Leadership Essentials for the Chest Physician: Emotional Intelligence.

Leadership Essentials for the Chest Physician: Emotional Intelligence. Chest. 2020 Sep 18;: Authors: Stoller JK Abstract Emotional intelligence (EI) has become widely appreciated as an important leadership attribute, in business, education and, increasingly, in healthcare. Defined as "the capacity to understand your own and others' emotions and to motivate and develop yourself and others in service of improved work performance and enhanced organizational effectiveness," EI is correlated with a number of success attributes in several sectors, e.g., in business, enhanced business performance and enhanced personal career success; and in healthcare, with enhanced patient satisfaction, lower burnout, lower litigation risk, and enhanced leadership success. While multiple models of EI have evolved, perhaps the most popular model, that by Goleman et al., is framed around 4 general rubrics with component competencies. The general rubrics are: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. EI can be measured using available instruments and can be learned and taught. Indeed, teaching EI has become increasingly common in healthcare organizations in service of improving healthcare and healthcare leadership. While more research is needed, ample evidence supports the notion that EI is a critical success element for success as a healthcare leader, especially because EI competencies differ markedly from the clinical a...
Source: Chest - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Tags: Chest Source Type: research