Emotional Intelligence comprises seven specific EI skills.
The table below presents a definition of each skill and outcomes that can be achieved from displaying each skill effectively at work.
| EI Skill | Definition | Workplace Outcomes |
| Emotional Self-Awareness: | The skill of perceiving and understanding one’s own emotions. | The capacity to identify and understand the impact one’s own feelings is having on thoughts, decisions, behavior and performance at work. Greater self-awareness. |
| Emotional Expression: | The skill of expressing one’s own emotions effectively. Creating greater understanding amongst colleagues about yourself. | Creating greater understanding amongst colleagues about yourself Creating trust and perceptions of genuineness amongst colleagues |
| Emotional Awareness of Others: | The skill of perceiving and understanding others emotions. | Greater understanding of others, how to engage, respond, motivate and connect with them Interpersonal effectiveness |
| Emotional Reasoning: | The skill of utilizing emotional information in decision-making. | Enhanced decision-making where more information is considered in the process Greater buy-in from others into decisions that are made. |
| Emotional Self-Management: | The skill of effectively managing one’s own emotions. | Improved job satisfaction and engagement Improved ability to cope with high work demands Greater interpersonal effectiveness Enhanced productivity and performance. |
| Emotional Management of Others: | The skill of influencing the moods and emotions of others. | The capacity to generate greater productivity and performance from others The capacity to generate a positive and satisfying work environment for others The capacity to effectively deal with workplace conflict. |
| Emotional Self-Control | The skill of effectively controlling strong emotions experienced. | Emotional well-being The capacity to think clearly in stressful situations The capacity to deal effectively with situations that cause strong emotions |
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