The Importance of Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace

Emotional intelligence is no longer a ‘nice to have’ in the workplace, but a ‘must have’ to be effective in the modern workplace. Today’s post is by Asha Tarry. Emotional intelligence skills are those important soft skills that are now reaching the desk of more and more leaders. It used to be targeted as a set of skills that belonged to customer-driven and service industries. However, we are learning there are people who are inept at having those important, emotional, human skills which connect people and build strong teams.  That is why emotional intelligence is now being considered an important asset for employees. We need to reevaluate how we review resumes. It matters that employees have a good grip on soft skills. For example, being an effective communicator,...



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