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Emotional Intelligence – What Is It and What Can It Do for You?

May 2015 - DRI's Sharing Success, The Newsletter of the Women in the Law Committee

Publications

Emotional Intelligence – What Is It and What Can It Do for You?

May 2015 - DRI's Sharing Success, The Newsletter of the Women in the Law Committee

Over the past 40 years, a growing body of research in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and economics has identified a framework of cognitive and emotional competencies which have come to be known as “emotional intelligence.” Also known as “E.I.” or “EQ,” emotional intelligence as a term was first described as “a form of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one’s own and others’ feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and to use this information to guide one’s thinking and action.” Emotional intelligence has more recently been broadly defined “as a person’s ability to manage herself and her relationships with others, so that she can live her intentions.” Thus, E.I. is fundamentally different than memory and problem-solving, which were some of the first aspects of intelligence to be identified by early psychologists.

Why is E.I. important to us in our work as lawyers? To find out, read the article here.

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