Emotional Intelligence self assessment

Emotional Intelligence – self assessment

For each item below, rate how well you are able to display the ability described. Before responding, try to think of actual situations in which you have had the opportunity to use the ability.

Very Slight Ability Moderate Ability Very Much Ability

1 2 3 4 5

1. Associate different internal physiological cues with different emotions

2. Relax when under pressure in situations

3. “Gear up” at will for a task

4. Know the impact that your behavior has on others

5. Initiate successful resolutions of conflict with others

6. Calm yourself quickly when angry

7. Know when your becoming angry

8. Regroup quickly after a setback

9. Recognize when others are distressed

10. Build consensus with others

11. Know what senses you are currently using

12. Use internal “talk” to change your emotional state

13. Produce motivation when doing uninteresting work

14. Help others manage their emotions

15. Make others feel good

16. Identify when you experience mood shifts

17. Stay calm when you are the target of anger from others

18. Stop or change an ineffective habit

19. Show empathy for others

20. Provide advice and emotional support to others as needed

21. Know when you become defensive

22. Know when you are thinking negatively and head it off

23. Follow your words with actions

24. Engage in intimate conversations with others

25. Accurately reflect people’s feelings back to them

This is only a guide and snap shot of your perceptions of your emotional intelligence. It is not to be taken as the “final” word on the subject. Good emotional intelligence skills can be learned.

Scoring:

Sum your responses to the twenty-five (25) questions to obtain your overall emotional intelligence score. Your score for self-awareness is the total of questions 1, 6, 11, 16, and 21.

Your score for managing emotions is the total of questions 2, 7, 12, 17, and 22

Your score for motivating yourself is the sum of questions 3, 8, 13, 18, and 23

Your score for empathy is the sum of the questions 4, 9, 14, 19, and 24

Your score for social skills is the sum of questions 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25

Interpretation:

The questionnaire provides some indication of your emotional intelligence. If you received a total score of 100 or more, you are certainly considered a person with high emotional intelligence. A score of 50 to 100 means you have a good platform of emotional intelligence from which to develop your leadership capability. A score below 50 indicates that you realize that you are probably below average in emotional intelligence.

For each of the five components of emotional intelligence – self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating one’s self, empathy and social skill – a score above 20 is considered high, while a score under 10 would be considered low. Think about what you might do to develop those areas where you scored low. Compare your scores with those of others. What will you do to improve your scores?