The LEADx EQ Research Hub

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Every month at LEADx, we publish a new data-backed study exploring a simple question: How does emotional intelligence (EQ) actually impact work?

To house all of this research in one place, we’ve created an official EQ Research Hub Page. Each month’s research includes a short summary, the key findings, and practical implications.

Here are a few of our key takeaways so far:

1. EQ is strongly connected to both job performance and earning power. In our study of 1,499 working professionals, higher EQ was associated with higher self-rated performance and higher salary bands, with gains that compound meaningfully over a career.

2. A high EQ doesn’t predict AI adoption, but it likely affects how AI gets used. In a sample of 993 professionals, EQ had essentially no relationship with usage.

3. A high EQ is associated with using a decision-making process and with the ability to accurately foresee the outcomes of your decisions. In a study of 1393 people, we saw that higher EQ correlated with using a decision-making process and accurately assessing the outcomes of your decisions.

You can read more about each study here, and we’ll be sure to update you all with our latest research as it comes out 🤓 .

-Evan