According to the PMI Guide to Business Analysis, emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, and manage one's own and others' emotions. It is an essential skill for agile teams, as it helps to foster collaboration, trust, communication, and feedback. A project leader who invests in developing the team's emotional intelligence can help to motivate the team members, resolve conflicts, and improve performance.
Asking the unmotivated team member to take a short leave, reducing the number of meetings, or sending the team member to another team are not effective solutions, as they do not address the root cause of the problem or help the team member to improve their motivation and engagement. References:
* PMI Guide to Business Analysis, pages 38-39, 2.4.3 Emotional Intelligence
* PMI-PBA Sample Questions, question 10, answer A