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Multi-Health Systems (MHS) has been publishing the very best in psychological assessments for over 25 years. MHS's assessments and services are used in clinical, educational, forensic, pharmaceutical, corporate, and research settings around the world. Since 1983, MHS has been providing the psychological community with leading products such as the Emotional Quotient Inventory 2.0 (EQ-i 2.0), demonstrating commitment to innovation and quality.


Why is Emotional Competence Important?
Distinct from cognitive competence or IQ, Emotional Competence refers to our capacity to perceive, generate, and manage emotions in ourselves and others. As confirmed by independent academic research, Emotional Competence has been identified as the single most important determinant of superior functioning; and one-quarter to nearly one-half of all job success can be attributed to Emotional Competence.

Assessing Emotional Competence using the EQ-i 2.0 can make a decisive contribution to effective workforce selection and development. The EQ-i 2.0 delivers better performing individuals and organisations, significant cost savings, and a clear competitive advantage

The Emotional Quotient-Inventory
The EQ-i® is the first scientifically validated and most widely used Emotional Competence assessment in the world. Respondents self-report on their life and workplace performance in 15 key areas of emotional skill that have been proven to contribute to proficiency in complex business activities such as conflict resolution and planning.

The EQ-i 2.0 is built on BarOn EQ-i®; the first scientifically validated and most widely used Emotional Competence assessment in the world. The BarOn EQ-i® is the result of 20 years of Dr. Bar-On’s research on emotional competence. His research has crossed borders into eleven countries in an effort to develop a cross-cultural approach to describing and assessing emotional competence.

Respondents self-report on their life and workplace performance in 15 key areas of emotional skill that have been proven to contribute to proficiency in complex business activities such as conflict resolution and planning.

The New EQ-i 2.0 Experience
The revolutionary new EQ-i 2.0 experience not only provides you with a newly updated emotional competence assessment, the additional services will help make you an expert in emotional competence, thereby giving you a competitive advantage in the marketplace. It provides you with an array of services and client-focused offerings, all delivered through an easy-to-access online portal.

  • A valid and reliable measure
  • Easy to use
  • Updated norms and multi-cultural relevance
  • New online portal with added support on usage, including resources and connections to other certified EQ-i users
  • Flexibility and customisation of reporting options and other features
  • A global, business-centric language and design
  • Certification process that blends e-learning with in-class experience and new online exam



The EQ-i 2.0 Model
The 1-5-15 factor structure: this is a particular structural set-up, based on the Bar-On (1997) model of EI, that EQ-i users have always found easy to use and have become accustomed to. The EQ-i 2.0 features one overarching EI score, broken down into five composite scores which, in turn, are broken down into a total of 15 subscales. While, in the earlier version, individual items loaded on multiple subscales, in the new EQ-i 2.0, items only load on one subscale.




Employee Development
The EQ-i 2.0 measures the interaction between a person and the environment he/she operates in. Assessing and evaluating an individual's emotional competence can help establish the need for targeted development programmes and measures. This, in turn, can lead to dramatic increases in the person's performance, interaction with others and leadership potential. The development potentials the EQ-i 2.0 identifies, along with the targeted strategies it provides, make it a highly effective employee development tool.

Recruitment and Retention
The EQ-i 2.0 is versatile in workplace environments and can be used as a screening tool in hiring, leading to the selection of emotionally competent, emotionally healthy, and the most likely successful employees. Supplemented by other sources of information, such as interviews, the EQ-i 2.0 can make the recruitment and selection process more reliable and efficient.

Quick Facts
  • Age Range: 18 years and older
  • Administration Time: 20-30 minutes
  • No. of Items: 133 (nearly updated)
  • Format: Online EQ-i 2.0 Portal for quick and easy administration, scoring and more.
  • Norm: General Population, n = 4000; Age and gender specific
  • Language: Multiple language translations available
  • Qualification Level: B (North America Only); EQ-i certified
  • Report Options :
    • 1. Workplace
    • 2. Leadership*
    • 3. Group*
    • 4. Higher Education*

      • * publication dates to be determined

The Emotional Quotient - 360
The EQ-360 is a multi-rater version of the EQ-i 2.0. The EQ-360 assessment provides a more in-depth analysis by having those who work with the individual provide information along with his/her own responses. When observer ratings are compared with the results of an EQ-i 2.0 self-report, a more complete 360 degree profile emerges. The EQ-360 identifies key employee strengths that can be leveraged to the benefit of the organisation, as well as impediments to high performance that could be improved. As with the EQ-i 2.0, the new EQ 360 features significant changes based on data and feedback gathered over several years.

  • Clear alignment with EQ-i 2.0 items
  • Automated set-up
  • Condensed report output
  • Enhanced report appearance
  • Detailed interpretation


 
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