Emotional intelligence on the job

Emotional intelligence has become an important predictor of job success, surpassing technical ability. In 2011, a CareerBuilder survey of more than 2,600 U.S. hiring managers and human resources professionals revealed that 71 percent valued emotional intelligence in an employee over a high IQ.

To build your own superpower culture of emotional intelligence, you need to know what to shoot for when assessing the social skills of your current and future employees.