Handbook for Developing Emotional and Social Intelligence: Best Practices, Case Studies, and Strategies

9.2. STEP 2. MEASURE EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Any organization can benefit from engaging the principles of EI; however, applying an instrument such as the EQ-i® is more effective because it was developed from a theoretical model, has been used by over one million respondents, and, as this chapter will later demonstrate, has proven itself to be one of the singular most predictive assessments in measuring workplace success. Part of the EQ-i's primacy lies in its intuitive model, which breaks down the concept of EI into five composites, and further into fifteen subscales. These fifteen factors, often dubbed "the building blocks of emotional intelligence," have been shown to predict a person's effectiveness in work and home life, influencing both ...