Emotional competence

The term implies an ease around others and determines one's ability to effectively and successfully lead and express.

The term implies ease in getting along with others and determines one's ability to lead and express effectively and successfully.

[5] Saarni believed that emotional abilities are not innate, but are cultivated and developed through children's interactions with others, especially family members and peers.

Saarni defined emotional capacity as the functional ability of humans to achieve goals after experiencing an emotion-eliciting encounter.

In Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, he introduced five components of EQ:[7] Self-Awareness – Know one's internal states, preferences, resources and intuitions.