University Name - Emotional Intelligence Self-Assessment Reflection

This assignment is a reflective piece based on a student's emotional intelligence self-assessment. The student begins by agreeing with the assessment results, highlighting strengths in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management. The student discusses the insights gained from the assessment, emphasizing the importance of emotional intelligence in decision-making and the ability to critique one's own emotions. The student then explores how these insights can be used to improve professional practice, specifically focusing on enhancing skills in self-management and relationship management. The paper references the four key areas of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, and suggests areas for improvement within each. The student also discusses the assessment's role in identifying leadership qualities and the potential for directing individuals towards success. The assignment concludes by referencing key sources on emotional intelligence.

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Reflective writing based on emotional intelligence result
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To what extent do you agree with the results of the self-assessment?
Emotional intelligence refers to the ability of an individual of recognizing and realizing
his or her own emotions (Mayer, 1997). In addition it also refers to the successful management
of the emotions according to different circumstances (Goleman, Boyatzis & McKee, 2002).
Therefore, the assessment on emotional intelligence helped me to understand my strengths in
terms of emotional intelligence. The result of the test shows my assumption of myself is similar
with the test result. The result further proves that I took the test honestly. All the four areas of
emotional intelligence inclusive of self awareness, self management, social awareness and
relationship management scored high which I have been previously aware of. I agree with the
score of self awareness as I also believe that I have a good hold over my emotions and I manage
it successfully under any circumstances. Even in case of very difficult time I never lose
confidence rather I take challenge to overcome that without being emotional. I also agree with
the test result in terms of social awareness as I am empathetic to other people. In addition I
always give priority on social relationships. My past achievements suggest that I capable
persuade others which have also been revealed by the emotional intelligence assessment.
What have you learned about yourself from the results of this self-assessment?
The self assessment holds immense importance since it gives a strong support to my
assumption. Even though I have been confident on ability and skills, and the outcome of the
result, the assessment gave a deeper insight into that. I have learned that beside of possessing the
ability of recognizing my emotions, I also have the ability of criticizing my emotions as well. I
have gained a fair knowledge regarding the importance of emotional intelligence. I have learned

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emotional intelligence plays a major role while decision making. As per the result, my abilities
of self management and social awareness are high in comparison with self awareness and
relationship management abilities. Thus the result denotes I skillfully manage my emotions. In
addition the test result reveals qualities within me such as dignity, integrity and honesty. My
sense of responsibility is another quality is evident from the assessment result. While fulfilling
my responsibilities I give value to the social relations. I value others emotions and perspective
and never have overestimation about myself.
How might you use the insight from this self-assessment to improve your
professional practice?
As suggested by the assessment result, I need to improve in all the areas of emotional
intelligence inclusive of self awareness, self management, social awareness and relationship
management. However, I need to give more efforts on improving self management and
relationship management as they scored 7 while self management and social awareness scored
8 denoting a slight difference. Assessment over relationship management area is of the
suggestion that I possess skills to become effective leaders who is capable of identifying qualities
in other, developing skills, encouraging and persuading other and so on. On the other hand, the
test result suggests that I can bring new ideas and can direct individuals towards success
efficiency. However, the result also suggests further scope of improvement. Additionally, the
assessment was of high importance since it provided a brief overview of each of the four
components of emotional intelligence which will further help me in impartment.

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References
Goleman, D., Boyatzis, R. E., & McKee, A. (2002). The new leaders: Transforming the art of
leadership into the science of results (p. 14). London: Little, Brown.
Mayer, J. D. (1997). Whatis emotionalintelligence? InP. Salovey&D. J. Sluyter. Emotional
development and emotionalintelligence: educationalimplications.