Part V: creating the EQ-i 2.0 and EQ 360 2.0

EQ-i 2.0 Leadership Report Interpretive Guide

Overview

Welcome to a new way of examining emotional intelligence skills! The EQ-i 2.0 Leadership Report was designed for those who work with leaders of all levels, to provide an in-depth look at EI strengths and weaknesses through the lens of leadership. This chapter describes the features of the Leadership Report, an overview of the research behind EI and leadership, interpretation suggestions for working with the new Leadership Report options, as well as a description of how the report was developed.

The EQ-i 2.0 Leadership Report correlates EQ-i 2.0 subscales with leadership performance across various competencies. It is a robust and engaging framework through which leaders can compare their results to a cohort of top leaders (see Leadership Sample Data Collection for a description of the leadership sample).

Consistent with the Workplace Report, the Leadership Report is flexible to the individual needs of you and your clients. As such, many of the features described in the next section are options, meaning you can turn them on and off depending on your interpretation needs. Both popular and academic literature are teeming with leadership models and theories; you may use some of these models or you may use your own theory. Either way, the Leadership Report uses a framework that aligns itself to almost any leadership or competency model. Its malleable nature, much like EI itself, was one of the key characteristics emphasized in the development of the framework.