Leadership and Emotional Intelligence

Table 2. 3

2.3 ESAP Leadership Development Framework

EI Domain EI Skill Definition EI Development
Focus
Positive Emotional Skills

Interpersonal Assertion

Ability to communicate with

others in a straightforward, direct, comfortable, and

respectful way.

Feeling better about

communicating with others.

Leadership

Social Awareness

(Comfort)

Ability to affect others positively and develop trust

and rapport in relationships.

Feelingcomfortable relating to more

others.

Empathy

Ability to accurately understand and constructively

respond to expressed feelings,

thoughts, and needs of others.

Feeling better about

accurately

understanding others.

Decision

Making

Ability to make quick

decisions and demonstrate

good judgment.

Feeling good about

personal choices.

(Personal)

Leadership

Ability to exert positive

influence through self-

empowerment, interpersonal

and goal-achievement skills.

Feeling better about

personal leadership.

Self-
Management

Drive Strength

Ability to complete

meaningful goals that provide personal satisfaction and

positive feelings.

Feeling better through

one’s own achievements.

Commitment

Ethic

Ability to complete tasks, assignments, and

responsibilities dependably

and successfully.

Feeling good about

getting things done.

Time

Management

Ability to organize tasks into

a personally productive time

schedule and use time

effectively to complete tasks.

Feeling better about

how one uses time.

Intrapersonal
Skills

Self-Esteem

Ability to view self as

positive, competent, and successful. Learning to feel better about one’s self.

Stress

Management

Ability to choose and exercise

healthy selfresponse to stressful events.-control in

Feeling good about

being enough to relax.important