Introduction
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to communicate non-verbally with one’s emotion and others to promote continuous collaboration while managing ones’ leadership position (Harvard Business Review, 2015a; Nahavandi, 2014). The needed traits of EQ are self-awareness, self-motivation, self- regulation, emotional management, good listening skills and social skills, and most importantly empathy for others (Lynn, 2008; Nahavandi, 2014). Therefore, conducting my EQ will help me to assess my weaknesses as a future leader in the field of public health. Acknowledging the area needed for improvement may even help me to begin brainstorming ideas needed to overcome my weakness so that I can be more efficient when leading others.
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EQ for me is about humility and service-empathy. A good leader who has position power should be able to recognize his or her employee 's skills and position him or her in the job position suitable for them to maximize their potentials (Nahavandi, 2014). As it is not good for a leader to hold back on the worker’s who, demonstrate, desire, and deserve to be rewarded for their hard work not to be promoted (Nahavandi, 2014). Therefore, in my daily work environment, the challenges faced being overqualified for the position made me understand the importance of humility. Humility for me means conducting a self-aware in managing my emotions and not allowing my disappointment to not send the wrong EQ. Moreover, to remember that I am here on earth to make a noble social change for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing population in the area of healthcare. As a future public health leader, I will be conscious to exercise good EQ of empathy of building a relationship with my future employees. By demonstrating the character of humility towards ensuring that all workers are valued for their contribution and granting promotion potentials award (Lynn, 2008; Nahavandi,
