People with high emotional intelligence tend to excel in personal and professional settings because they can navigate interpersonal interactions with sensitivity and effectiveness. Discuss.

Topic: Emotional intelligence-concepts, and their utilities and application in administration and governance.

6. People with high emotional intelligence tend to excel in personal and professional settings because they can navigate interpersonal interactions with sensitivity and effectiveness. Discuss. (150 Words)

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Why the question:

The question is part of the static syllabus of General studies paper – 4 and part of ‘Conceptual Tuesdays’ in Mission-2024 Secure.

Directive word: 

Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you must debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You must give reasons for both for and against arguments.

Structure of the answer:

Introduction:

Begin by defining emotional intelligence.

Body:

Next, mention the various components of emotional intelligence that help in excel in personal and professional setting by reducing conflicts at the work place and work effectively. Link it with proper examples real or hypothetical ones to substantiate your points.

Conclusion:

Conclude by stressing on training public servants to use emotional intelligence for conflict resolution.