The Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI) 360

What is Emotional Intelligence and Why is it Important:

Studies show that emotional intelligence (EI), the ability to identify and manage emotions in both self and others, is the best predictor of success in life. Its predictive value is greater than IQ plus technical skills put together. Recent UCLA research indicated that only 7% of leadership success is attributable to intellect; 97% of success, in fact, comes from trust, integrity, authenticity, honesty, creativity, presence, and resilience.

Learning about Emotional Intelligence during the Summer Principals Academy
This summer, as part of the Summer Principal’s Academy experience, you will be taking a Seminar in Leadership (ORLA 6020). A major part of the seminar is a segment dedicated to Emotional Intelligence led by Dr. Robin Stern (Instructor). These sessions of the course, held every Friday morning, will introduce you to the basics of emotional intelligence (EQ) and how this framework can be used for your own professional development. Through a combination of guest lecture, reflective practice, and group process, you will become familiar with your strengths and challenge areas, explore your core values, build upon your vision and design a performance growth plan that will improve your ability to model “star” leadership and transform your lives and school.

Emotional Competence Inventory 360’ Assessment:

In order to achieve the aforementioned it is important to obtain a comprehensive, baseline assessment of your current EQ. Consequently in the next few days you will be getting an email communication from the Hay Group about the Emotional Competence Inventory (ECI). The ECI is a 360’ degree instrument (meaning that in addition to your own responses to questions concerning your emotional intelligence, others in your personal and work life are invited to respond) that taps a variety of competencies and composes your very own “emotional intelligence profile”. You will ultimately use this profile to close the gap between your current leadership style and the ideal style to which you aspire.

The Hay Group email will provide instructions about selecting and contacting those individuals whom you choose to evaluate your emotional intelligence by completing the relevant sections of the ECI. You will be asked to select up to 20 people who know you and your work very well. It is crucial that you get a well-rounded group of respondents, those you had amicable relationships with and those that presented challenges for you. The results of your ECI are for you and your own professional development only, so the more honesty you can get from those you ask for feedback, the more you will grow in this process. Further, the quality of the instrument will be enhanced by the number of respondents

Questions/Queries
If you have any further queries or questions please contact Prof. Robin Stern (rbin@aol.com).

GOOD LUCK AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS VERY EXCITING PROCESS OF SELF DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT