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Are Your Interpersonal Relationships Mutually Satisfying?

– Posted in: Emotional Intelligence
family dinner around a table set with food

  The Interpersonal composite of the EQ-i framework is about Social Intelligence and builds on your Self-Perception and Self-Expression skills. Your internal world and how you express what is going on inside yourself combine to influence the type of interpersonal relationships that you develop.  Three competencies here – Interpersonal Relationships, Empathy and Social Responsibility. This [...]

Assertiveness: Do You Stand Up For Yourself?

– Posted in: Emotional Intelligence

Assertiveness is the last piece of the self-expression building block of emotional intelligence. I covered this group’s other two competencies – emotional expression and independence – in my last two posts. What is Assertiveness? Are you able to clearly state your thoughts and your needs? Do you stand up for your rights?  Can you disagree [...]

Emotional Expression: How Open Are You in Expressing Your Feelings?

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faces expressing different emotions

Self-Expression is another composite of the EQ-i framework. You can look at it as the flip side of the Self-Perception, and it is about how we choose to express to the outside world what goes on inside ourselves. Self-Expression includes three competencies: Emotional Expression, Independence and Assertiveness. This post is about Emotional Expression and I’ll [...]