Here's how you can enhance your leadership effectiveness with emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, interpret, demonstrate, control, evaluate, and use emotions to communicate and relate effectively. By utilizing these skills to understand the non-verbal communications of your personnel, allows you to know how to work with your people by understanding how they think and how they feel for the best output in work performance. People are not robots. They want to be understood and appreciated and by understanding their needs by "reading" their cues and then responding, when applicable, to assist in their needs is paramount for a successful leader.

Self-discovery is hugely important. We start life believing that we are unique, special, perhaps one of a kind. But as we mature we find out that there are other people who are talented, determined - perhaps better than us at many things. Personality profiling tools can aid your self discovery so that you can be honest with yourself about your strengths, preferences and limitations - and crucially ask yourself - so what? I use DISC with my clients, but other tools are equally valid. What does that mean for me as a leader? Who else do I need around me to be successful? What skills do I need to acquire? What behaviours should I be upfront about with people that I lead.

Self-Discovery is the best dicovery ever for self and others: 1. Self-Awareness is the first step to knowing yourself. 2.Recognize emotions by regularly reflect on your emotions and understand how it affects the thoughts and behaviors. 3. Strengths and weaknesses by identifying your strengths and areas of improvement. 4. Seeking feedback from others to gain a comprehensive understanding of your emotional tendencies and needs. 5. Mindfulness practices by engaging in meditation or journaling to increase your awareness of your emotional states.

In one of the orgaizations, i worked for we were taught to be empathetic not just by words but by demonstrating it in actions! That's why i carry empathy on my sleeves! 1. Practice Active Listening by fully concentrating on the speaker, understanding the message that the speaker intends to give, and responding thoughtfully towards it. 2. Perspective-Taking by put yourself in others’ shoes while understanding their feelings and viewpoints which may or may not be different. Be genuine! 3. Non-Verbal Cues by paying attention to body language, facial expressions, and tone of the voice to gauge emotions accurately.

Communication is a Social Skill. To communicate effectively is a big trait! 1. Develop clear and effective communication skills by being articulate, concise, and empathetic in every interaction. 2. Conflict resolution by learning and applying conflict resolution techniques which enables to address and resolve disputes constructively without criticism. 3. Collaboration and Team Building by fostering a collaborative environment thereby encouraging teamwork, valuing diverse perspectives, and recognizing collective achievements to say the least!

Emotional intelligence requires you to be first aware of your own emotions, competencies, strengths, and weaknesses. Once you are fully self-aware, you, as a leader, also need to be aware of emotions, competencies, strengths, and weaknesses of your team members also. Because, as a leader, being aware of your own as well as your team's emotions helps you in handling even the complex situations and conflicts smartly and leads your whole team towards accomplishing your team objectives effectively. Personality profiling tools such as brain profiling can help leaders in revealing the emotional and other competencies for themselves as well as their team members. To explore more, prospects can feel free to reach me by DM.