Does emotional intelligence matter?

[Jason76]

A lot of people have little even going into university, despite the fact many would assume such people would never get in.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/alex-budak/the-donalds-defect-why-eq_b_7830850.html

https://www.hrzone.com/lead/future/donald-trumps-emotional-intelligence-lets-take-a-look

Trump has been accused of it, but does high EQ actually sometimes more a hiding mechanism? For instance, can Hillary weasel around schemes while showing "adult compassion" for all sorts of people?

 

[Cosmic]

I don’t think th EQ stuff is broadly agreed upon in science, and it doesn’t seem to have much predictive value.

The huffington post article seems to be conflating the ability to perceive emotions with the desire to act on them. Someone can be able to sense emotion but still have little concern for them. Particularly as a CEO. CEOs are not very emotional people.