You are required to identify aspects of own emotional intelligence by completing a personality test and a self-assessment.
You will then be required to develop an emotional intelligence development plan, based on your own self-assessment, as well as feedback from your assessor provided in a meeting.
This task will be completed in the simulated work environment at the RTO.
Complete the following activities:
- Complete a personality test.
Complete the personality test at the following link:
https://www.123test.com/personality-test/
Take a screenshot of the final results page of the test
- Review the results of your personality test.
Now prepare a report on all the emotional aspects below using the results of the test to guide your answers and submit to your assessor.
Each question should be answered in approximately a paragraph and be written in clear and concise English.
Use the Personality Test Review Template to guide your work.
- Document your ratings for each of the five factors as identified in the personality test results. Include your score for each of the factors and how you rated on each factor, as well as your strongest personality trait as shown by your highest score.
- Reflecting on the results, identify what stood out for you in terms of what it tells you about yourself as a person?
- Thinking about the questions asked as part of the personality test and your learnings as part of this unit, identify five of your emotional strengths?
- Thinking about the questions asked as part of the personality test and your learning as part of this unit, identify five of your emotional weaknesses?
- Explain how you believe the emotional strengths you have identified above help your workplace performance and relationships.
- Discuss how you believe your emotional weaknesses hinder your workplace performance and relationships.
- Complete the following table about personal stressors at work.
Identify at least four sources of stress that are most likely to result in workplace stress for you, your stress response (emotional, physical, behavioural) and actions that you can take (or have taken) to manage stress.
Personal stressor | What is your stress response | Actions to address |
- Review the following list of needs and choose at least three that most trigger your emotions when you don’t get these needs met. Consider this question in the context of the workplace.
- Acceptance
- Be understood
- Be in control
- Attention
- Peacefulness
- Order
- Safety
- Respect
- Be needed
- Be right
- Comfort
- Balance
- Variety
- Predictability
- New challenges
- Be loved/liked
- Be valued
- Be treated fairly
- Freedom
- Consistency
- Included
- Autonomy
- Fun
Now complete the table below.
Write down each need you have chosen and why this need is important to you at work.
Also give an outline of the emotions triggered in you when you don’t get these needs met and ways that you can control your emotions in the face of not having your needs met.
Need and why this need is important to you at work | What is your emotional response when this need is not met? | Emotional control mechanism |
- What other criteria could you use other than those in the personality test to determine your own emotional strengths and weaknesses? Identify and describe at least three.
- Attach your personality test results screen shot and your personality test review in the report.
- Meet with your assessor.
The objective of the meeting is to discuss your personality test review with you.
At the meeting, you will be expected to Identify and discuss the following:
- Your personal characteristics in relation to emotional intelligence, as set out in your personality test results.
- Personal stressors, resulting emotions and actions to control emotional responses.
- Your own emotional response to unmet needs and effective strategies to control emotional responses
- The three needs that you have selected, and why each need is important to them at work, an outline of the emotions triggered when they don’t get these needs met and ways that they can control their emotions in the face of not having their needs met
- Your own emotional strengths (at least 5) and how these can impact workplace performance and relationships
- Your own emotional weaknesses (at least 5) and how these can impact workplace performance and relationships
- Actions (at least 5) you could take to improve emotional intelligence through self-reflection and feedback from others
Your assessor will also provide you with feedback about strategies for improving emotional intelligence based on their review of the documents you submitted.
During the meeting, you are required to demonstrate effective communication skills including:
- Speaking clearly and concisely
- Using non-verbal communication to assist with understanding
- Asking questions to identify required information
- Responding to questions as required
- Using active listening techniques to confirm understanding
- Develop an emotional intelligence development plan and submit it to your assessor.
After the meeting, using the feedback from your assessor and your personality test review, fill out the Emotional Intelligence Development Plan Template.
You will need to identify at least five areas for improvement and/or gaps, and then prioritise your list.