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Agha Irfan Ali Zaidi is a retired Pakistan Air Force officer. He earned an MSc degree in Military Warfare from the prestigious Army Command and Staff College, Quetta, Pakistan.
He was also awarded a Masters degree in Human Resource Management from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad. At present, he is in the process of competing an MS degree in Developmental Studies at SZABIST.
The Role of Emotional Intelligence in Humanitarian Response
Emotional intelligence (E.I.) emerged from the premise that emotions have an impact on almost every aspect of human experience. E.I. refers to the ability to use emotions effectively and productively. Drawing mainly upon Daniel Goleman’s five-component model of E.I. at work, this essay considers how the qualities of emotional intelligence might be integrated into disaster response thinking, planning, and operations.
