On Project Team EQ and project team performance

Emotional Intelligence was first founded in the 1990s s by the psychologist of Yale University, and led by Danny Gorman, a psychology professor at Harvard University. The connotation of EQ is mainly manifested in the following five aspects: 1. understanding your own emotions; 2. properly manage your emotions; 3. self-motivation; 4. cognition of others' emotions; 5. interpersonal Skills. There are many researches on the use of EQ in enterprise management and human resource management, but few are applied to the project team. The project team's EQ has an important impact on the project team's performance. The project team's performance directly restricts the implementation of the project goal. Project Management AllianceArticle
1. Project Team and project team EQ

1.1 Project Team

A project team is a special form of team. It is a temporary team that is set up to complete a specific one-time task (unique product or service. A project team is usually short-lived and disband after the task is completed.
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A project team is a process of continuous growth and change, which can be divided into five phases: formation, run-in, formal, effectiveness, and dissolution. In each stage of the project team, the characteristics of the team are also different, as shown in table 1:

The overall features of an efficient project team are as follows:

1. Project Members recognize their roles in the project team and expectations of the project team;

2. Project Members trust and respect each other;

3. project members can express their own opinions and listen to and properly handle their opinions;

4. project members are encouraged and supported;

5. WorkProgramFlexible and effective, encouraging creation and innovation;