Emotional Intelligence In Health Care

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Emotional Intelligence (EI) is very important in every aspect of life. Often time’s people confuse the different levels of intelligence. Transformational Leadership and Emotional Intelligence is something that will help one to grow in their professional life. Employees need to be motivated and be provided with ways to constantly improve their overall performance. The healthcare organization is growing more and more each day, it is very important that employees have the necessary tools for growth. Emotional Intelligence is something that will help leaders and employees become well-rounded individuals. Leaders should have emotional intelligence as well as other intelligence; it makes them more understanding, motivational, and caring. In this …show more content…

Overall people have this notion that a person is intelligent, because they are capable of doing well academically. After taking the emotional intelligence test I realized that there are so many different aspects to intelligence. Intelligence is the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. Sometimes the different types of intelligence can be confusing, but taking the test it asked specific questions. Emotional intelligence makes an individual personable; it is all about getting to know and understanding people in your surroundings. “You may have the IQ that’s required to get into medical school, but if you want to go from being a good physician to a great one, you have to have social and emotional intelligence” (Matthies, 2016). On the other hand intelligence is all about learning and doing based on skills learned. For example emotional intelligence is all about doing the right things, and treating people or situation fairly. It is about concern and kindness towards one, and making sure the message is delivered in the best manner. Intelligence focuses on getting the job done, but not necessarily any emotions involved. Which means it is not all about the emotions, but focuses more on achieving the goal or finishing a task …show more content…

My manager that exhibited emotional intelligence, she was kind, caring, and motivating. In my opinion she was a Transformational Leader. “ Transformational leaders understand that their staff mem- bers are the most knowledgeable about the factors often overlooked in strategic planning and that the entire team’s support is necessary to operationalize the strategic plan”(Harrison, 2016, Pg.70) She loved her job, her employees, and the well-being of patients’. She was aware of her surrounding, and her goal was to have a successful team. For example she would have weekly meeting, employees had the option to make suggestions for improve. She was an active listener, and she took action to fix any complaints and concerns. On the other hand I have had mangers that exhibited low level of emotional intelligence. He didn’t care about the organization or the employees; he was very rude and degrading. For example, he made a comment one day stating “I am only here for the money and once I find a better organization I will be leaving this place” Overall the high intelligence manager made a huge impact on my own motivation, and productivity. However the low level emotional intelligence manager didn’t affect me because I am fully aware of his behavior and I knew better than to be affected. Manager’s emotional intelligence can be

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