University Essay: Emotional Intelligence and Johari Window Analysis

This essay presents a reflective analysis of emotional intelligence, cultural intelligence, and diversity, focusing on self-assessment and interpersonal relationships. The author, a student, utilizes the Johari Window model to evaluate their emotional strengths and weaknesses based on the results of the Global Leadership Foundation's Global Emotional Intelligence Test (GEIT) and Daniel Goleman's EQ test, comparing their results with those of two colleagues. The essay explores the importance of self-awareness, social awareness, and relationship management skills, discussing the development of competencies and skills related to emotional intelligence in both personal and professional contexts. It further examines the impact of emotional intelligence on leadership, teamwork, and overall organizational success, including the potential for manipulation and the importance of ethical considerations. The essay concludes by emphasizing the significance of emotional intelligence for productivity, effective communication, and building stronger relationships.

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Part 1: Introduction of Emotional Intelligence( EQ), cultural Intelligence & Diversity
In assessing individual’s behavior and capabilities, it is important to do a self-
evaluation of a school strengths and weaknesses. I am a student in a local university and the
purpose of this study is to conduct a test on two of my mates on their emotional strengths in
building relationships in the school and individual awareness (Andrei, et al,2016). The tool I
am going to use is the Johari window developed in 1995 by Harry Ingham and Joseph Luft
for self-awareness. Johari model will help to evaluate self-awareness using four quadrants
which are; Open area, Blind area, Unknown area and Hidden area. The model helps in
evaluation of an individual’s emotions and personality. I will compare and analyze two test
results based on emotional intelligence (EQ) with two colleagues of mine. The Johari model
window will be used to analyze the tests in emotional intelligence (Ju, et al, 2015).
Johari window Model
1. Blind Area 2. Open area /
free area
3. Unknown
area
4. Hidden area
Test Results Comparison
Using the Global Leadership Foundation or the Global Emotional Intelligence Test
(GEIT) I used it to evaluate emotional intelligence of my two colleagues and I. the Daniel

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Goleman’s EQ test is also another test used in evaluating of emotional intelligence. The
GEIT test showed that I possess the highest emotional intelligence in self-awareness at (8)
and scored least in self-awareness with a score in 4. Using the Johari window, and the GEIT
test I scored 8 in in social awareness and 6 in relationship management. The results show that
I have good emotional self-awareness (Karim, Bibi, Rehman, and Khan, 2015).
As a student, emotional self-awareness skills helps me to build good relationships
with my colleagues. In social awareness one of my colleague scored the highest at 9 while I
was the second. According to the test, it showed that I have good organizational awareness
and emotional intelligence skills. This signifies that I can build stronger relationships at the
school and outside the school for networking. The results show that I should work more on
self-management and relational management abilities. Upon conducting the Daniel
Golemans EQ test, I realized that I had good self-evaluation skills because I scored 47. The
results showed that I could improve on building better networks and relationships with other
people. The GEIT and the Daniel Golemans EQ test results show that I could improve my
managerial abilities and competencies while focusing on building better relationships
(Martin, 2018).
Part 2: Strengths and weaknesses
After the two tests, I analyzed my emotional intelligence strengths and weaknesses. The
results in tests 1 showed that I have more strengths in self –awareness but comparative to my
colleagues I need to improve on my social awareness. As a student, I realized that I have
moderate skills in networking and relationship management. I was agreeable to me and my
colleagues that we all need to improve on our self-awareness so as to strengthen our
relationship building skills. Although the test shows that I was relatively poor in relationships
building one of my colleagues in the test did not agree with some of the test results. He said

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that through the eye-test, my major strength is especially on social awareness. The results in
test 2 after evaluation shows that I have good emotional intelligence skills but could also be
improved in the future( Mayer, Caruso, and Salovey, 2016). The evaluated results concludes
that I need to work in developing and strengthening my relationships with my colleagues
especially as a student. In the past, science regarded emotions and intelligence as components
of a personality that contradict each other. However, in recent decades, researchers studying
the psychology of emotions have shown increasing interest in this topic. A friend came up
with a 3-step budget planning system.
The concept simply could not fail to attract public attention. Human resource managers and
business leaders were especially interested in the test. Scientists have suggested that
emotional intelligence affects the level of a favorable atmosphere at work, the way a person
interacts with his colleagues (Petrides et al, 2016). It is EQ that determines how employees
deal with stressful situations and conflicts, as well as overall work efficiency. Studies have
made it clear that students with higher EQ scores also tend to get higher scores in terms of
interpersonal communication, leadership skills and stress management. Other experiments
associate higher emotional intelligence with better satisfaction in school as well as overall
performance.
Part 3: Development of competencies and skills
In this article I will tell you whether it is worth making a big bet on the emotional
intelligence of employees and what it is all about.
Self-awareness - the ability to adequately assess their abilities, strengths and weaknesses. The
ability to understand your emotions and make decisions with this in mind.

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Self-regulation - the ability to control emotions so that they do not interfere with current
work. Willingness to set aside instant pleasure to achieve a long-term goal. Ability to recover
quickly after stress (Sánchez-Álvarez, Extremera, and Fernández-Berrocal, 2016).
Motivation - the ability to use deep-seated inclinations and preferences to achieve a goal, take
initiative, not retreat and not despair due to setbacks.
Empathy - the ability to be aware of what other people feel, the ability to put themselves in
their place.
Social skills - the ability to read emotions in relationships between people. Use this skill in
the negotiation process, when resolving disputes, to convince management and organize
teamwork. In part, Goleman's books became popular thanks to provocative claims that
emotional intelligence means more than academic intelligence, both in the personal and
professional fields. Soon, studies appeared proving that emotional intelligence helps to
advance the career ladder, maintain good health and be happy with life.
Goleman points out the need to develop emotional intelligence, not only in areas related to
people, but also in information areas - in the work of programmers, accountants, scientists.
The more people hone their emotional skills, the easier they manipulate others. The better a
person controls his emotions, the easier it is for him to hide his true feelings. If you know
how others feel, it’s easy to play on other people's experiences and make people act contrary
to their own interests.
The tests investigated interpersonal relationships in the school and came to the conclusion
that people with high emotional intelligence tend to use it for dishonorable purposes. For
example, to undermine the authority of a colleague or confuse him (Serrat, 2017).

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In the hands of people who care only for their own interests, emotional intelligence becomes
a powerful means of manipulation. Leaders who masterfully control emotions deny the
audience the ability to think critically. The consequences can be dire. In a modern
organization, high emotional intelligence becomes a decisive factor for success, one of the
main competitive advantages, because inattention to the emotional component of a business
leads to professional burnout, demotivation, and a decrease in staff loyalty and
productivity( van der Linden, et al, 2017).
Conclusion
This training I based the idea that first you need to get participants to become aware
of the real growth areas in this area and understand the impact of emotional intelligence on
their productivity. Based on this motivational resource of the participants, the trainer offers
simple and effective models and techniques for the development and implementation of
emotional intelligence in work situations

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