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EQ Social Competency Assessment
"A competent leader can get efficient service from poor troops, while on the contrary an incapable leader can demoralize the best of troops" ~ John J. Pershing What is Emotional Intelligence? It is the link between emotions and its impact on our work outcomes. The ability to perceive, assess and manage the emotions of oneself, and of others. Do you understand the role of emotion and its impact on your performance? Are you aware of your EQ strengths and deficits? Handling Relationships Social Competency is just one of the necessary skills that correlate to Workplace Success due to Emotional Intelligence. It is an external look at how we relate to others. It centers on our awareness of others feelings and needs. Expanding to include our political acumen in how we respond to those feelings and needs of others. Download the Assessment Here Assess the following situations and how you would characterize your current behavior. Use the following scale:
What is your Social Competency? Below are a few questions to help determine where you are on your journey 1. I have an intuitive sense of others feelings and needs:
2. I show an active interest in others concerns and / or interests:
3. I am oriented to the highest standard of customer service:
4. I invest a majority of my time in employee development:
5. I look for opportunities to leverage diversity though people:
6. I am an effective influencer:
7. I am a clear and convincing communicator:
8. I inspire others:
9. I am known as a change agent:
10. I easily handle confrontation:
11. I am successful at conflict resolution:
12. I nurture instrumental business relationships:
13. I am a natural collaborator:
14. I handle difficult personnel performance situations with integrity and grace:
15. I help individuals and teams reach higher levels of performance:
Assessment Scoring
Your Quiz Score Add the total for each letter A_____ B_____ C_____ D_____ Here is what it means
Validate Once you have assessed yourself, ask your friends, colleagues, mentors and supervisors to assess your social relationship skills. This will validate your assessment or introduce potential gaps in your skill, of which you were not aware. Is this helpful? Please let us know in the comments your thoughts on this as well as other ways we can help you with your career and training. The author, Diahann Boock, is the founder of Women's Ally. For information about working with Diahann, check out our Programs. blog comments powered by Disqus |