EQ-i 2.0®
Emotional intelligence – the secret to individual and organizational success
EQ-i 2.0®
Can you use and develop your emotional intelligence?
Research shows that emotional intelligence is a skill which top performers and professionals master. Emotional intelligence is a skill that promotes success and well-being for you and for others. Emotional intelligence is not a static factor – on the contrary, your emotional intelligence changes over time, and you can consciously develop it in targeted areas.
Emotional intelligence is not vague; we can measure and describe it in a concrete manner with the scientifically tested Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0®. Organizations benefit from emotionally intelligent employees, and measuring emotional intelligence pays off. The EQ-i 2.0 is already used in more than 60 countries, and companies such as Google, GE and Intel use it in their recruitment and development programs.
Emotional intelligence is concrete
“Cooperative”, “You communicate smoothly with both colleagues and customers”, “Skillful team player”, “You blend into any team effortlessly”… These are valued attributes in many workplaces today. Have you ever thought that these attributes are also concrete examples of emotional intelligence?
You can benefit from using Emotional Quotient Inventory in:
- Leadership Development
- Selection (together with personality profiling)
- Organizational Development
- Executive Coaching
- Team Building
Identify your emotional intelligence and develop your skills
- The EQ-i 2.0® is a versatile, psychometric method for assessing emotional intelligence. A 360° assessment is also available.
- The first scientifically validated measure of EI
- 133 questions measuring emotional intelligence, administration time 15 – 30 minutes.
- An easy-to-read report that shows clearly both the strengths and areas needing development in one’s emotional intelligence.
- Several language versions available.
How can I start using the EQ-i?
The person being assessed will not interpret the EQ-i 2.0® report by themselves; it’s always discussed with a certified EQ-i 2.0 coach. The same certified coach provides you with the reports (assessments). Easy!
- Get a certificate from us to get a permission to use the emotional intelligence scale independently, OR
- Find an EQ-i 2.0® partner for you through us: contact information for certified consultants
Be a forerunner, start utilizing the emotional intelligence scale!
The EQ-i 2.0® Model
The EQ-i 2.0 features one overarching EI score (Total EI), broken down into five composite scores which measure five distinct aspects of emotional and social functioning:
- Self-perception
- Self-expression
- Interpersonal
- Decision making
- Stress Management.
These in turn, are broken down into a total of 15 subscales (e.g. self-regard, assertiveness, empathy, problem solving and flexibility).
In your own report, you will get an overall assessment of your emotional intelligence plus your results for all components in the emotional intelligence model.
What our customer are saying?
The EQ-i 2.0 course was well organized. The online course provided sufficient basic knowledge on the subject, and the interactional training sessions gave an opportunity to deepen our knowledge. We felt the course was suitably demanding, truly enabling us to use the method; the final exam also backed this up. It’s good that the trainers make sure the users of the method really know how to use it.
Good leaders have emotional intelligence. They can lead and engage personnel and get better results. They can interpret their own feelings, and they believe in themselves; they are also skilled in expressing their opinions and feelings. They are optimistic, flexible and stress resistant. Good leaders apply their self-knowledge and objectivity to decision-making. In selection processes, it’s important to pay attention to a leader’s emotional skills. In emotional skill assessments, we use the scientifically validated EQ-i 2.0 emotional intelligence scale to help our clients find emotionally intelligent key personnel. Emotional skills can also be developed, so everyone can improve in this.
My clients have felt that it’s particularly useful to see how the various components of emotional intelligence are balanced. Some of the insights on this balancing have resulted in big changes in ways to lead and interact, with very good results.
Personality is the bedrock of who a person is, but their EQ is the capstone that forms the whole person. Understanding emotion skills and knowing your own skills is a great basis for self-knowledge and personal development. The EQ-i 2.0 is a comprehensive and concrete method for assessing emotional intelligence, and the best part is that it centers on personal well-being. And for many of us, that’s what matters the most. I combine these two tools, the WorkPlace Big Five personality profile and the EQ-i 2.0 emotional intelligence scale, to provide the client with a useful combination that supports the coaching process regardless of the theme of the coaching.
I use the EQ-i 2.0 emotional intelligence assessment with the executives more and more. When I mention that the significance of emotional intelligence for success is five-fold compared to IQ, many of my clients say: “OK, let’s get one of those assessments right away.” Some leaders have said that the EQ-i assessment is something they should’ve done at an earlier stage of the coaching process, because that’s what truly revealed their strengths and points for development as a leader. The relevance of the emotional intelligence assessment for developing as a leader is significant, because we can consciously develop and change things. I usually compare the EQ-i emotional intelligence assessment and the emotional intelligence section of BarOn in the WorkPlace Big Five Leader report, and these often reveal an interesting correlation.
