How well do you understand your own emotions—and how they affect the people you lead?

In this episode of Leadership Traits Decoded, Cynthia Kyriazis and Andrea Martin explore EQ or Emotional Intelligence, and why it plays such an important role in how leaders understand themselves, interact with others, and build successful teams.

Andrea defines EQ as the ability to recognize and understand both your own emotions and the emotions of others. That makes it a leadership trait that looks in two directions at once: inward through self-awareness and self-management, and outward through social awareness and relationship management.

The conversation also explores how a leader's EQ can influence behavior throughout an organization. How leaders listen, respond, communicate, and manage relationships can affect not only their executive team, but how those leaders subsequently interact with the people they lead.

Developing stronger EQ begins with greater awareness of those behaviors and a willingness to consider how they are experienced by others.

Cynthia and Andrea also connect EQ to six previously explored interpersonal traits - self-esteem, belief in others, empathy, confidence, authenticity, and collegiality.

Rather than viewing emotional intelligence as a single skill to master, leaders can use these related traits as individual areas for continued development.

You'll Learn:

• How EQ combines self-awareness with awareness of others
• Why self-management and relationship management are important parts of emotional intelligence
• How a leader's EQ can influence behavior throughout an organization
• Why recognizing lower EQ can sometimes be challenging
• How six related interpersonal traits can help strengthen emotional intelligence.

Developing EQ starts with understanding yourself, but its greatest impact is often seen in how you understand, lead, and connect with others.

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