The benefits that spiritual intelligence brings are not confined in the empowerment, performance, and commitment of employees in the workplace. Spiritual intelligence is valuable also because it helps a person to deal with the inevitable stress or pressures in his family, as well as in his personal and professional life. It was found out that spiritual intelligence is indeed helpful in increasing one’s resilience (Khosravi & Nikmanesh, 2014). Resilience, as what the American Psychological Association (2016) puts it, is the practice of adjusting well in the middle of arduous circumstances such as dangers, ordeals, tragedies, and peril. Also, resilience is a way of adapting capably with stress and problems with relationships, health, or workplace …show more content…
Significant differences have been found out to exist between high and low spiritual intelligence and all dimensions of both emotional intelligence and mental well-being (Dash & Patnaik, 2015). The findings suggest that people possessing high spiritual intelligence are more emotionally stable and have healthier mental condition than those with low spiritual intelligence. Dash and Patnaik (2015) maintained that emotional intelligence draws on emotional resources in the same manner that spiritual intelligence (SI) can be conceived as a set of abilities that draw on spiritual resources of the individual. Ability to recognize, understand and respond to the emotions of others requires a level of emotional literacy that is achieved after one becomes able to recognize her/his own feelings and emotions. Thus, being able to understand the actual origin of one’s feelings is the territory of spiritual intelligence. Research has also shown positive correlation between spiritual and emotional intelligence (Farhangi, Fathi, Vasegh, & Nargesian, 2009; Kaur, Sambasivan, & Kumar, 2013). In connection with this, it can be connoted that spiritual intelligence is the heart of all intelligences. So, because SQ is the heart, both the emotions and mental health of a person are affected. The implication of the result is that it is highly imperative to enhance the spiritual intelligence of a person who desires to achieve emotional stability. In addition, those who aspire to improve their mental capacities and processes need to address their spiritual requirements and find means to develop their spiritual
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Caruso, D.R., Mayer, J.D., & Salovey, P. (2002). Relation of an ability measure of emotional intelligence to personality. Journal of Personality Assessment, 79, 306-320.
The spiritual leadership theory was developed during an evolution and progression of modern leadership theories. Research suggests that the spiritual leadership theory is the solution for addressing work overload and increased stress due to globalization, culturally diverse environments, robust technology, and competitive markets (Fry & Cohen, 2009). The theory’s purpose is to motivate others through values, attitudes, and behaviors; incorporating basic human needs: vision, hope, faith, love, work spirituality, and spiritual well-being (Fry & Cohen, 2009). As a result, several changes occurred such as, team empowerment, increased levels of organizational dedication, and increased organizational productivity and performance. The purpose of this
(2013) separated emotional intelligence into four domains, self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management (pp. 30, 38). These domains are then broken into two competencies. Self-awareness, the understanding of one 's emotions and being clear about one 's purpose, and self-management, the focused drive and emotional self-control, make up the personal competence (pp. 39, 45-46). While social awareness, or empathy and service, and relationship management, the handling of other people 's emotions, make up the social competence (pp. 39, 48, 51). These emotional intelligence competencies are not innate talents, but learned abilities, each of which contribute to making leaders more resonant and effective (p. 38). This is good news for me because I still have much to develop in regards to emotional
Emotional intelligence is the ability to gauge your emotions as well as the emotions of those around you, to make a distinction among those emotions, and then use that information to help guide your actions (Educated Business Articles , 2017). It also helps us consciously identify and conceive the ways in which we think, feel, and act when engaging with others, while giving us a better insight to ourselves (Educated Business Articles , 2017). Emotional Intelligence defines the ways in which we attain as well as retain information, setting priorities, in addition to regulating our daily actions. It is also suggested that as much as 80% of our success in life stems from our
The scope of emotional intelligence includes the verbal and nonverbal appraisal and expression of emotion, the regulation of emotion in the self and others, and the utilization of emotional content in problem solving. (pp. 433)
Cultural intelligence is quickly becoming the focus for companies looking to diversify into the global market. When focusing on a business strategy, maintaining the conceptual mindset of business as a mission (BAM) is crucial, not only for increasing the company’s success, but individual leaders within the business (Tunehag, 2008). One of the strategies to focus on while improving an approach of BAM is the concept of cultural intelligence. Furthermore, individuals capable of self-study and improvement will begin to see an increase for their company, as well as, God’s kingdom when their focus is in alignment with the teaching of the Holy Bible.
The ability to express and control our own emotions is vital for our survival in society and the work place but so is our ability to understand, interpret, and respond to the emotions of others. Salovey and Mayer proposed a model that identified four different factors of emotional intelligence (Cherry, 2015).
In the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, the central thesis that he tries to point out is that emotional intelligence may be more important than I.Q. in determining a person’s well being and success in life. At first I didn’t know what Goleman was talking about when he said emotional intelligence, but after reading the book I have to say that I agree completely with Goleman. One reason for my acceptance of Goleman's theory is that academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. To me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this essay I hope to provide sufficient evidence to show why I agree with Goleman’s thesis on emotional intelligence.
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The definition of emotional intelligence given by Salovey and Mayer (1990) focuses on the ability to understand one’s own and others’ emotions and also to manage one’s own emotions positively. On the other hand, Goleman’s definition (1995) covers more aspects, including 25 abilities and skills such as trustworthiness, communication and empathy. The former definition is more scientific and appropriate while the latter one is called the ‘corporate definition’ because its contents accommodate the interests of large corporations. However, the academic findings of the two professors are not widely known while Goleman’s edition is commonly accepted due to his best-seller book ‘Emotional Intelligence’ (Goleman 1995). The following essay will be mainly based on Goleman’s definition.
Emotional intelligence has a large amount of number, which in common with social intelligence. Both of them are relevant with perception and understanding of other’s emotion, oneself and act cleverly way in interpersonal relationships. They are mood driver, a neurological and biological state of mind which are the significant key for human relationship, furthermore they are overlapping, interdependent and multidimensional. Additionally, found that most successful people seem to behave wiser in socially and emotionally, for instance, in the workplace and close relationships (Kang,Day, & Meara, 2005). However, each of them contains and focuses on different elements. According to
Strength is belief. People gain strength through taught spirituality and beliefs. This could be by believing in a religion or believing in a God. Religious people have a sense of spirituality strength with God, and those people believe that God will be there to guide them and to help them on their way through the tough times. Spirituality grows over time by love, faith, and hope that are felt during a personal experience. Love is one of the many ways that grow society spiritually. When a person believes positive and good; when they always do the right thing no matter what they think the outcome may be; when they give their all to help the wellbeing of others; that is when there is a great sense of spiritual strength in humanity. When people are successful in knowing what will help them grow, that’s when spirituality shines. Giving love and friendship to others makes humans grow spiritually. Love gives the strength to believe the good in others and to not be afraid to fight battles alone. Friendship provides the strength to trust others and be o...
Applying these aspects of emotional intelligence has a significant enhancing effect on every aspect of life. It allows one to be self aware, improving the ability to process information about oneself accurately (Goleman, 2008). Emotional intelligence also affects management of mood in that it enhances one’s ability to manage emotions, create moods of positivity, and defuse bad moods. Emotional intelligence also comes in handy with regards to motivation of self. It increases an individual’s ability to overcome frustration, the ability to be persistent, ability to engage in tasks that are boring, but necessary, and to be involved in and cut out productive and non-productive actions respectively.
Every person is on a journey of spiritual formation (Mulholland, 1993). What 's frightening is how this process can happen with or without our intention. Taking this a level deeper, every human is formed with an innate desire to worship (Warren, 2002). Putting this all in perspective; whether a person intends to or not, they are worshipping someone or something, and in so doing are being formed into the likeness of this person or thing. Knowing this, it is easy to see the importance of spiritual formation on the psychological health of a person. For example: if someone is being formed into the likeness of a demanding spouse, they will quite possibly grow into someone defined by bitterness or feelings of insufficiency. Therefore, it is vital