The Popular
Corporate Definition |
A Socially
Responsible Definition |
Promises
emotional intelligence will make a more effective
leader |
Can help the
leader decide in which direction to lead. |
Involves
selectively using our emotions to achieve
corporate goals. |
Involves using
all our emotions to help us decide which goals
are worth achieving. |
Claims EI is
twice as important as IQ and technical knowledge. |
Makes few such
claims; suggests EI and IQ are of approximately
equal value. |
Suggests EI can
help one be a better team member within the
organization. |
Can help the
organization become a better member of the world
community. |
Suggests an
emotionally intelligent person can make a lot of
money. |
Can help us
decide when we have made enough. |
Implies that a
person high in EI will be driven, zealous and
committed to the company goals. |
Can help us
decide when it is time to go home and be with our
family. |
Notes the
importance of being trustworthy. |
Can help one
decide when to "blow the whistle." |
Notes the
importance of being a catalyst for change within
the organization. |
Can help us each
be catalysts for change within society. |
Assumes success
is equal to financial success. |
Allows for other
definitions of success. |
Assumes emotional
intelligence is always a "good" thing. |
Allows for the
possibility that it can be used in socially
destructive ways and to emotionally manipulate
others. (see related article) |
Seems to value
people as resources or commodities. |
Values people as
humans with individual feelings, needs, and
potential. |
Focuses on the
implementation of decisions. |
Focuses on the
decision making process itself. |
Suggests that
with high EI we will sell more products and
services. |
Can help us
decide which products and services are really
needed in the world. |
Seems to value
conformity to group standards. |
Places a higher
value on individuality, disobedience and
creativity. |
Seems to devalue,
discourage negative emotions. |
Respects the contribution
of all emotions. |
Focuses on
specific competencies and personality traits. |
Focuses on
intelligence, information processing, and
potential for learning, understanding,
development and growth. |