Part I: Getting Started with the EQ-i 2.0

Introduction

Overview

For many years, the Emotional Quotient Inventory (EQ-i®) and the EQ 360® have been instrumental in helping individuals and organizations predict and improve human performance. This latest revision, the EQ-i® 2.0 and EQ 360® 2.0, integrates feedback from over 700 leaders, coaches, counselors, participants, and researchers to bring you the most advanced and thoroughly researched measure of emotional intelligence in the assessment industry.

The EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0 are easier to use, more culturally applicable, and yield more powerful insights than ever before. Whether you are an executive coach looking to fast-track your client’s success, an HR manager aiming to improve your organization’s human capital strategy, or a practitioner making decisions about placement or intervention, the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0 give you a rich and compelling view into the emotional and social functioning of individuals and groups.

Recent research and case studies from premier organizations demonstrate that selection and development initiatives based on the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0 can help organizations cut costs and mitigate risks. The results obtained from this inventory can have a huge impact on an organization’s bottom-line because they provide valuable insight regarding the respondent’s ability to be successful in dealing with environmental demands and pressures. Visit the Resource Center in the EQ-i 2.0 Portal to find return-on-investment (ROI) data applicable in your industry.

The EQ-i 2.0 provides a unique feedback experience for the respondent by quantitatively indicating emotional skills that need improvement. Detailed, visually impactful reports help give a balanced view of a person’s potential for succeeding in life.

The simple structure of the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0 makes coaching easy because participants can readily see connections between emotional factors, their daily interactions, and their job competencies. This intuitive framework, coupled with the solid science behind the inventory, has made the EQ-i one of the most effective employee recruitment and development tools in the marketplace. Now, the EQ-i 2.0 brings you the same rigorous science in a sophisticated, professional, globally-appropriate, and intuitive user experience.

This User’s Handbook details what you need to know about using the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0, including:

• why emotional intelligence has become an established field of interest for both professionals and researchers
• understanding what is different in the 2.0 revision and why understanding what the EQ-i 2.0 measures and how
• these factors are important in job competencies and performance planning your EI initiatives and getting organizational buy-in
• the best practices for ensuring your EI initiatives have the greatest impact how to make choices in using the EQ-i 2.0 that are right for your organization
• what a respondent’s results mean and how to deliver meaningful feedback
  
• administering the EQ-i 2.0 ethically and appropriately
• how the development and psychometric properties of the EQ-i 2.0 contribute to its ability to predict and improve performance

For complete step-by-step administration instructions, EI tools, and further recommended readings, please log in to your EQ-i 2.0 Portal account.