Social awareness is the ability to listen, persuade and collaborate with others to nurture relationships.

Why social awareness is important? Can it be more important than pure traditional intelligence?  For example, if you have two group of people who have the same IQ, could you distinguish between them only based on their Emotional Quotient (EQ) and communication skills?

Research shows that this is indeed the case. A group which is at harmony with itself could deliver a lot more than one which is not. This means that an emotional charge such as fear or anger can prevent a group of highly skilled and intelligent people from realising their full potentials and perform to the best of their abilities.