recognizing what other people are experiencing.
In terms of the use of mindfulness, Melinda provides a comprehensive review of what mindfulness is, and how it can be used to improve emotional and social awareness. The article further posits that mindfulness helps in discerning subtle nonverbal cues and focusing on the present moment. According to Melinda, mindfulness is an important component of building social awareness. Neale on the other hand employs the use of mindfulness as building emotional intelligence in general. Neale provides a comprehensive insight as to what mindfulness is as being wholly present in the moment and cognizance of what is happening around including physical sensations, feelings and thoughts for the present moment.
Conclusion
In the HelpGuide.org, Melinda provides a comprehensive analysis of emotional intelligence, its components, and benefits and how to build emotional intelligence. The article is intended for a general audience as the skills and insights offered can be applicable to everyone ranging from school going children to leaders in the highest offices. On the other hand, the Forbes article by Palena Neale provides a specific overview of emotional intelligence and addresses team heads and team leaders as the main audience in the article, especially during a tumultuous time such as in 2020 when the world was grappling with the global pandemic. The article by helpguide.org is stronger than the Forbes article in that it addresses emotional intelligence and its applicability by anyone. Everyone needs to have emotional intelligence, whether young or old, thus making the article applicable to everyone.
