• After having looked at the different components of emotional intelligence (EI) and assessed your strengths and weaknesses, what insights do you have about yourself?
• In what ways does your level of EI serve you particularly well?
• What is one thing that you might consider changing? Why?
• Do you have any ideas for how to develop this aspect of EI? What are they?

Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Because you have been reading about EI, you have probably thought of different managers and leaders who do not display a great deal of EI. Try to focus on someone whom you feel exemplifies a high degree of EI when responding to the following questions:

• What specifically does this person do that led you to draw this conclusion?
• What can you learn from this person?