ENGL102 - Week 7 Article Summary and Reflection for the Workplace

The new workplace is evolving, and so is the formula for effective leaders, high emotional intelligence is now understood to be the key ingredient needed which promotes five basic strengths: self-awareness, self-regulation, empathy, motivation, and social skills. People who have high self-awareness are in-tune with their feelings and their values. Such self-knowledge is usually self-evident in performance reviews as the individual is comfortable addressing their limits, and craves constructive feedback with a can-did sense of self-humor that never wavers. In contrast to someone who has low self-awareness will interpret feedback as hostile or a threat. Self-regulation supports the strengths needed to thrive in an ever-changing world of business, to be able to use restraint and balance emotions is a personal virtue and expresses high organizational skills. High self-control is rare today, businesses function right into the ground fueled by low-impulse control and negative emotions. Potential leaders are deeply invested for the sake of succeeding at their goal and exude an almost limitless drive-in pursuit of developing something further or trying new things. Empathy is important for decision-making that is made with knowledge, thoughtfully. Social skills are the glue that binds the qualities which manifest in behaviors of emotional intelligence. This is the formula for making effective leaders that are needed to steer constantly changing workplace environments into the future (Pathak, M.2013. 54-55).

 References

Pathak, M. Dr. (2013, February). Emotional intelligence at the workplace.

Psychology at Work HC, p. 54-55.

Reflection

Outlining topics was the road map to my higher understanding and my critical thinking was activated. I was able to recall considerably more information and built on connections to guide my writing process. In the past, I struggled often with inadequate study habits. To articulate professionally, solve problems, and make decisions will be dependent on one’s ability to employ critical reading, thinking, and summarization skills. Citing skills are needed to credit sources, which gives you credibility with research in the workplace.