Product EQ Wheel

Designed to help you go deeper into understanding and assessing your own human skills and emotional intelligence, The Product EQ Wheel is based on a coaching tool called the Wheel of Life, and is created to help you identify areas of growth in your human skills and to set priorities for areas that you’d like to focus on for development and growth.

1. For each segment ask yourself, “On a scale from 1-10 (with 10 being the ideal), how would you describe your level of ___________ (self-awareness, resilience, empathy etc)?” This initial score should be a general representation of where you think you are. It’s a place to start, so don’t overthink it.

2. Rate each segment on the canvas, and draw a line that connects the points until you have a second ‘inner’ wheel. This can help you to visually understand where you are compared to your ideal. Choose the segment you feel is most out of balance.

3. Consider all the bright spots that make up this score and write down “What is working well?”

4. If anything were possible, what would your ideal satisfaction score be for the area? This doesn’t have to be a 10. This is the number that you are satisfied with. Write that down under the heading “What I want to change.”

5. Compare your two lists: ‘What is Working?” & “What I Want to Change.” What do you notice?

6. What could you do to move up one point between your score today and your ideal? For example, if you’d like to focus on increasing self awareness, can you challenge yourself to ask three colleagues for feedback in the next two weeks? If you’d like to work on your ability to influence, can you push yourself to set-up meetings with two tricky stakeholders to understand their own challenges or concerns on a recent project?

7. Decide on an achievable action to bring you one step closer to your target. Write it down, and note when and how you’ll come back to review your progress.