What This Means:
You possess a perspective greater than most people. Most people are too stuck in their own heads and this dictates their inability to connect with others. But you don’t have this. Instead, this is your strength. The ability to empathize with others and truly step out of your own mind is extremely valuable. This is the basis for leadership development.
You know better than to project your own experiences and background onto others. Knowing this, you give others the space to be themselves and to give you the big picture of why they think and feel the way they do. Even if you disagree with them, you can understand why they act a certain way.
This has organizational impact. After all, the ability to read power dynamics and the vibe of a room can be very valuable. By applying this emotional intelligence to a group of people, you take their perspectives and feelings into consideration to create the best solution. This doesn’t mean you try to make everyone happy. No, you know that it’s enough if everyone feels heard. That’s real leadership there.
And beyond your organization are your customers or clients. The power to step into their perspective does wonder for your sales results. By deploying empathy in this area, you can recognize, anticipate and deliver on the needs of your target market. No great salesman is missing this.
How Can This Help You?
To achieve anything of significance, you need others. Empathy is the basis of all interpersonal and communication skills. If you can sustain your awareness of others’ perspectives, you can serve them that much more. By doing that, you prove yourself, whether this is to your team, your boss, your partners or your customers. Don’t let your ego get in the way and you’ll be much appreciated wherever you go.
What About The Other Kinds of Emotional Intelligence?
Self Regulation:
This is the ability to step out of a situation and assess your reaction to it. People who develop this still have negative feelings but they don’t act upon them. Instead they question them and probe the origins of such feelings. Eventually this becomes a habit that allows them to be comfortable with ambiguity and change.
Because they have become so adept in their reactions to other situations, they develop strong resilience and flexibility to whatever life throws at them. This is how some people turn negative events into motivation.
Why You Might Want To Develop This:
Without a clear understanding of yourself, you might be taking a much harder path than you have to. In building a business, you often have to wear multiple hats. But if you’re weaker at some and stronger in others, how much more efficient would you be if you could outsource your weaknesses and focus on your strengths? Without understanding that, you could be spinning your wheels for awhile. You are also guaranteed to run into big decisions. Having a incorrigible value system will make sure you don’t regret those decisions.
Self Awareness:
This is the ability to truly understand yourself. People with this know what their strengths and weaknesses are. They don’t lie to themselves because they are confident in being themselves. They are still subject to human bias but they do their best to use different perspectives to be objectives. They also understand what values drive them.
Why You Might Want To Develop This:
Without a clear understanding of yourself, you might be taking a much harder path than you have to. In building a business, you often have to wear multiple hats. But if you’re weaker at some and stronger in others, how much more efficient would you be if you could outsource your weaknesses and focus on your strengths? Without understanding that, you could be spinning your wheels for awhile. You are also guaranteed to run into big decisions. Having a incorrigible value system will make sure you don’t regret those decisions.
Relationship Management:
This is the ability to create change within others. People who develop this are strong team players and live for the group synergy moments. They also tend to be persuasive, which helps them during times of conflict or change. They also go out of their way to help bring out the potential of others.
Why You Might Want To Develop This:
Any great endeavor is done with a group of people. But what comes with working with a group of people? Constant conflict, the need to develop others over time and managing change are just a few of the major headaches one has to face in a group. If you are not equipped for this, you’ll soon reach a limit in what you can do by yourself.
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