Source: Training in Interpersonal Skills by Stephen P. Robbins and Phillip L. Hunsaker

   
Emotional Intelligence:This inventory is for you only. No one else will receive it.

Numeric rating: There are no right or wrong answers.
For each item given 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.  Use these numeric ratings:
Very Slight Ability Moderate Ability Extraordinary Ability

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3 4          5
     Scoring Key
Component Questions High Medium  Low
Overall EIQ All 100+ 50-100 25-50
Self-awareness  1, 6, 11, 16, 21  20+  10-20 Below 10
Manage emotions  2, 7, 12, 17, 22  20+  10-20 Below 10
Self-motivation 3, 8, 13, 18, 23  20+  10-20 Below 10
Empathy
4, 9, 14, 19, 24  20+  10-20 Below 10
Social Skills   5, 10, 15, 20, 25  20+  10-20 Below 10
 

 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 resolution of conflict with others.

 

 6. 

Calm yourself quickly when angry.

 

 7. 

Know when you are 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 to 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.

 

Scoring Your Emotional Intelligence
 
Sum up your responses to the 25 questions to obtain your overall emotional intelligence score and enter your component scores in the blanks that follow. 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. You score for self-motivation is the sum of questions 3, 8, 13, 18, and 23. Your score for empathy is the sum of questions 4, 9, 14, 19, and 24. Your score for social skills is the sum of questions 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25.
 

 26. 

My overall EIQ score is ___.
 

 

 27. 

My self-awareness score is  ___.
 

 

 28. 

My manage emotions score is  ___.
 

 

 29. 

My self-motivation score is  ___.
 

 

 30. 

My empathy score is  ___.
 

 

 31. 

My social skills score is  ___.
 

 

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