Emotional Intelligence Assessment
Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy and Social Skills
What is Emotional Intelligence Assessment?
Built on the Salovey-Mayer emotional intelligence framework, this assessment measures the five domains research consistently links to leadership effectiveness, team climate and conflict management — arguably more predictive of on-the-job success than IQ alone in people-facing roles.
What it measures
- Self-Awareness
- Self-Regulation
- Motivation
- Empathy
- Social Skills
Key facts
| Assessment | Emotional Intelligence Assessment |
|---|---|
| EQ domains | 5 |
| Items | 96 |
| Completion time | ~18 min |
| Available formats | Self + 360° |
| Best suited to | Leadership assessment, coaching engagements, and any role where managing relationships and emotional regulation under pressure drives performance. |
What does Emotional Intelligence Assessment include?
- Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Empathy, Social Skills domains
- Manager 360° Companion add-on for self-vs-observer gap analysis
- Group EQ Report for team-level emotional climate diagnosis
- Grounded in Salovey & Mayer's peer-reviewed EQ framework
- Directly relevant to leadership, coaching, and customer-facing role selection
Why does it matter?
Poor emotional regulation in leadership roles is a leading cause of team attrition — people don't quit companies, they quit managers. Salovey & Mayer's (1990) original emotional intelligence model, later refined into their four-branch ability framework (Mayer, Salovey & Caruso, 2004), established Self-Awareness and Self-Regulation as specifically trainable competencies that predict leadership 360 ratings independent of general cognitive ability.
Who is Emotional Intelligence Assessment for?
How does Emotional Intelligence Assessment work?
- 1
Candidate completes a 96-item self-report survey
- 2
AXIS360 scores the 5 EQ domains against normative benchmarks
- 3
Optional: request a Manager 360° Companion check for external validation
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Frequently asked questions
Can EQ actually be measured reliably?
Self-report EQ measures have decades of validation evidence linking scores to leadership ratings, team performance and conflict outcomes, though they measure typical behaviour rather than maximal ability — pairing with the Manager 360° Companion strengthens this further.
Is this the same as the EQ-i?
No — this is an independent, open-domain implementation of the Salovey-Mayer model, avoiding proprietary licensing while maintaining the same theoretical grounding.