It is the general consensus of the public that those among us with genius level IQ's are the most successful people around. They get into the best colleges, have high paying job offers coming in every which way, and do the best at their work. I felt this way also until I came across a presentation by author and psychologist Daniel Goleman, who is a proponent against the importance played on a person's IQ. Rather than focus on someone's smarts, Goleman bases his view on a human's brain on how they handle themselves and their relationships, or their emotional intelligence. He stresses the importance of this because while one's IQ is only based on a person's smarts, emotional intelligence controls all the other abilities our brain is responsible for. This means that the geniuses with only a sky high IQ are considered more limited by Goleman in comparison to their coworkers with high amounts of emotional intelligence.
Goleman continues his approach on his belief when discussing what companies should look for in new employes. He says that they should look at the qualities that make their star workers so great in comparison to average workers and look for the same traits in possible employees. When doing this, Goleman says it will be clear that while a good IQ is necessary to be considered for an opening, a high emotional intelligence is going to fit in with the star worker mode. Goleman breaks down the top six qualities employers should look for when trying to hire stars in the making :
(1.) a singular drive to achieve
(2.) have an impact / influence
(3.) pattern recognition analysis
(4.) takes on challenges without being told
(5.) persistent in tackling problems
(6.) self confident
Every one of these star worker qualities properly describes a person with a great emotional intelligence. This information goes on to show that while it is nice to have a ton of smarts, workers need to be well rounded in today's world to get to the top.
To view Goleman's piece on this topic, click the link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hoo_dIOP8k
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