MSCEIT2

​Who This Service Is For

Leaders and professionals who recognize that technical skills alone aren't enough for sustained success and want to develop their emotional intelligence capabilities. You understand that managing emotions—both your own and others'—is critical for effective leadership, team performance, and personal resilience.

This service is ideal for:

• Leaders wanting to enhance their ability to navigate complex interpersonal dynamics

• High-performers seeking to understand how emotions impact their decision-making and relationships

• Professionals experiencing workplace stress who want better emotional regulation tools

• Team leaders looking to improve their ability to support and motivate others

• Individuals in transition who need stronger emotional navigation skills for career changes

• Anyone experiencing burnout who wants to rebuild emotional resilience and regulation

• You're ready to move beyond emotional awareness to measurable emotional skill development.

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Understanding Emotional Intelligence Assessment

The MSCEIT2 (Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test) is the only ability-based emotional intelligence assessment that measures your actual skills rather than self-perceptions. Unlike personality tests that ask what you think you do, the MSCEIT2 presents scenarios and measures how well you actually perform emotional intelligence tasks.

The Four Key Emotional Intelligence Abilities:

1. Perceiving Emotions - Accurately identifying emotions in yourself and others

2. Using Emotions - Harnessing emotions to facilitate thinking and decision-making

3. Understanding Emotions - Comprehending emotional language and progression

4. Managing Emotions - Regulating emotions in yourself and others for optimal outcomes

The Connection to Leadership and Burnout: Emotional intelligence is strongly linked to leadership effectiveness, stress management, and resilience. Leaders with higher EI create more psychologically safe environments, manage stress more effectively, and are less likely to experience or contribute to organizational burnout.

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The MSCEIT2 Assessment and Debrief Process

Pre-Assessment Consultation

Brief discussion to understand your current emotional intelligence challenges, leadership context, and goals for development. Overview of the assessment process and what to expect.

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MSCEIT2 Assessment Completion

You'll complete the comprehensive online assessment independently, which takes approximately 30-45 minutes. The assessment presents real-world scenarios requiring emotional intelligence skills rather than self-report questions.

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Comprehensive Debrief Session (90 minutes)

Results Exploration

• Detailed review of your scores across all four EI ability areas

• Understanding your relative strengths and development opportunities

• Comparison to leadership and general population norms

Real-World Application

• Connecting assessment results to your current leadership and workplace challenges

• Identifying situations where enhanced EI skills would improve outcomes

• Understanding how your EI profile impacts your stress levels and resilience

Burnout and Resilience Connection

• Exploring how emotional regulation affects your energy and sustainability

• Identifying emotional patterns that may contribute to burnout risk

• Strategies for using emotional intelligence to prevent and manage stress

Development Planning

• Specific, actionable strategies for improving each EI ability area

• Practice exercises and real-world application opportunities

• Integration with your current leadership development and well-being goals

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Follow-Up Session(30min)

Optional, complimentary 30-minute check-in session 6-8 weeks after the debrief to discuss implementation progress, challenges encountered, and refinement of EI development strategies.

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Areas of Focus and Potential Development

Results vary based on individual practice, application of techniques, and commitment to emotional skill development

Emotional Perception and Awareness Developing more accurate recognition of emotions in yourself and others, improving ability to read nonverbal emotional cues, and enhancing awareness of emotional triggers and patterns.

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Emotional Utilization for Decision-Making Working toward better integration of emotional information in decision-making, improved ability to harness emotions for creativity and problem-solving, and enhanced intuitive judgment in complex situations.

Emotional Understanding and Analysis Building comprehension of how emotions develop and change, understanding emotional cause-and-effect relationships, and improving ability to predict emotional outcomes of decisions and actions.

Emotional Management and Regulation Focusing on improved self-regulation during stress and conflict, enhanced ability to help others manage their emotions, and development of strategies for maintaining emotional balance during challenging periods.

Leadership and Relationship Effectiveness Exploring enhanced communication and conflict resolution skills, improved team dynamics and psychological safety, and stronger ability to motivate and inspire others through emotional connection.

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Investment and Scheduling

• Assessment (30-45 min) & Debrief (90 min)- $210

• Optional Complimentary Follow-Up: 30-minute check-in session for implementation support and strategy refinement.

• Scheduling: Debrief sessions are typically scheduled within one week of assessment completion while results are fresh and energy for application is high.

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Team Emotional Intelligence Development

For teams wanting to enhance collective emotional intelligence:

• Team EI Profile Analysis Understanding the emotional intelligence strengths and gaps across your team, identifying how different EI profiles complement each other, and recognizing team emotional patterns.

• Communication and Conflict Enhancement Developing team norms for emotional communication, improving conflict resolution through EI skills, and creating psychologically safer team environments.

• Stress and Resilience Building Supporting team members' emotional regulation during challenging periods, building collective resilience strategies, and preventing team burnout through emotional awareness.

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Why Emotional Intelligence Assessment Matters

For Leaders: EI skills directly impact your ability to inspire, motivate, and support your team while managing your own stress and maintaining perspective during challenges.

For High-Performers: Understanding your emotional patterns helps you maintain peak performance without emotional exhaustion or relationship deterioration.

For Burnout Prevention: Enhanced emotional regulation and awareness provide critical tools for managing stress, maintaining boundaries, and sustaining well-being.

For Career Development: EI skills are increasingly recognized as essential for leadership advancement and professional success across all industries.

For Team Effectiveness: Teams with higher collective emotional intelligence perform better, experience less conflict, and maintain stronger resilience during challenges.

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When EI Assessment Is Most Valuable

This service provides the greatest benefit when:

• You're committed to practicing and developing specific emotional skills

• You're in a role requiring significant interpersonal interaction and influence

• You're experiencing challenges with stress management, relationships, or team dynamics

• You're open to feedback about your current emotional intelligence abilities

• You're prepared to invest time in skill development rather than just gaining awareness

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Ready to develop your emotional intelligence for enhanced leadership effectiveness and personal resilience? Contact Christine to schedule your MSCEIT2 assessment debrief session.