To think emotional intelligence is more important than academic intelligence?

[ByShyTaupeDeer]

Brilliant people with no EQ ruin relationships, companies and teams.

AIBU?

Depends what you’re trying to achieve.

I would say they are equally important, neither one more than the other.

A good dollop of both is ideal. A lot of either with nothing of the other, isn’t much good.

It needs to be a balance. Uneducated emoters are no better than the other way round. 🤷‍♀️

In an orthopaedic surgeon or an architect or a nuclear engineer, I'll settle for academic intelligence.

Emotional intelligence is fine if you're looking for a date.

They are both important. My experience is that charming, socially skilled incompetents do far more damage than brilliant people with no EQ.

Yes. Very unreasonable and silly.

Companies, relationships and teams are ruined everyday by people with eq, without eq and with eq somewhere in-between.

I think emotional intelligence is largely nonsense. If there was no such thing as IQ, I doubt anyone would have come up with the concept of EQ.

No. Arguably, social intelligence can be a greater advantage than academic intelligence, but for the most part a balance is required.

Def need my surgeon to have a high IQ. EQ couldn’t care less.

I think genuine EI is really useful. By which I mean understanding how other people tick, and having the will and ability to tailor communication and behaviour to build and maintain positive relationships.
It seems to be being interpreted on here as being emotionally driven, overly fond of emoting, or using charm to manipulate, none of which are useful at all, or what EI actually is.

Some of the most devious, manipulative people I have known in the workplace were deemed to be (or deemed themselves as) emotionally intelligent. They often used their emotional intelligence to obscure a lack of intellectual capacity. Similarly, some of the most wonderful people I've worked with were academically bright but with limited social skills! So be careful what you wish for!

Kindness, patience, perseverance, Tolerance ... are huge virtues too.

A balance of both is needed, but for some jobs/tasks, academic intelligence is obviously the most important aspect. It's easier to make provision for someone with no/little emotional intelligence than it is for someone without academic intelligence when it comes to thinks like complicated medical/engineering procedures!

I think it was Daniel Goldman talking about this who said that IQ is really important early in your career and training - you just need a certain amount of intellect to be an engineer or doctor or whatever, but after that IQ is a poor predictor of success, because you’re competing against people who are all smart. The predictor is EQ - your ability to get on with people, your self awareness, your resilience.