Emotional Intelligence & Executive Coaching
You may need Emotional Intelligence (EI) & Executive Coaching if you are in any way related to the corporate world.
You may have heard about EI, however, you may not be aware that unlike a lot of other business skills EI is not something that you can just understand intellectually.
To be competent at EI, you have to develop a strong relationship with your body, feelings and emotions!
EI is not something you can develop by reading books or attending workshops and seminars - even though they might help in some minor understanding.
We would even go as far as that an intellectual understanding of EI without the experiential and embodied knowledge is more dangerous because you might think you have become emotionally intelligent and start quoting things from books or explaining things to people without actually having a visceral experience of it.
Competency research in over 200 companies and organisations worldwide suggests that In top leadership positions, over four-fifths of the difference between the top & bottom performer is due to emotional competence (Goleman, 1998).
Why Do You Need Emotional Intelligence & Executive Coaching?
Self-awareness (Knowing one’s emotions)
Skills to develop : Connecting with your own body, mindfulness, self-inquiry
Self-Management (Managing emotions and Motivating oneself)
Skills to develop: Understanding your emotions, feelings and sensations; ability to self-regulate and motivate
Social Awareness (Recognising emotions in others)
Skills to develop: Empathy, Connection, Boundaries
Relationship Management (Handling relationships)
Skills to develop: Limbic Connection and regulation, thriving in conflict, asserting boundaries, communication (resonance, intensity and calibration)
Benefits of Getting Emotional Intelligence & Executive Coaching:
Less Stress
Avoiding Burnout
Ability to stay present and thrive in conflict
Better boundaries with yourself and others
Better relationships with everyone around you
A study of 130 executives found that how well people handled their own emotions determined how much people around them preferred to deal with them (Walter V. Clarke Associates, 1997).
Here are some things you develop as you cultivate Emotional Intelligence:
You will become more Responsive and Reflective rather than reactive in personal and social matters
You will be able to identify deeper feeling spaces and talk about them
You will become more Authentic & can be present in all aspects of self, without a hidden agenda
You will develop a strong sense of core ethics & can state and stick by them
You will develop a strong sense of personal values and acts on them
You will speak your truth even in difficult situations
Fairness and Justice: You will seek to explore all aspects of a situation before making decisions
You will learn to accept responsibility for his emotions, thoughts and actions
Empathy: You will be able to actively listen to others and try to understand where they are coming from
Wisdom: You will seek to use knowledge and experience in making decisions and judgements, including seeking help from others when you don't know enough
You will better understand compassion and kindness and seek to use them where possible
You will learn how to forgive and apologise.
More Grounded: You will cultivate a sense of being emotionally, mentally and physically stable and connected, fully present and aware
For 515 senior executives analysed by the search firm Egon Zehnder International, those who were primarily strong in emotional intelligence were more likely to succeed than those who were strongest in either relevant previous experience or IQ. In other words, emotional intelligence was a better predictor of success than either relevant previous experience or high IQ. More specifically, the executive was high in emotional intelligence in 74 percent of the successes and only in 24 percent of the failures. The study included executives in Latin America, Germany, and Japan, and the results were almost identical in all three cultures.
