Posted: Aug 17, 07 10:07am
For any of you who wish to have a guide to EQ and an assessment, too, I recommend you check out The Emotional Intelligence Quick Book by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves.
Dr. Bradberry and Dr. Graeves are the cofounders of TalentSmart, Inc. (http://www.talentsmart.com). They know their stuff.
The book is really reasonable (currently $16.29 on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-Quick-Book/dp/0743273265/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-2836253-8616821?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186983570&sr=8-1) plus when you buy the book, the inside of the dust cover lists a code to use to take TalentSmartâs assessment online. Good deal. Really good deal. And the report for the assessment includes video clips that demonstrate EQ concepts.
The assessment has only 28 questions and takes about 7 minutes to complete. I like that. Itâs a bit controversial when you compare this assessment to other EQ assessments out thereâbig variety in terms of cost, length, how easily accessible they are, etc.
It measures emotional intelligence using a model Daniel Goleman introduced in Primal Leadership. Golemanâs model states that emotional intelligence is divided into 4 skills: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. More on that later.
I met Dr. Graeves when I participated in a TalentSmart certification class this past May. She had lunch with the certification group and spoke to us about the assessment and the book, etc. She was vibrant and interesting. And I think she makes the subject accessible to people.
The first chapter of the book is especially interesting. The analogy from that chapter really sticks with me: when you are smart about your emotions, information between the emotional and rational centers of your brain travel back and forth very smoothlyâlike a superhighway with no traffic. Itâs when there are traffic jams going one way or the other that challenges begin to occur and occur more frequently.
Love to hear what you think about the book and assessment!
