This past Friday I attended the Northern New England Association
of Healthcare Executives Shaping the Future conference. From listening to the
panels I noticed one term kept coming up repeatedly, emotional intelligence. This
is a term I first became familiar with last year from an episode of The
Bachelor. It was actually a term that went fairly viral in the world of people
who follow the show. It sparked a lot of conversation when two women on the
show were arguing and one told the other that she didn’t think she had
emotional intelligence. This turned into a big deal because a lot of people,
including the woman she was saying it to, did not understand what emotional
intelligence was. People made memes about it online and it became a recurring
conversation on the show. Honestly, up until this point I also did not know
much about emotional intelligence but The Bachelor actually taught me a lot about
it. At the conference when people on the panels kept saying it was an important
trait in a strong leader I couldn’t help but to think back to the episode of
The Bachelor. It shows that important learning can happen at any time and from
unlikely sources. It’s amazing how things overlap and a concept talked about by
healthcare executives is also relevant on reality TV. Traits of a good leader can
be pulled from anywhere, not only just the classroom or workplace.
For anyone who does not watch The Bachelor I’ve posted a
link below to a clip from the episode I referenced.
ha ha - I'm going to send this to Dr. Meehan!
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