As I continue to work with physician leaders, I was struck by the great applicability of this point -- Dr. Philip Tuso wrote in the Permanente Journal, (http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/winter03/leader.html#) –

“Emotional intelligence is defined as leadership competencies that deal with the ability to handle ourselves and our relationships with others. The term emotional intelligence has been associated with the concept of self-development before attempting to develop other people. Emotional intelligence is a skill that can be learned. Physicians are not born with emotional intelligence. Before developing others, we first must be competent with our own development.”

Oh that many physician would learn this as they plan to move into leadership. BUT....it is not only physicians who need to heed this. The power of EI is incredible.