Is Emotional Intelligence–as defined by Daniel Goleman and others–a fad or a fundamental skillset?
Emotional Intelligence is a term coined by Peter Salovey and made popular by Daniel Goleman’s book, wherein he condenses the essentials of several hundred people’s research on emotions and intelligence between 1975 and 1994. Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence implies that, to be successful, we need to be aware of our own emotions in order to manage them and to motivate ourselves. We also need to be aware of and take into account other people’s emotions in order to interact with them. So the buzzword “Emotional Intelligence” is probably a fad. But people in business who have to deal with others–colleagues, subordinates, customers, or even suppliers–can always practice emotional awareness, emotional management, self-motivation, recognition of others’ emotions, and the art of human relations. –Brendan Flanagan Dealing with emotions and feelings is from all ages and all human beings. So in fact Daniel Goleman’s book on EQ and related articles only describe–in a partly new vocabulary–wha
