Test Your Emotional Intelligence

Book excerpt: It takes more than a high Intelligence Quotient (IQ) to be successful. A high Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) is now recognized to be equally important. Emotional intelligence is a group of interconnected core skills: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and social skills. It is for that reason that many employers recognize the importance of emotional intelligence, and increasingly recruiters seek evidence of it during the selection process through an EQ test. Emotional intelligence has also become a regular item on management development/training programmes.