We learned in Chapter 3, Core Emotional Intelligence Skills IT Professionals Need about the core competencies of emotional intelligence and how to develop them. We also learned that the steps of the base of the EI pyramid are emotional self-awareness and emotional self-management. In Chapter 3, Core Emotional Intelligence Skills IT Professionals Need we had a general approach to these core emotional intelligence competencies. Now, as these emotional intelligent competencies are sacred for a balanced leader, we are going to approach them at a more advanced level: