Measure your physiology, not your perception.
Genuine emotional intelligence is grounded in physiology, not self-perception. Our emotions are energy in motion and without understanding the physiological basis, EQ assessments only scratch the surface. Complete's ESQ Assessment covers all 12 levels, from physiological awareness through to social impact and relationship sustainability.
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The path to high performance.
The market is saturated with emotional intelligence assessments. Most of them share the same fundamental limitation: they measure self-reported emotional preferences, not actual emotional capability. They ask how you think you handle emotions and accept your answer as data.
THE HIDDEN COST
- Self-report contamination
- Incomplete constructs
- No physiological grounding
- Assessment without development
A sophisticated emotional tool
Complete's Emotional and Social Intelligence questionnaire assesses 12 levels of ESQ, from the most fundamental (physiological awareness of emotional states) through to the most sophisticated (social impact awareness and the ability to sustain long-term positive relationships under pressure).
The 12 levels span four domains: Emotional Awareness (levels 1–3), Emotional Literacy (levels 4–6), Emotional Self-Regulation (levels 7–9), and Social Impact (levels 10–12).
Progress through the levels is developmental, and each level builds on the previous, and each has specific practices associated with it in the Complete App.
The assessment draws on a review of 200+ questionnaires, 2,400 questions across 800 constructs, and more than 650 academic papers, making it the most comprehensively researched emotional intelligence assessment available.
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Complete the online questionnaire
The ESQ questionnaire is completed online and takes approximately 20 minutes. Questions are designed to assess both self-perception and, where relevant, observed responses to specific emotional scenarios.
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Receive your ESQ report
You receive a report placing you across all 12 ESQ levels, identifying your current developmental edge and the specific levels where development will have the greatest impact.
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Access Complete App developmental missions
Each of the 12 ESQ levels has a corresponding developmental mission in the Complete App, providing specific, science-grounded practices to build capability at each level. Assessment and development are integrated in one system.
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Coaching debrief
A Complete practitioner walks through your results, helping you understand your current ESQ profile and design a practical development plan grounded in the specific levels where growth will have the most impact.
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Executive coaching foundation
Use the ESQ Assessment as the emotional intelligence baseline for any coaching engagement. The 12-level framework gives coaching a precise developmental direction, far more useful than a generic "high/medium/low" EQ score.
Best for: Executive coaches, HR Directors, L&D leads
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Leadership selection and promotion
Emotional and social intelligence is one of the strongest predictors of leadership effectiveness at senior levels. Include the ESQ Assessment in senior selection and promotion processes to move beyond competency ratings.
Best for: CHROs, Boards, talent teams
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Team emotional climate
Use the ESQ Assessment across a leadership team to map the collective emotional intelligence profile. Identify where the team is strong, where it is fragile, and what development will have the most impact on team dynamics and performance.
Best for: CEOs. team leaders, OD practitioners
Our Tools for You
This assessment is one dimension of a complete picture.
Combine it with any number of our assessments to start building a more complete picture for your development.
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