Emotional Intelligence Test Reflection
After receiving my results, I was a little dissatisfied that my overall score was lower than
my expectation; I thought I would do better. I was specifically disappointed with my self –
awareness score, which was at the lower end of being average. As someone who plays sport
quite a bit physical self- awareness, knowing what my body is doing and improving on it, is a
strength of mine because of this I thought I would excel at mental self-awareness as well and
didn’t really pay attention to it as much. Unfortunately, after taking my EQ test I see that this is
something I do not excel at and is something I really need to improve on using the selfawareness strategies mentioned in the book Emotional Intelligence 2.0.
Furthermore, my EQ test also reveals that my primary strength is self-management,
which is your ability to manage your emotional reactions to all situations and people. I believe
that I am good at this simply because I try to as best as I can understand the situation from the
perspective of others. This allows me to firstly, slow down my thought process and engage in
critical thinking and gives me time to articulate a good response. I aim to improve on this by
doing this more often and in more frustrating situations as sometimes I let my emotions get the
better of me. My secondary strengths are relationship management, which is managing your
social interactions with others successfully, and social awareness, which is your ability to
accurately notice emotions in other people and interpret them. I pride myself in being a good
teammate, and being flexible and understanding to the needs of others. For example, if a
teammate is more confident in being the leader then I will let them play that role. On the other
hand, if a teammate lacks motivation and confidence then I will take on the leadership role.
However, there are times where the conflict does get the better of me and my relationship
management skills are overshadowed by my emotions. I hope in the future to improve upon
this by increasing my self-awareness skills so I can better understand the emotions going
through my head. Lastly, my social awareness skills are good with small groups of people,
because I tend to focus on body language and tone of voice for social cues, but when it comes
to engaging a crowded room, this becomes harder to do.
My EQ strengths do match my Learning Type Measure results of being a Type One
learner. As a type one learner, I discuss ideas in a group setting, therefore it is very important to
have strong self and relationship management skills because as with all groups, there will be
conflicts and you will need to resolve them to advance. In addition, my EQ also matches with
my Values Perspective Assessment, which showed I valued teamwork in the workplace, and
social interactions with friends and family. To maintain these values you have to have strong
social awareness and relationship management skills.
Artifact
Figure 1- Cutting the wire
This image shows someone getting ready to diffuse a bomb by cutting the correct wire. If they cut the
wrong wire under pressure then things can go very wrong. This image represents self-management,
which is my main strength. Similar to diffusing a bomb when you are reacting to a situation don’t let
your emotions get the better of you. Calm down, and think through them analytically or else the result
could be as catastrophic as an exploding bomb. You should always ensure that you manage your
emotions well because in an important situation one mistake could be devastating. Thus, you should
treat these situations with the same level of attention you would give to diffusing a bomb.