Malcolm X - emotional Intelligence
The purpose of this essay is to study closely the biography of one of the most influential leaders that history has ever known. To study closely, it means to part this biography out into small bits and pieces, examine each part and relate to the concept of emotional intelligence and its dimensions and competencies. In the process of doing so, there will be many questions to answer in order to determine which are the causes and what they affect. Find out the correlations between the incidents and their impact on the leader’s life. How did these incidents shape his/her personality, characteristics and emotional competencies? How did the leader survive those incidents? What competencies does the leader possess that helped him/her endure the circumstances? And many more. However, to make the idea clearer, a quick overview of the concept emotional intelligence is required. What does emotional intelligence mean? How did it started? And what are its building blocks?
Back in the days, the idea started after the real-life story of one of the army generals who got caught in the hands of his enemies. He was held in captivity for several months before he was released. During that time, his captives were feisty and aggressive around him, pointing their guns at him in attempt to intimidate him. Then he remembered a part of training sessions that has attended that says, that you can influence the people around you by modeling, and that feelings are contagious. Therefore, he started to act calm and controlled his feelings when interacted with them. After a while, he noticed that they became peaceful around him too. Later that year after he was rescued, he realized that his attitude towards his captives is what has saved his life. Because if he responded aggressively to their attempts, it could’ve gotten him killed.
That story was the starting point for many writers and authors in their attempts to tackle the concept. Although, many of them tried to come up with a
Back in the days, the idea started after the real-life story of one of the army generals who got caught in the hands of his enemies. He was held in captivity for several months before he was released. During that time, his captives were feisty and aggressive around him, pointing their guns at him in attempt to intimidate him. Then he remembered a part of training sessions that has attended that says, that you can influence the people around you by modeling, and that feelings are contagious. Therefore, he started to act calm and controlled his feelings when interacted with them. After a while, he noticed that they became peaceful around him too. Later that year after he was rescued, he realized that his attitude towards his captives is what has saved his life. Because if he responded aggressively to their attempts, it could’ve gotten him killed.
That story was the starting point for many writers and authors in their attempts to tackle the concept. Although, many of them tried to come up with a
References: Cherniss, C., Goleman, D. (Eds.). (2001). The emotionally intelligence workplace. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Haley, A. (1973). The autobiography of Malcolm x. New York: Ballantine Books Strickland, W. (1994). Malcolm x: make it plain (full PBS documentary), [video] retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zvGRmX2gcs