Studies indicate that companies place a higher value on communication skills, interpersonal skills and initiative than on intellectual ability and technical know-how. The improvement of EQ skills in the workplace has been shown to enhance motivation and creativity decision making, resiliency and effectiveness communications and teamwork conflict management and negotiations problem solving diversity The more emotionally intelligent employees become, the more effective they are and the more competitive the organisation can become. It helps sustain the commercial advantage of businesses by developing the abilities of individuals to acquire new skills and become flexible and responsive. It helps schools set up comprehensive, school wide emotional education programmes. It assists individuals and working parents in particular, in finding work-life balance in their lives.
Healthy employees ensure the economic health of companies.
It can help employees achieve balance in their lives by cultivating the management of emotions. It can map out practical strategies for parents and optimise the effectiveness of people in the workplace and at home. Employees do not always use a corporate work-life programme to the full. Some work-life programmes are not fully effective because there is a lack of emotional skills to manage and deploy the programme. Heartskills TM , which promotes emotional intelligence, is not only compatible with, but also often a necessary adjunct to a company work-life programme.