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What is Emotional Intelligence?
Kit edited this page Jun 11, 2019
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- Mindfulness of one's own emotions
- Empathy towards the emotions of others
- And the affect we have on them
- Creating a boundary between raw emotions and actions
- Providing space to reflect on your emotional state
- Accepting your emotional state as valid
- Emotions are not a problem to be dealt with
- Acting on one's emotions in a controlled manner
- There's value in setting boundaries
- Over-reliance on interpersonal relationships over formalised systems
- Allows for effective communication with low overhead (good for small companies)
- Locks out those without the right friends in the company
- You can't replace human connections with systems but they must work in collaboration
- Hire for empathy
- Pair programming interviews
- Stress-less interviews
- EI is founded in physiological safety
- A means for deescalating emotional tension during meetings
- Mental health first aiders
- Start from the top
- Leaders being open about mental health encourages others to feel safe requesting help