Part V: creating the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0
Leadership EQ 360 Report Interpretive Guide
Leadership EQ 360 Report Features
The Leadership EQ 360 Report builds off of the foundation of the Workplace EQ 360 Report, with several enhancements. This section describes the enhancements that have been incorporated into the Leadership EQ 360 Report, including the main features of the report, as well as several optional features that you can turn on or off.
Main Report Features
“YOUR 360 LENS” AND “YOUR LEADERSHIP LENS”
The Leadership EQ 360 Report includes an Introduction section for your client that outlines the following:
- A guide to understanding the report
- Tips for getting the most out of the report
- An interpretive framework for the report contents
- The link between emotional intelligence and leadership
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
An Executive Summary page showcases the client’s three highest and three lowest scoring EI skills. You can quickly pinpoint areas in which the client excels (areas that help fuel organizational and personal performance), as well as areas that are in need of development, in order to harness the client’s leadership ability.
| If there is a tie for the third highest and/or third lowest score among EI skills, the following note will appear: Note: You have other subscales that have tied for the highest/lowest three scores. |
The summary will also specify where each score falls in relation to the Leadership Bar (if this feature is turned on), and the level of agreement between the individual’s scores and the scores provided by his/her raters.
| The Leadership Bar highlights how the client’s scores fare in comparison to top leaders (see Leadership Sample Data Collection in the Development of the EQ 360 Leadership Report section below for details about who is included in the top leader sample). |
OVERVIEW OF RESULTS PAGE
The Leadership EQ 360 Report is built on the research-based and theoretical underpinnings of the EQ-i 2.0 Model. The model preserves the foundation and integrity of the original EQ-i (Bar-On, 1997) while featuring improvements to the standardization, reliability, and validity of the original assessment.
This page provides your client’s Total EI, Composite and Subscale scores. Note that the Leadership EQ 360 Report contains the same EQ-i 2.0 Total EI, Composite, Subscale scores as the Workplace EQ-i 2.0, Leadership EQ-i 2.0 and Workplace EQ 360 reports, provided the same norms are chosen. The Leadership EQ 360 Report presents an interpretation of the EQ 360 results through a leadership lens, and allows you to discover how your client’s scores and results fare in comparison to top leaders.
SUBSCALE PAGES
On every Self-Report based subscale page, your client will be provided with an interpretation of his/her score, the associated leadership and organizational impact, and some strategies to help leverage each EI skill to reach his/her full potential in a given leadership role. There is also an option to turn on the Balancing EI section, which helps the client understand the importance of achieving balance across his/her profile.
On every Rater-based subscale page, your client will be provided with a description of how they have rated themselves, how their raters have rated them, and where the sources of agreement and/or disagreement between these ratings exist.
Optional Report Features
LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL PAGES
The Participant Leadership Potential page examines four key leadership dimensions (Authenticity, Coaching, Insight, and Innovation; see Creating the Leadership Potential Page in the Development of the EQ 360 Leadership Report section) and highlights associated and relevant EI skills (based on research and theory) that help promote success in the client’s leadership role. The Rater-based Leadership Potential section examines the four key leadership dimensions in the context of the scores provided by the raters.
A Leadership Derailers section examines how low scores for specific EI skills may particularly hamper leadership success.
If the Leadership Potential page is turned on, the leadership dimension icons will appear on the subscale pages linking the subscale to any of the four leadership dimensions.
The leadership dimensions are as follows:
| Authenticity |  |
An authentic leader serves as a role model for moral and fair behavior. A transparent approach commands esteem and confidence from employees. |
|---|---|---|
| Coaching |  |
A leader who coaches effectively is seen as a mentor who supports employee growth. Employees are nurtured towards achieving their highest levels of performance. |
| Insight |  |
A leader provides insight by sharing a purpose and hopeful vision for colleagues to follow. Employees are compelled and inspired to exceed goals. |
| Innovation |  |
An innovative leader focuses on taking risks, spurring colleagues’ ingenuity and autonomous thought. Knowledge is valued and challenges are viewed as learning opportunities. |
LEADERSHIP BAR
A yellow leadership bar appears on the Overview of Results page, and above all other bar graphs on every subscale page. The Leadership Bar highlights how the client’s scores fare in comparison to top leaders (see Creating the Leadership Bar in the Development of the EQ 360 Leadership Report section). The client can focus development efforts in areas in which he/she scored lower than other successful leaders, in order to maximize his/her leadership capability. The Leadership Bar only applies to your client’s self-scores and is not related to the scores provided by the raters.
If the Leadership Bar is turned on, interpretive text describing your client’s score in relation to the leadership bar will appear in the “What Your Score Means” section of every subscale page.
If the Leadership Bar is turned off, a yellow bar will not appear:
PROFILE GAP ANALYSIS
The Profile Gap Analysis page provides a general overview of the level of agreement between your client and his/her raters. It will provide an outline of the areas in which your client has a healthy level of awareness (a high level of agreement between the client ratings and the rater ratings), and those in which an awareness gap exists (a low level of agreement between the client ratings and the rater ratings). It is important to identify these awareness gaps, as they may be areas in which your client actually excels but does not use to his/her full potential due to a lack of awareness, or they may be areas requiring improvement.
On the Profile Gap Analysis chart, your client’s self-report subscale scores will be plotted in comparison to the level of agreement with the scores from his/her raters. Subscales in the left quadrants indicate awareness gaps, while subscales in the right quadrants indicate self-awareness.
- Subscales that land in the “Allied Strengths” quadrant are those which your client may excel in, and this strength is evident to your client as well as those around him/her.
- Subscales that land in the “Reinforced Opportunities” quadrant are those which your client understands are areas for improvement.
- Subscales that land in the top-left “Blind Spots” quadrant are those which your client believes they excel in, but is unaware that these areas need improvement. This gap in awareness provides an opportunity to bring these needs to your client’s attention.
- Subscales in the bottom-left “Blind Spots” quadrant are areas in which your client may excel, but is unaware of these strengths. This gap in awareness provides an opportunity to bring these strengths to your client’s attention.
CURRENT LEADERSHIP TOPIC PAGES
Three current topics in leadership are explored using the EQ-i 2.0 model . Best practices are suggested for leveraging EI to provide your client with guidance in:
1. Managing conflict
2. Achieving work-life balance
3. Leading a multigenerational team
You may choose to turn on one, some, or all of these leadership topic pages depending on the nature of the leadership issues you and your clients are working with. These leadership topics help the report to deliver a thorough overview of current and relevant leadership issues, and can help you apply EI as a solution to the challenges and business issues that your client may encounter.
The same optional features on the Workplace EQ 360 Report are available for the Leadership EQ 360 Report. |