Social Intelligence

There are many challenges the youth faces in the workplace such as delegation, impatience, leading those who are older, limited experience, and networking. Trusting in your own ability is easy. But this is not leadership. Leadership requires trusting in another’s ability. Up until this point, many young leaders have relied on their own ability. The idea of relinquishing responsibility to another can be unnerving.Many young leaders want change to occur yesterday. They come into their role with a number of ideas and desires. Unfortunately, sometimes their area or organization is not ready for these changes. Over-communicating vision and crisis (the reason for the change) and relationship-building must be done prior to implementing the changes. Young leaders can get frustrated with this. And their frustration can hurt their ability to guide a team forward. For most young leaders, this will be their reality. Young leaders can make the mistakes of ignoring generational differences, older employees’ experience, and older employees’ relational capital with other employees. Young leaders sometimes miss out on the significant assets older employees can bring to a team. For most young leaders, this will be their reality. Young leaders can make the mistakes of ignoring generational differences, older employees’ experience, and older employees’ relational capital with other employees. Young leaders sometimes miss out on the significant assets older employees can bring to a team. Lastly, There’s a direct correlation between our network and our net worth. It’s no wonder we’re constantly encouraged to expand our networks in new, innovative ways. This can pose a challenge to millennials that aren’t naturally inclined to widen out in their association due to introversion or unfamiliarity with the nuances of creating and maintaining lasting business connections. Social intelligence (SI), on the other hand, is mostly learned. SI develops from experience with people and learning from success and failures in social settings. It is more commonly referred to as “tact,” “common sense,” or “street smarts.” It is critical to develop the social intelligence to master the skills of Verbal Fluency and Conversational Skills, Knowledge of Social Roles, Rules, and Scripts, Effective Listening Skills, and Impression Management Skills. I think the most interesting part of this article was when Elmore correlated our social relationships with neurology. He stated, “Goleman’s research indicates that our social relationships have a direct effect on aspects of our physical health, such as blood flow, breathing, moods such as fatigue and depression, and the weakening of our immune system”. What we conclude from this aspect of the article is that, your health can have an imperative impact on your ability to leave an impressive impression on whomever you converse with. ​