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Pat is one of the founders of The Table Group and is the pioneer of the organizational health movement. He is the author of 11 books, which have sold over 6 million copies and been translated into more than 30 languages.

As President of the Table Group, Pat spends his time speaking and writing about leadership, teamwork, and organizational health and consulting with executives and their teams.

Prior to founding the firm in 1997, Pat worked at Bain & Company, Oracle Corporation and Sybase. Pat lives in the Bay Area with his wife and four boys.

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Of course, getting in touch with your emotions (and those of others) can be a challenging process. And changing deeply rooted and long-standing behaviors requires substantial commitment.

So, how do you increase your EQ?

Researchers have found that some of our favorite recreational activities can produce an increase in emotional intelligence.

Here are nine surprising ways to sharpen your EQ, and have some fun in the process:

1. Watching movies

If you're a movie fan, you realize the emotional responses a good film can inspire--from eliciting sympathy for a tragically flawed character, to the feel-good story that lifts us up. (In fact, a number of researchers have documented the effects of film on our emotions.)

So the next time you watch a film, take a few moments afterwards to reflect on the emotions you felt during different scenes. Ask yourself questions like: With which characters did I empathize the most? Why was that? What would I have done differently if I were a part of the story?

Contemplating thoughts like these will help you to understand your own emotional reactions better.

2. Listening to music

The research suggesting the power of music over our emotions is plentiful.

So, while listening to your playlist this weekend, pay attention to the emotions your music inspires.

3. Reading books

As my colleague Jessica Stillman wrote about last month, recent studies suggest that reading great fiction has a unique ability to improve our emotional intelligence.

This makes sense: As we delve into books, we stretch our imaginations to put ourselves in the characters' shoes, to understand their thinking, their feelings, their motivations. It's then natural that these abilities would carry over into our everyday lives.

So, you're not just taking a break by reading that novel. You're improving your ability to empathize with others.

4. Engaging in sports and exercise

In this systematic review of 36 studies that assessed emotional intelligence in the context of athletics or physical activity, researchers found that EI related to:

physiological stress responses

successful psychological skill usage

more successful athletic performance

positive attitudes toward physical activity

Additionally, the authors of the article state that "athletes are required to consistently cope with the stress of hard training and competitive pressure, and this includes understanding and regulating their emotions and those of other individuals."

In other words, higher emotional intelligence can actually make you better at sports and exercise, and vice versa.

5. Playing video games

A significant amount of research has gone into the negative impact of playing video games, but more and more scientists are exploring the benefits.

For example, an article published in American Psychologist outlined the emotional benefits of gaming, which included providing the means for youth to generate positive feelings, and the possibility to help individuals develop more control over their emotional reactions.

6. Playing with dolls or action figures

Scott Barry Kaufman investigates the nature and development of the imagination in his work at the University of Pennsylvania. In an essay for Psychology Today, he highlighted the benefits of character-based play:

The research reviewed by Berk, Mann & Ogan, (2006) and Hirsh-Pasek, Golinkoff, Berk, & Singer (2009) suggest that make-believe games are forerunners of the important capacity for forms of self-regulation including reduced aggression, delay of gratification, civility, and empathy.

When children use toys to introduce possible scenarios or friends, the representation of multiple perspectives occurs naturally. Taking on different roles allows children the unique opportunity to learn social skills such as communication, problem solving, and empathy (Hughes, 1999).

Ok, so this one may be geared towards your kids. But why not jump in and join the fun?

More and more research has proven that writing, especially about traumatic or stressful events, serves as a form of catharsis, providing numerous benefits on individuals' emotional health.

8. Traveling

When was the last time you went on vacation?

Research indicates that sleep and emotion are very closely linked.

Sleep deprivation was associated with diminished emotional expressivity and impaired emotion recognition, with particular relevance for social interactions

Sleep deprivation increases emotional reactivity

Evidence indicated emotional dysregulation as a result of insomnia and poor sleep

To put it simply, good sleep helps you to keep your emotions under control, and reduces the instances where one reacts in a way he or she later regrets.

Parting Thoughts

What are your plans for the weekend?

Get ready to relax, have some fun...and sharpen your emotional intelligence in the process.

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Gender issues, rising inequity, and immigration concerns are challenges school counselors with their students.

In 2017, the American School Counselors Association Assistant Director Eric Sparks identified what he considers the top challenges faced by school counselors. Many of the challenges are hot-button issues that reflect major societal change with effects that go way beyond the hallowed halls of school.

Other challenges posed by Sparks are more unique to school communities.

College readiness and vocational guidance

Sparks called this "planning." One of the biggest jobs a school counselor has is helping a child plan for his or her future, whether that means continuing on to higher education, joining the military or entering the workforce. Ideally, a school counselor would be involved with this process since the student entered school, providing guidance and study skills and intervening during times of poor or declining school performance. Some school counselors even accompany students on college visits and walk them through the application process.

Stress

"There's a lot of pressure on students these days to perform well, whether that be academically or through activities and sports," Sparks points out, "and we're more aware as a society about these kinds of issues. In the past, that might have been dismissed. But today, we have a lot more awareness of things like stress, depression, anxiety, bipolar diagnoses. So, school counselors need to know how to connect students with resources that can help them."

School counselors are not tasked with diagnosing mental illnesses. Some are specially certified to test for and diagnose learning disabilities.

Bullying

Bullying has always been a problem in schools-just watch any teen movie from any era. But one of the factors that has put bullying in so many headlines lately is the ubiquitous nature of social media. Yes, the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks spilled out of the halls of the high school and into the streets, but these days a student's tormentors can follow him home and continue to bully him in his bedroom via social media.

Some school counselors monitor social media to varying degrees. As a preventative measure, counselors are also involved with media education and lessons about how to use social media responsibly. The American School Counselor Association offers certificate training in bullying prevention.

Trauma and Crisis

A study from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network found that one in every four children attending school has been exposed to a traumatic outside of school that can affect learning and/or behavior. Individuals can experience trauma at home or in the family that effects their academics, social lives, and emotional development. Often students are not forthcoming when they are suffering from trauma. School counselors help to identify students in crisis and what kind of support and resources that they need.

When a natural disaster, school emergency and/or death of a student or faculty member occurs, an entire community of students and faculty may experience trauma together. Typically, when a school experiences a trauma, a team of crisis counselors lead the community through recovery. The school counselor plays an important role in leading the team.

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Pursuing a school counseling degree

School counselors must complete a master's degree, at minimum, in school counseling, psychology, or social work and obtain relevant state certification to gain employment. They are required to renew their license every three to five years.

According to the ASCA, school counselors are in high demand. The organization suggests that schools should have a student-to-counselor ratio of 250:1 and currently that ratio is 471:1.

The University of West Alabama's online master's in school counseling enables you to pursue a career as a school counselor. Develop the skills and knowledge needed to help youth in educational environments, all in a convenient, fully online format from one of Alabama's oldest and most prestigious universities.

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School counselors work with students to address an array of issues, offering everything from academic support to college and career counseling, as well as personal counseling. As detailed in an article published by online resource Good Therapy, school counselors can be found at every level of pre-college schooling, from kindergarten through 12th grade. To work as a school counselor, candidates must have at least a master's degree in counseling, with the article noting that many school counselors also have a Ph.D.

Making a positive impact

The American Counseling Association published an article in collaboration with the Center for School Counseling Outcome Research and Evaluation at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst that offers concise summaries of three studies that all point to the overall effectiveness of school counseling in terms of generating positive student outcomes in many areas. The findings of the studies were as follows:

Another study from Lapan, Gysbers and Sun, published in 2001 in the Journal of Counseling and Development, noted that middle schools with more developed counseling programs observed similar positive outcomes among their student bodies. The study surveyed almost 23,000 middle school students. Those individuals attending schools with strong counseling programs reported a higher level of academic achievement; a greater sense of happiness, safety and security at their institution; and fewer problems with socializing and interpersonal relationships.

An analysis authored by researchers S.C. Whiston and R.F. Quiby, cited in the Textbook of Psychopharmacology in 2009, examined 117 studies involving counseling interventions in a school setting. The study authors found that counseling interventions have a positive effect on students by a measurement of .30. For comparison, the authors explained that taking aspirin to reduce the chances of a heart attack has an effect size of .06.

According to an article from the American School Counselor Association, a 2013 study from authors K. Wilkerson, R. Perusse and A. Hughes found that elementary school students tend to perform better academically when there are counseling programs in place.

It follows from the above studies that counseling can have a tangible positive impact on student outcomes in a number of areas. As reported by another article from the American Counseling Association, given the link between academic success and the range of services offered by school counselors, the Institute of Medicine has advised that school counselors offer services to all students and that such services become mandatory across educational institutions.

Offering help across the board

It is useful to take an in-depth look at common concerns to see how counseling can make a positive impact:
Support throughout the college admissions process
Many school counselors will help students with the college application process, or if college is not a viable option for a student, school counselors can offer career counseling. In addition to practical assistance with application forms and admissions essays, counselors also can provide emotional support throughout, what is for many students, a stressful time. Kathleen Smith, writing in an article published by Counseling Today, held a discussion with Janel Young, a high school counselor from Maryland, who elaborated that many students at her school will turn to her for counseling with the college admissions process. Students seek her assistance, instead of the school career advisor, due to the strong bonds she has cultivated with them throughout their academic career.

"I suppose it's because I've gotten to know them over their four years in high school," Young explained. "For the majority of students, the college admissions process is the most stressful, soul-searching, life-changing process they've had to experience. It makes sense that they want to go to someone who knows them."

Young elaborated that stress for high school students during this period can be engendered by the pressure not only to find the best fit in terms of institution but also to secure a scholarship or other means of funding, in an age when the cost of tuition has reached unprecedented levels.

In the article, Smith also interviewed Sylinda Gilchrist-Banks, who previously served as a school counselor. Gilchrist-Banks explained that stress for students during the college admissions process also can be caused by parental expectations of where they should apply. A common problem is that parents often wish for their children to apply to prestigious schools or to their own alma maters, which can lead to additional stress and anxiety for students. Gilchrist-Banks noted that school counselors can have a positive impact in such scenarios by helping students deal with stress and anxiety, and by working with parents to ensure that expectations are more effectively managed: "You have to work closely with parents so that they're listening to their child and they're realistic about options."

Academic counseling

According to an article published by the American Counseling Association, a number of studies have shown that students tend to perform better academically when there are strong counseling programs in place at their school. For example, the article cited the aforementioned 1997 study from Lapan, Gysbers and Sun, which found that high school students tend to achieve higher GPAs at schools with better counseling resources. Another study, from authors Greg A. Brigman, Linda D. Webb and Chari Campbell, found that elementary and middle school students earn higher test scores in reading and math if they participate in counseling programs that address basic skills for succeeding as a student.

The link between counseling and academic achievement likely can be attributed to the fact that counselors in school settings often work with students to improve study habits and become more organized when working toward and meeting academic goals, an article published by trusted counseling resource Good Therapy explained. Furthermore, an article published by the American Counseling Association stated that counseling strategies also can help reduce classroom disruptions - improving teaching quality- as well as help mitigate student anxiety surrounding examinations and assignments.

Personal counseling

School counselors offer individual counseling to students for an array of personal or mental health related issues, journalist Alexandra Pannoni wrote in an article for U.S. News & World Report. Pannoni interviewed Tawnya Pringle, a high school counselor from California. Pringle explained that school counselors, while offering help and guidance for a range of issues, including stress, bullying, home life problems and more, are unable to offer therapy: "Sometimes there's a myth that we do therapy in schools, and that's not it." School counselors are qualified, however, to recognize potential mental health problems and suggest referrals to qualified therapists, if necessary.

School counselors can play an active role in helping students navigate potentially significant mental health issues. An article from the American Counseling Association cited an article from R. Jones published in the American School Board Journal that found that the work of school counselors has been shown to reduce the likelihood of suicide among student populations. According to Jones, this outcome is achieved through working closely with the parents of at-risk youth, as well as via special educational programs that can be implemented for preventative reasons. The programs focus on the effects of mental illness and the risk of suicide as a possible consequence.

As Pringle stated, however, school counselors only are able to offer confidential help to students if their lives are not at risk. In instances when counselors feel that a student is a danger to him or herself, or others, they are obligated to inform parents and in some cases the authorities.

Consider Bradley University

If you want to make a positive impact and help students with a variety of issues, consider a career as a professional school counselor. An effective first step toward that career goal is an application to Bradley University's online Master of Arts in Counseling - Professional School Counseling program. Designed to help you study at a time and pace that best complements your busy professional schedule, the online program is led by a team of dedicated, supportive faculty. The online program allows you to complete practicum and internships at locations close to home, and you will be able to select your supervisor with approval from the university.
Recommended Readings School Counselor's Role with Students at Risk for Substance Abuse What is Neurocounseling? Bradley University Online Master's in Counseling Sources http://ct.counseling.org/2012/11/high-school-counselors-still-on-front-lines-in-helping-students-handle-college-admissions-stress/ https://www.counseling.org/PublicPolicy/PDF/Research_Support_School_Counseling-ACA-CSCORE_02-11.pdf http://ct.counseling.org/2008/03/from-the-president-the-vital-role-of-school-counselors-in-the-counseling-profession/ http://ct.counseling.org/2016/08/counselors-role-ensuring-school-safety/ http://ct.counseling.org/2016/06/bullying-counselors-can-intervene/ http://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/modes/school-counseling https://wvde.state.wv.us/counselors/administrators/Effectiveness+of+School+Counseling.pdf http://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/high-school-notes/2015/02/02/3-ways-high-school-counselors-can-help-students-parents

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Understanding Strengths and Weaknesses

Jeff joined your team 18 months ago, and he's proved himself to be a talented and successful salesman. He seals the biggest deals, brings in serious revenue, and builds great relationships with clients. So, when your sales team leader transferred to another department, you were confident that promoting Jeff was the answer.

However, a few weeks later, you're starting to regret your decision. Jeff's existing skills have not translated to team management: he's an impatient, highly critical perfectionist, and he fails to explain what he wants people to do.

You now realize that you focused on Jeff's successes when you promoted him, and ignored his weaknesses. You should have used a "strengths-based leadership" approach and concentrated on building his existing strengths, and promoted someone with more effective management skills to the team leader position.

In this article, we'll explore what strengths-based leadership is, and we'll see how you can use it to develop yourself and your team members. We'll also examine the advantages and disadvantages of this approach, and look at how you can identify your own strengths, so you can become a more effective leader.

What Is Strengths-Based Leadership?

Strengths-based leadership is about focusing on your strengths, and delegating tasks that you're not as good at to others who are more skilled or experienced. You can also use this approach to identify your team members' strengths, and encourage them to use these in a way that benefits everyone.

Leaders are sometimes expected to excel at everything, and to have very few weaknesses. In reality, though, you'll likely be an expert in a specific area only, despite your range of qualifications and experience, and this doesn't guarantee that you'll succeed elsewhere.

When you attempt to become an expert in all areas, you risk spreading yourself too thin and becoming ineffective. So, it's important to recognize your strengths and weaknesses, and delegate tasks that others could do better.

Benefits of Strengths-Based Leadership

Let's look at the benefits of using a strengths-based leadership approach. For example:

Improving consensus and delegation. Working with experts in areas where you are less experienced is a sign of strength, not weakness. You're admitting where you need help, accepting others' expertise, developing a more consensual leadership style, focusing on what you do best, and promoting effective delegation.

Improving engagement. Encouraging people to focus on their strengths increases team member enjoyment and engagement. This survey found that only one percent of employees become disengaged if their manager actively focuses on their strengths, while 40 percent become disengaged if they are ignored.

Effective hiring. You can use strengths-based leadership to develop your team. This approach encourages you to hire people based on their individual strengths, not because their skills and interests align with your own. So, you are more likely to develop a diverse team, with a range of strengths, skill-sets, attitudes, and cultural values.

Encouraging creativity. Using this approach means that you will likely be more confident in delegating and passing on responsibility to your team members, and less focused on making people "fit," which can reduce creativity and innovation.

Drawbacks of Strengths-Based Leadership

Despite its benefits, there are potential weaknesses in the strengths-based leadership approach. These include:

Typecasting. This approach can increase the risk of "pigeonholing" someone. For example, if you encourage people to focus on their strengths only, they might become bored, frustrated and resentful that others are moving up and developing new areas of expertise, while they aren't.

Too much consensus. If everyone focuses on their strengths and "leads" in their own areas, you might struggle to determine the group's overall direction and make final decisions.

Ignoring weaknesses. This approach focuses on building talents and strengths but, in some areas, you also need to address performance weaknesses and knowledge or skills gaps. Otherwise, you and your team members are less likely to improve or develop, and your work could be undermined by a weakness that no-one has covered.

How to Use Strengths-Based Leadership

In their 2009 book, " Strengths Based Leadership: Great Leaders, Teams, and Why People Follow," workplace consultants Tom Rath and Barry Conchie argue that the most successful teams possess a wide range of strengths. They identify four broad groupings:

1. Executing - This is the ability to get things done. A good executor is skilled at arranging and controlling tasks, events and people, is consistent and focused, and is prepared to take responsibility for jobs.

2. Influencing - This is the strength to "sell," influence or persuade others to support ideas, projects, tasks, attitudes, or organizational approaches.

3. Relationship building - This is the ability to encourage people to work together toward a common goal or ambition.

4. Strategic thinking - A strategic thinker is skilled at analyzing information, seeing links and connections, and thinking both inside and outside the box.

You don't need to excel in all four areas to be successful, but you should ensure that your team has at least one member with strengths in each area, so that your people and their skills complement each other.

Let's look at how to identify where your strengths lie in these four areas:

1. Executing

2. Influencing

People who are strong in this area are able to influence and motivate others to gain support for their ideas or projects. Take our "How Good Are Your Motivation Skills?" quiz to discover how effectively you can excite and engage people, and our "How Good Are Your Communication Skills?" quiz to find out how well you interact and communicate with your team members.

Do you have the courage and self-confidence to stand up and take the lead? Is your goal to advance the success of your whole team? If so, you're likely an "influencer," and should aim to focus on doing more of these tasks.

3. Relationship Building

Perhaps you prefer working with others toward a common goal or ambition, and can easily spot links between people, projects, goals, or organizations?

4. Strategic Thinking

Are you highly analytical, and can you spot connections and links where other people tend to miss them?

Strategic thinkers are often highly creative, and prefer working with "high level" ideas, rather than in the details of a task. Take our "How Creative Are You?" quiz to identify whether your skills lie in this area.

Tip:

Carry out a Reflected Best Self™ exercise to identify where your strengths lie, across a range of disciplines. This encourages you to seek feedback, so that you can identify and understand your unique strengths and talents.

And, use the StrengthsFinder online assessment and Personal SWOT Analysis to analyze your individual strengths.

Key Points

Strengths-based leadership focuses on recognizing what you and your team excel at, and delegating tasks to others who are more skilled or experienced in areas where you are weak.

Strengths tend to be grouped into four broad (but overlapping) areas: executing, influencing, relationship building, and strategic thinking.

A strengths-based leadership approach can improve your delegation skills, widen your team's diversity, and create a more consensual management style.

However, be careful not to make decisions or judgments based on people's assumed strengths, and don't ignore weaknesses - if you don't "cover these off," they can undermine your work.

Apply This to Your Life

Take a step back and assess your own strengths. What are you best at? What are your weaknesses?

Think about whether you are too focused on team members' weaknesses, or what they are doing "wrong," and overlook their skills and strengths. Do they have strengths that you haven't used, or may have ignored?

Consider whether you could improve how you delegate or manage projects. Do you need to rethink your approach to team recruitment, so that you can focus on a more diverse range of strengths and attributes?

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Emotional intelligence is more than a hot topic or trending hashtag. The term describes an extremely important concept: a person's ability to recognize his or her own and other people's emotions, to understand the powerful effect of these emotions, and to use that information to guide thinking and behavior. This quality greatly enhances your efforts to achieve success--in many areas of life.

So how do you develop emotional intelligence? As with any skill, you must study and practice. Here are 5 TED Talks that will help you increase self-awareness and start targeting areas for improvement.

1. Kelly McGonigal: How to make stress your friend

In this open and honest talk, psychologist Kelly McGonigal admits a fundamental change in her thinking regarding stress. She recounts that for years she taught others what sounds like a completely reasonable theory: Stress makes people sick. But then she shares the research that got her thinking differently: Stress may only be bad for you if you believe that it's bad for you.

McGonigal encourages us to see stress as a positive, and introduces us to the resulting benefits in doing so. She also teaches us how reaching out to others--either when we're under stress or when they are--helps build resilience.

2. Arianna Huffington: How to succeed? Get more sleep

You know Ms. Huffington as the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, as well as an accomplished author and businesswoman.

In four compelling (and very funny) minutes, Ms. Huffington shares a personal experience that led to a personal discovery. In doing so, she urges us to take a closer look at the benefits of getting enough rest--and gives new meaning to the phrase "sleeping your way to the top".

3. Laura Trice: The power of saying thank you

There are few phrases in the English language that match the power of these two words: thank you.

In a simple (yet profound) three-minute talk, Dr. Laura Trice shares with us the potential of those two words to change relationships, along with the reasons why we don't hear the phrase as often as we should, and why we shouldn't be afraid to ask someone else to say it.

4. Daniel Goleman: Why aren't we more compassionate?

Daniel Goleman is a psychologist and award-winning author who greatly contributed to the popularity of EQ through his 1995 best-selling book Emotional Intelligence.

By brilliantly mixing scientific research and absorbing anecdotes, Goleman delves into the theme question with gusto. In doing so, he inspires us to think about the society we've created, what influences our perspective, and how we can do better. (His concluding story is eye-opening, to say the least.)

5. Mandy Len Catron: Falling in love is the easy part

I almost didn't include this one, but in the end I couldn't resist. It's true, the title might not speak to an audience of entrepreneurs and business owners. But the insights Ms. Catron provide go much further than finding romantic love.

In exploring the differences between falling and staying in love, Ms. Catron teaches important lessons about how we get to know others on a deeper level. Even more importantly, she raises thoughtful questions that each of us would do well to ponder. When we do, we are reminded of what it takes to maintain our most important relationships.

Upon reflection, we realize that developing emotional intelligence may not be easy--but it's definitely worth it.

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5 Brilliant TED Talks That Will Boost Your Emotional Intelligence

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Emotional intelligence is more than a hot topic or trending hashtag. The term describes an extremely important concept: a person's ability to recognize his or her own and other people's emotions, to understand the powerful effect of these emotions, and to use that information to guide thinking and behavior.

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Emotional Intelligence & Health - Global Leadership Foundation

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Global Leadership Foundation was established to provide leadership pathways and build leadership capability for people from all walks of life.

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Free Emotional Intelligence Test (Note: Disclaimer on website)

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Free Emotional Intelligence Test (Note: Disclaimer on website)

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The Global Emotional Intelligence Test uses 40 questions which are derived from, the Global instrument, which contains 158 items. These are based on Goleman's four quadrant Emotional Intelligence Competency Model (2002). Click EI Capability Assessment here for more details. Short EI quizzes such as this are meant to be fun, and to give you a guide to which EI areas you are doing well in and those which perhaps you need to focus on for development.

This Test, is a forced-choice psychological test which requires you to choose Instructions for the FREE EI Test one statement in each pair of statements that describes you best. For each pair of statements, select the statement that best applies to you. Do not over-analyse the questions, or try to think of "exceptions to the rule." Be spontaneous and choose the statement that comes closest to the way you are.

Occasionally there will be questions that ask you to make a close call between two choices. This is because the Test is trying to distinguish between specific areas. If a question is very close and you can't decide which statement applies to you best, you can come back to it after you have completed the other questions.

The Test usually takes about 10 minutes to complete. At the end of the test, click on the Score Test button, and wait for the computer to generate an EI profile of your scores. If you have answered honestly and accurately, your scores will reflect your capability level within each of the EI quadrants.

We cannot guarantee the accuracy of the results of this Test - only that it can help you begin your journey of self-development!

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Emotional Intelligence Test - Global Leadership Foundation

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Free emotional intelligence test developed by Global Leadership Foundation