What Is an Emotional Intelligence
Leadership Assessment?
An emotional intelligence assessment for leaders explores how effectively a person demonstrates emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours and how these behaviours are experienced by others. It moves beyond personality preferences to focus on observable actions: how leaders communicate, respond under pressure, create trust and influence the emotional climate around them.
The Genos Emotional Intelligence Leadership Assessment is grounded in the recognised connection between how people feel at work and how they perform. Emotionally intelligent leaders are better placed to engage others, build productive working relationships and help teams perform at their best.
Assessment Options: Self, 180 and 360
We provide three flexible options, enabling organisations to select the right level of insight for an individual, team or wider leadership development initiative.
Self EI Assessment
An emotional intelligence assessment for leaders that captures how an individual believes they demonstrate emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours, alongside how important they believe those behaviours are. It is an effective starting point for reflection, self-awareness and personal development.
Includes: Self-reported behavioural insight, importance ratings and a personalised development resource.
180° EI Leadership Assessment
The 180 Emotional Intelligence Assessment combines the individual's perspective with feedback from one colleague group. It provides a clearer view of how leadership behaviours are experienced by those working closely with the participant.
Includes: Feedback from one rater group, qualitative comments and an optional self-assessment.
360° EI Leadership Assessment
A 360 Emotional Intelligence Assessment provides comprehensive feedback from multiple colleague groups, offering a rounded view of a leader's impact across their working environment.
Includes: Customisable rater categories, colleague feedback, free-text comments and an optional self-assessment.
From Assessment to Development
We believe insight is most valuable when it becomes purposeful action.
Each emotional intelligence assessment for leaders can support a structured path from feedback to meaningful behavioural change.
Understand Current Behaviours
The assessment identifies how emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours are currently demonstrated and experienced. Results highlight both established strengths and areas that may require focused attention.
Compare Perception and Experience
Self-assessment and colleague feedback can reveal where personal perception aligns with, or differs from, the experience of others. This creates a valuable foundation for honest reflection.
Identify
Priorities
Colour-coded reporting makes it easier to recognise priority areas for growth. Free-text feedback adds context, helping participants understand the practical effect of their behaviours.
Create
Lasting Change
Every assessment includes a personalised Introduction to EI programme and Genos EI Development Tips workbook. We can build on this insight through tailored leadership development, coaching and facilitated conversations.
What Can the Assessment Help You Explore?
Self-Awareness
Understand how clearly you recognise the effect your emotions, communication style and everyday behaviours have on others. This leadership self-awareness assessment supports more considered choices in complex situations.
Awareness of Others
Explore how well you notice and respond to the emotional cues, concerns and needs of colleagues. This is central to building empathy, trust and stronger professional relationships.
Authenticity
Consider whether your actions consistently reflect your values, intentions and responsibilities. Authentic leadership helps people feel secure, respected and able to contribute openly.
Emotional Reasoning
Assess how effectively emotions and relevant information are considered when making decisions. An emotional intelligence assessment for leaders can support balanced judgement without losing sight of people or performance.
Self-Management
Explore your ability to remain constructive, focused and adaptable when facing challenge, pressure or uncertainty. These behaviours are particularly important for leaders setting the tone for their teams.
Positive Influence
Understand how your behaviour contributes to an environment where others feel valued, motivated and able to perform. This supports high-performing, psychologically safe workplace cultures.
How Ethos EG Uses the Assessment
We use the Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment for Leaders as a starting point for practical, contextual development, not as a stand-alone score. Our experienced advisors work with clients to interpret feedback in line with their organisational priorities, role requirements and culture.
Whether supporting senior leaders, managers or leadership teams, we can combine an emotional intelligence assessment for leaders with coaching, workshops and bespoke leadership development programmes. Our aim is to help participants translate insight into behaviours that strengthen collaboration, accountability and long-term organisational capability.
Other Genos Assessments
Workplace Behaviour Assessments
A Workplace Emotional Intelligence Assessment explores how individuals show up at work and identifies behaviours that may support stronger contribution, relationships and performance.
Sales
Assessments
The Genos Sales assessment examines emotionally intelligent behaviours in sales and customer relationships. It can help teams build rapport, better understand client needs and communicate with greater impact.
Selection
Assessments
Genos Selection assessments enable organisations to incorporate emotional intelligence into recruitment and selection processes, bringing additional insight to hiring decisions.
Emotional Culture Assessments
This assessment helps organisations understand the emotions people currently experience at work, those they expect to experience and the emotional culture they would ideally like to create.
Questions about our Emotional Intelligence Assessments for Leaders
What is the difference between a Self, 180° and 360° Emotional Intelligence Assessment?
A Self EI Assessment captures an individual’s view of their own emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours. A 180° Emotional Intelligence Assessment adds feedback from one colleague group. A 360° Emotional Intelligence Assessment gathers feedback from multiple rater groups, providing a broader view of a leader’s impact.
What does a 360° Emotional Intelligence Assessment involve?
A 360° Emotional Intelligence Assessment collects feedback from multiple colleague groups, such as managers, peers and direct reports. It can include a self-assessment, customisable rater categories, behavioural ratings and free-text comments to help leaders understand how others experience their leadership style.
How can an Emotional Intelligence Assessment support leadership development?
An emotional intelligence assessment for leaders helps participants identify strengths, development priorities and differences between self-perception and colleague feedback. Ethos EG can use this insight to support focused coaching, leadership workshops, facilitated conversations and tailored development programmes.
What does a Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment measure?
A Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment measures observable emotionally intelligent workplace behaviours. These include self-awareness, awareness of others, authenticity, emotional reasoning, self-management and positive influence, helping leaders understand how their behaviour affects people and performance.
Who can benefit from an Emotional Intelligence Leadership Assessment?
Emotional Intelligence Leadership Assessments can benefit senior leaders, managers, emerging leaders and leadership teams. They are useful for organisations seeking to strengthen relationships, communication, accountability, employee experience, psychological safety and leadership capability.
What do you receive from a Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment?
Participants receive a report showing behavioural strengths and priority development areas. Depending on the assessment type, this may include self-ratings, colleague feedback, importance ratings and qualitative comments. Each assessment also includes a personalised Introduction to EI programme and Genos EI Development Tips workbook.
How do I choose the right Emotional Intelligence Assessment for my organisation?
Choose a Self EI Assessment for individual reflection and an accessible development starting point. Choose a 180° assessment when feedback from one key colleague group is needed. Choose a 360° EI assessment when a rounded, multi-perspective view of leadership impact will best support development goals.
Can Ethos EG support development after the Emotional Intelligence Assessment?
Yes. Ethos EG uses Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessments as a foundation for practical development rather than a stand-alone score. Assessment feedback can be followed by leadership coaching, workshops, team sessions and bespoke programmes aligned to organisational priorities and culture.
Ready to Explore Your
Emotional Intelligence?
If you are considering an emotional intelligence assessment for leaders for yourself, your management population or your organisation, we would be pleased to discuss your requirements. Ethos EG delivers UK-based and global support, helping clients select the right assessment approach and turn feedback into focused action.
Get in touch today to explore a Genos Emotional Intelligence Leadership Assessment and discover how emotionally intelligent behaviours can support stronger leaders, more connected teams and sustainable growth.
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