EP: 55 Emotional Intelligence in a Changing Workplace with Sonal Sheth Zawahri

Brave Women at Work · Jan 6, 2022 · 1h 4m

We’ve touched on the topic of emotional intelligence during the podcast before, but not as the depth as today’s show.

So, what is emotional intelligence or EQ for short? Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use, and manage your own emotions in positive ways to relieve stress, communicate effectively, empathize with others, overcome challenges and defuse conflict.

Why should we care about emotional intelligence? If you just focus on getting tasks done without keying into your emotions or the emotions of others you can really miss the undertone of a work or personal situation…