Lesson 03: Emotional Intelligence and Leadership

Lesson Overview

This lesson focuses on increasing your understanding of what emotional intelligence (EI) is and why it is important to success in leadership and other roles. The readings and videos provide an historical overview of emotional intelligence, describe the different theories, highlight research findings, and show how to develop emotional intelligence.

The activities will help you appreciate emotional intelligence competencies as a critical factor in leadership success and increase your awareness of your emotional intelligence strengths and areas for development. An emotional intelligence competency self-assessment (with “validation” by another person), is used to guide your development plan.

Lesson Objectives

After successfully completing this lesson you should be able to

• define emotional intelligence and review how the brain functions in response to emotionally significant events;
• describe Goleman's emotional competence framework;
• assess your emotional intelligence and increase your awareness of your strengths and development needs in specific EI competencies; and
• identify ways to develop your emotional intelligence and add ideas to your Personal Learning Summary and Development Plan.

Lesson Readings & Activities

By the end of this lesson, make sure you have completed the readings and activities found in the Lesson 03 Course Schedule.