The dark side of emotional intelligence The following is an extract from an article by By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic about the dark side of emotional intelligence, I just wanted to give my own take on this. Managers should have higher emotional intelligence (EQ). However, too much EQ may result in counterproductive habits and behaviours that threaten someone’s ability to build effective relationships at work. For example, very high levels of EQ enable people to hide their emotio