Measuring Emotional Intelligence

Many readers will want to know their own level of EI so that they can take action to develop and improve their capability in this area. This brief chapter aims to help the reader conduct a tentative assessment of their EI to satisfy their curiosity and help them approach the balance of the book with a number of practical questions in mind. These can be explored further when reading Chap. 5 , ‘Can Emotional Intelligence Be Developed?’ Should the reader require a more specific assessment before reflecting on developmental activity we have proposed a process for building a firmer foundation for their assessment. Those who seek an absolute measure of their EI should arrange to take a full psychometric assessment.