EQ in Action Profile Assessment
A Profile Of You In Relationship
This new tool is based upon developmental psychology, interpersonal neuropsychology, and neurophysiology theory, plus years of clinical, educational, consulting and training work.
A Unique, Powerful Emotional Intelligence Instrument:
This tool makes a contribution to the field in several unique and important ways.
- It’s All About Relationship — Emotional Intelligence does not exist apart from relationships. We are created, shaped and sustained in relationships throughout our lives. The EQ Profile reveals how we experience relationships in ways that influence our actions and reactions in potentially unintentional ways. The EQ Profile maps which neural pathways get activated (and deactivated) in difficult interpersonal situations. It reveals what gets triggered within us when we are confronted in some manner by another person. By spotlighting what we don’t have conscious access to, the EQ Profile creates new self-awareness and a new vocabulary for the ongoing development of the self. It provides the awareness that allows for the development of new neural pathways that can lead to more present and intentional responses to stress and conflict, sustaining and improving personal and professional relationships.
- The Only Non-Self-Reporting EQ Instrument — Most instruments that measure EQ ask you how emotionally intelligent you think you are. In essence, they ask you how aware you are, of what you’re not aware of. Obviously, that doesn’t make sense. That’s why the EQ Profile is a simulation. Rather than asking you to report how self-aware, self-regulated and empathetic you are or what you would do or have done in situations where emotional intelligence is needed, the EQ Profile places you in the middle of eight work-related conflict scenarios. Then, it tracks and captures your internal experience through your responses to a series of statements. Your responses are coded and categorized by the relevant dimensions of your internal experience, then compared with an ideal for each dimension as well as the responses from the rest of the population having taken the instrument. The result is your EQ Profile report: a snapshot of your internal experience in relationship, under stress, in conflict.
- It’s About Creating More Choice —The goal of the EQ Profile is to generate awareness that allows you to make more intentional choices over how you relate with others. It provides insights into yourself and empowers you to create new neural pathways that can lead to better, more fruitful relationships.
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EQ Competencies Measured
This tool is based upon a developmental model (Sarni, Emotional Intelligence Handbook) and measures the three capacities of emotional intelligence, or what others call the “essential components” (Taylor & Bagby). These capacities include:
- Self-Reflection
- Self-Soothing or Self-Regulation
- Empathy
These capacities provide the foundation for development of the larger array of competencies and skills. When these capacities are well developed the competencies follow with ease.
Several key dimensions of these core capacities are measured. Self-soothing is measured in terms of what we do in relationships; what we tend to do that builds relationships and contributes to positive outcomes and what do we do that is detrimental to relationships and successful outcomes. The eight short vignettes present different difficult dilemmas that give individuals a composite view of their relationship strategies. They are also provided with a profile of how their strategies vary by context and by different issues.
An EQ Fitness Handbook assists integration & gives options for action
“So now that I have a profile, what difference does it make? And what can really be done to make a difference?” The “So what?” question is a good one. Why bother unless real development is possible. The exciting news that is widely documented in brain development literature today is that development continues throughout our lives and very targeted practice actually reshapes the brain by modifying the resources the brain dedicates to a given function (The Social Brain).
This tool includes a fitness handbook that gives a wide variety of practice options for each dimension measured by the tool and encourages individuals to select one to several daily practices they will commit to for a one-month period. It takes repetitive practice to change behavior. Individuals can use the ideas and modify them to fit their unique lifestyle. Everyone is encouraged to create their own plan and make their own commitments. Organizations can easily take these ideas and build them into leadership development programs and/or staff development programs.
Report Profiles
Individual profile reports graphically display an individual’s level of fitness on seven dimensions of Self-Reflection and Empathy. This is followed by a brief narrative description of what is measured and the implications for an individual in work relationships. Individuals are encouraged to consider how this information fits with their own experience and to interpret this in terms of their life experience in different situations. The information provides a valuable tool for noticing and practicing self-awareness. It is also useful for engaging family members, colleagues, and friends in a discussion on the degree to which this data fits their experience of them. The profile summary can be used as a rich resource for further exploration.
How it works
The EQ Profile is available in three forms. The streaming video online version is best for people who have high-speed Internet access. The CD version is available for those with a slower Internet interface, and a paper and pencil version is available for using with larger groups or in a classroom where many students are taking it at the same time. Both types of Internet reports are generated immediately and available online as soon as the user has finished taking the tool.
Team reports or large group reports are also available. Each person receives a bound-colored report with an EQ Fitness Handbook: 150 Practices for Daily Living.
Validity and Reliability Measures
This tool has undergone a series of high-level statistical analyses to date. A four-page summary of this work is available upon request. The tool has been administered to a diverse group of people, including adult men and women of different age groups (from under 25 to 70), different employment status, different socioeconomic status, and different geographic regions across North America.
Some of the validity and reliability measures that have been done or are underway include face validity, content validity, construct validity, divergent validity, and criterion group validity (measures differences between groups).
Using the tool
This tool is available through Learning In Action Technologies with an interpretive consultation. Certification training is scheduled several times throughout the year for professionals who want to use this tool for leadership development programs, staff development, team development, and coaching or for use in graduate and undergraduate programs.
Sample Reports
Emotional Intelligence In The Workplace
Obtain a copy of our 24 page widely read Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace. This gives a thorough overview of Emotional Intelligence with daily practice that can create powerful change. Click Here
