Noun
emotional intelligence (countable and uncountable, plural emotional intelligences)
(psychology) The ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups.
Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike. Daniel Goleman
My hope was that organizations would start including this range of skills in their training programs - in other words, offer an adult education in social and emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman
Emotional intelligence begins to develop in the earliest years. All the small exchanges children have with their parents, teachers, and with each other carry emotional messages. Daniel Goleman
But once you are in that field, emotional intelligence emerges as a much stronger predictor of who will be most successful, because it is how we handle ourselves in our relationships that determines how well we do once we are in a given job. Daniel Goleman
Our emotional intelligence determines our potential for learning the practical skills that are based on its five elements: self-awareness, motivation, self-regulation, empathy, and adeptness in relationships. Daniel Goleman
There is an old-fashioned word for the body of skills that emotional intelligence represents: character. Daniel Goleman