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Emotional intelligence refers to the abilities to recognize and regulate emotions in ourselves and in others. According to Daniel Goleman there are four domains of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Daniel Goleman developed the argument that non-cognitive skills can matter as much as IQ for workplace success. Several decades of research in EI has demonstrated that EI differentiates outstanding performers from average performers. When you click at this link, you will find an interesting article about leadership and EI. http://www.ideashape.com/documents/what-makes-a-successful-leader-report.pdf In the article its mentioned that after conducting an explora tory research in which 265 leaders were asked to choose the five most and least important leadership attributes from a list of twenty, , the results yielded that vision, strategic thinking, relationship building, execution and people development are the five most important leadership attributes. Vision, relationship building and people development are part of relationship management (one of EI’s domain), so people attach importance to EI. 

In my opinion, a leader’s EI creates a certain culture or work environment and the leader must create a positiveemotional environment that frees the best in people. Furthermore, I think  that interpersonal leadership is a result of emphasis on the EI.