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Source | www.hcamag.com | John Hilton
Developing Emotional Intelligence (EI) leads to significant improvements in personal and interpersonal capabilities, according to a study based on 324 employees from a UK public sector organisation.
The research demonstrates how a self-development program led to improvements in EI for a group of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) employees containing a high representation of neurodivergent individuals.
These findings are explored in a paper, Championing Neurodiversity and Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace, a partnership between PSI’s Talent Management team and ERC’s mental health specialists.
However, at the end of the program, participants completed the EI assessment again. The group showed:
- Significant improvement in all aspects of EI, with an average improvement of 12%.
- A significant increase across 7 scores most notably Self Regard (+21%), the primary aspect of EI that underpins all other scales, and Reflective Learning (+18%).
- Scores higher than the comparison group in 3 areas – Regard for Others (+10%), Authenticity (+10%) and Trust (+6%).
- Scores the same as the comparison group in 7 areas, and below the comparison group in just 6 areas.
- An improvement of 13% in both feelings scales (Self Awareness and Awareness of Others).
