Emotional Intelligence and Somatic Practice — Leading the Field examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What does the module say corporate emotional intelligence training has calcified into?

A physical fitness programme with very little psychological content, focused mainly on stamina and endurance An approach that sets emotions aside in favour of productivity A cognitive exercise about emotions — emotional intelligence from the neck up A therapy-style process that is poorly suited to the workplace
How does the module define emotions?

As the thoughts and interpretations we form about our feelings once we have had time to reflect on them As fixed personality traits that shape behaviour over a lifetime As somatic events — waves of neurochemical activity producing sensations and impulses As cognitive labels we apply to social situations after the fact
Where does the module say anger concentrates in the body?

In the chest, throat and around the heart In the jaw, shoulders, arms and hands In the throat and the belly In the legs, knees and feet
An executive builds a thirty-slide deck for a conversation that needs five. Which emotion does the module suggest may lie beneath this?

Grief, appearing as withdrawal Fear, appearing as over-preparation Anger, appearing as perfectionism Joy, appearing as enthusiasm
Which emotion does the module call perhaps the most systematically exiled in executive culture?

Sadness and grief Fear and anxiety Anger and irritation Excitement and joy
Why does the module say many executives struggle to fully experience joy?

Parts like the inner critic and cautious manager convert, dampen or suppress it Executives rarely encounter genuine reasons to feel joy during work Joy is regarded as unprofessional in almost every business culture Joy is biologically weaker than fear in adults, so it fades far more quickly than other emotions do
What is Emotional Body Tracking?

Using a wearable device to log heart rate throughout every meeting Watching colleagues' body language closely for any signs of deception Recording each day's emotions in a private journal once the workday is over and there is time to reflect Keeping part of one's attention on bodily emotional signals during the conversation
What is somatic empathy?

Agreeing with others' feelings in order to maintain group harmony Absorbing others' emotions and then acting them out unconsciously Analysing facial expressions carefully to deduce what others feel Perceiving others' emotional states through resonance in one's own body
How does the module distinguish somatic regulation from suppression?

Regulation is suited to anger only, whereas suppression is suited to fear and grief There is no real difference; both are acceptable ways of controlling an emotion Regulation hides the emotion from other people, whereas suppression hides it from oneself; both manage its expression Regulation changes the physiology producing the emotion; suppression overrides it while the body keeps generating it
What shift does the parts dimension bring to a strong emotion?

From private emotion to open public expression of it From being the emotion to being with the part that carries it From blaming oneself to blaming others for the feeling From feeling the emotion fully to ignoring it quietly until it eventually passes
In the three-step IFS-informed practice, what comes between feeling the emotion somatically and responding from Self?

Suppressing the emotion firmly until the meeting has come to an end and it can be dealt with privately Reframing the situation quickly with a more positive interpretation Getting curious about the part — what it protects and what it needs you to know Asking a trusted colleague for immediate feedback on your reaction