Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?
Plenty of research has documented manipulative misuses of emotional intelligence — the intentionally subtle regulating of one’s emotions to engineer responses from others that might not be in their best interest. Given that most people aren’t sociopaths, in my experience, the more common misuses of emotional intelligence are subconscious. To safeguard against inadvertently falling prey to them, we need deeper levels of self-examination. Here are three of the more common counterfeits I’ve seen snare well-intended leaders.
Don’t use empathy, listening, or self-awareness to manipulate others.
Source: Is Your Emotional Intelligence Authentic, or Self-Serving?
