The Emotional and Social Competency Inventory (ESCI)
What makes the best bosses best? Answers to this question likely describe their behaviors associated with emotional intelligence (EI), not how smart they are. Not in their job skills, but in their social or soft skills.
Management consulting firm Korn Ferry, together with world expert in emotional intelligence, Dan Goleman, have published a robust 360° emotional and social competency inventory instrument, providing data important to individuals and organizations as they track individual and organizational performance. Grace Education leverages this instrument in our assessment methodology.
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Emotional and Social Competency Inventory Overview
The emotional and social competency inventory (ESCI) is a survey designed to assess 12 competencies that differentiate outstanding from average performers.
An emotional and social competency is a learned capacity, based on emotional intelligence, which contributes to effective performance at work. The ESCI measures the demonstration of individuals’ behaviors, through their perceptions and those of their raters, making it distinct from measures of EI that assess ability or personality preferences.
At a group level, in business, not-for-profit and public sector organizations, the ESCI can provide valuable data about human resource capability.
It can be used to establish workforce strengths and development needs. Repeat use of the ESCI (e.g. retesting every 12-18 months) enables organizations to respond quickly to capability issues. At an individual level the ESCI, often combined with coaching, can help leaders and key contributors to determine what outstanding performance means for them within their role and decide which competencies they want to work on.
Emotional and Social Competency Inventory Distinctives
12 competencies cover four distinct clusters:
Self awareness
Self management
Social awareness
Relationship management
Each emotional and social competency is carefully defined so that it is distinct from the others, easy to comprehend and properly summarizes its behavioral indicators.
The definition of each competency is as follows:
Self-awareness
Emotional self-awareness: the ability to understand our own emotions and their effects on our performance.
Self-management
Emotional self-control: the ability to keep disruptive emotions and impulses in check and maintain our effectiveness under stressful or hostile conditions.
Achievement orientation: striving to meet or exceed a standard of excellence; looking for ways to do things better, set challenging goals and take calculated risks.
Positive outlook: the ability to see the positive in people, situations and events and our persistence in pursuing goals despite obstacles and setbacks.
Adaptability: flexibility in handling change, juggling multiple demands and adapting our ideas or approaches.
Social awareness
Empathy: the ability to sense others’ feelings and perspectives, taking an active interest in their concerns and picking up cues to what is being felt and thought.
Organizational awareness: the ability to read a group’s emotional currents and power relationships, identifying influencers, networks and dynamics.
Relationship management
Influence: the ability to have a positive impact on others, persuading or convincing others in order to gain their support.
Coach and mentor: the ability to foster the long term learning or development of others by giving feedback and support.
Conflict management: the ability to help others through emotional or tense situations, tactfully bringing disagreements into the open and finding solutions all can endorse.
Inspirational leadership: the ability to inspire and guide individuals and groups to get the job done, and to bring out the best in others.
Teamwork: the ability to work with others towards a shared goal; participating actively, sharing responsibility and rewards and contributing to the capability of the team.
Next Steps
To take the ESCI and receive a debrief from one of our Certified Coaches, or to learn more, contact us:
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