Emotional Intelligence and Effective LeadershipName:Institutional Affiliation:Date:Part OneResearchers in the social and organizational psychology discipline such as Peter Salavoy defined emotional intelligence as the ability to identify, comprehend and manage ones emotions in the context of social interaction. Emotional Intelligence (EI) became widely known as a human ability to recognize emotion in the context of social human interaction, understand the same and manage it positively (Chism, 2015). Additionally, EI also applied to the ability among humans to influence the emotions of other human beings in the contexts of emotional recognition, comprehension and management.Based on the definition of emotional intelligence, identifying examples of the same is an easy exercise. One example of EI is an ability to both identify and effectively deal with the emotions of other people (CÔTÉ, 2010). This example of EI works quite well in the organizational environment since it enhances mutual understanding. Another example of emotional intelligence is the ability to motivate one’s self and maintain professional or personal relationships fruitfully. EI fosters an ability to not only identify others emotions and nurture them, it also strives to