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Emotional Intelligence

The capacity to recognize, interpret, and regulate your own emotions and those of others, including how feelings operate within a group.

Key Points

  • Includes self-awareness, self-control, empathy/social awareness, and relationship management.
  • Improves communication, trust building, and conflict resolution with stakeholders and teams.
  • Helps maintain team morale and performance under stress, change, or uncertainty.
  • Observed through behaviors like active listening, constructive feedback, and adaptable communication.

Example

In a tense status meeting where a sponsor criticizes a schedule slip, the project manager notices the team's anxiety, acknowledges the sponsor's concern, clarifies goals, sets respectful discussion norms, and guides the group to identify root causes and agree on a realistic recovery plan. This channels emotion into problem solving while preserving trust.

PMP Example Question

During a stakeholder review, a key stakeholder publicly challenges the project schedule. Which action best demonstrates emotional intelligence?

  1. Present the critical path analysis immediately to prove the schedule is realistic.
  2. Calmly acknowledge the stakeholder's frustration, ask clarifying questions, and offer to review constraints together.
  3. Escalate to the sponsor to stop the confrontation.
  4. Ignore the comment to prevent further conflict.

Correct Answer: B - Recognizing and constructively addressing emotions to manage the relationship

Explanation: Option B acknowledges emotions, seeks understanding, and steers the discussion toward collaboration, which reflects emotional intelligence.

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