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title: 3 Ways EQ Makes You a Better Leader [Infographic]
description: Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the key for leaders who want to stand out from the crowd. Here are the 3 ways that developing your EQ will help you transform your leadership style and lead your team to success.
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# [3 Ways EQ Makes You a Better Leader [Infographic]](https://blog.ttisuccessinsights.com.au/3-ways-eq-makes-you-a-better-leader-infographic)

 Written by [Jaime Faulkner](https://blog.ttisuccessinsights.com.au/author/jaime-faulkner) | Mar 03, 2021

Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the key for leaders who want to stand out from the crowd. Here are the 3 ways that developing your EQ will help you transform your leadership style and lead your team to success.

## Helps You Focus on YOU

### Only 2.6% of management are highly engaged. Forbes1

Employee engagement is a hot topic right now, but it often stops being considered when it reaches the leadership level. **Most leaders are actively disengaged from their work, and by extension, their team.**

2 of the 5 factors of EQ that we measure at TTI Success Insights are self-awareness and self-regulation. It's hard to fix a problem if you don't know it exists, so that's where EQ starts. **As soon as you look inward, you're already on the path to being a successful leader.**

## Improves Communication

### 78% of business leaders are focused on improving their engagements with employees. Harvard Business School2

Leaders can no longer just dictate and expect work to magically get done by their team. **Workers are now looking for a company that really cares about their employees, a mission they can believe in, and a leader they can be proud to work under.**

That's where social awareness and social regulation come into play. These factors measure how well you understand the emotions of others, and how you can influence the emotional clarity of others. **The best leaders are observing and listening before acting.**

## Increases Empathy

### 96% of employees believe showing empathy is an important way to advance employee retention. Forbes3

**People want to believe in their work and themselves. The role of a leader is to empower them to do just that through support and development.** That process is driven by the fifth factor of EQ, motivation. Motivation is the passion to work for reasons that go beyond external drive — it's an internal fire.

Use that fire to light others up, and you'll be amazed at the results that come back to you.

### Reference

1 2 *"21+ Inspiring Leadership Statistics"* [https://goremotely.net/blog/leadership-statistics/](https://goremotely.net/blog/leadership-statistics/)

3 *"10 Timely Statistics About The Connection Between Employee Engagement And Wellness"*[ https://goremotely.net/blog/leadership-statistics/](https://goremotely.net/blog/leadership-statistics/)

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