How EI Builds Leadership Skills

1. Explain the benefits and risks of high emotional intelligence.

o Explain how emotional intelligence enhances leadership effectiveness.

o How might EI work against leaders?

o How are the risks of high EI best avoided?

2. Explain how leaders can enhance their own emotional intelligence.

o Choose two or three specific components of EI and expand on how leaders can develop each of them.

3. Explain your current mastery of emotional intelligence.

o Of the various components of EI, identify one that you believe you have mastered. SELF REGULATION

o Provide evidence with at least two specific, detailed examples that demonstrate your mastery of this component of EI.

o Tell your story; avoid broad, generic statements.

4. Outline a plan to develop your own emotional intelligence.

o Of the various components of EI, identify three that you need to develop further. SOCIAL SKILLS / MOTIVATION / SELF AWARENESS

o Provide a high-level tactical plan, describing the specific actions you would take to develop each of these skills.

o Tell your story, with the details of the activities that can help you enhance those three components of EI.

5. Articulate meaning relevant to the main topic, scope, and purpose of the prompt.

o Examine what you’ve written in response to each grading criterion listed above.

o Make sure that your paper responds clearly and with sufficient depth to each of the criteria.

o Distinguished writing will demonstrate a thorough understanding of the main topic, scope, and purpose of the assignment.

PLEASE USE THIS AS ONE OF MY REFERENCES: I WILL NEED AT LEAST 2 MORE (NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD) AS REFERENCES ASLO.