"Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify, assess, and control the emotions of oneself, of others, and of groups" - Wikipedia
You have been grouped with some brilliant people, mostly Subject Matter Experts passionate about the products they deal with and with 20+ years in the industry. They are the true know it all's in their capabilities and industries, but one of them lacks something important- Emotional intelligence.
This factor happens to be something which a lot of us care about, but fail to get a grasp of. Truth be told, a teammate who isn't EI immersed won't care and may say or do things that are considered un-EI all the time. That's no different than eating junk food all day without being educated of the health risks involved.
So here's a tactic, next time you get a chance to socialize with the un-EI teammate outside the workplace, let them know about it. Sounds a bit too much to do? Hence the social environment. The one thing that I ask of you not to do is to back-channel talk the un-EI teammates behavior. Somethings are best left between the parties involved. In fact, if you're the one doing the back-channel talk, think again who's being un-EI.
You have been grouped with some brilliant people, mostly Subject Matter Experts passionate about the products they deal with and with 20+ years in the industry. They are the true know it all's in their capabilities and industries, but one of them lacks something important- Emotional intelligence.
This factor happens to be something which a lot of us care about, but fail to get a grasp of. Truth be told, a teammate who isn't EI immersed won't care and may say or do things that are considered un-EI all the time. That's no different than eating junk food all day without being educated of the health risks involved.
So here's a tactic, next time you get a chance to socialize with the un-EI teammate outside the workplace, let them know about it. Sounds a bit too much to do? Hence the social environment. The one thing that I ask of you not to do is to back-channel talk the un-EI teammates behavior. Somethings are best left between the parties involved. In fact, if you're the one doing the back-channel talk, think again who's being un-EI.
