Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI)

"a set of emotional and social skills that influence the way we perceive and express ourselves, develop and maintain social relationships, cope with challenges and use emotional information in an effective and meaningful way."

Self-Regard - Respecting oneself while understanding and accepting one's strengths and weaknesses. Self-Regard is often associated with feelings of inner strength and self-confidence.

Self-Actualization - Persistently trying to improve oneself and engage in the pursuit of personally relevant and meaningful objectives that lead to a rich and enjoyable life.

Emotional Self-Awareness - Recognizing and understanding one's own emotions. This includes the ability to differentiate between subtleties in one's own emotions while understanding the cause of these emotions and the impact they have on the thoughts and actions of oneself and others.

Emotional Expression - Openly expressing one's feelings verbally and non-verbally.

Assertiveness - Communicating feelings, beliefs and thoughts openly, and defending personal rights and values in a socially acceptable, non-offensive, and non-destructive manner.

Independence - Being self directed and free from emotional dependency on others. Decision-making, planning, and daily tasks are completed autonomously.

Interpersonal Relationships - Developing and maintaining mutually satisfying relationships that are characterized by trust and compassion.

Empathy - Recognizing, understanding, and appreciating how other people feel. Empathy involves being able to articulate your understanding of another person's perspective and behaving in a way that respects others' feelings.

Social Responsibility - Willingly contributing to society, to one's social groups, and generally to the welfare of others. Social Responsibility involves acting responsibly, having social consciousness, and showing concern for the greater community

Problem Solving -Finding solutions to problems in situations where emotions are involved. Problem solving includes the ability to understand how emotions impact decision making.

Reality Testing - Remaining objective by seeing things as they really are. This capacity involves recognizing when emotions or personal bias can cause one to be less objective.

Impulse Control - Resisting or delaying an impulse, drive or temptation to act and involves avoiding rash behaviors and decision making.

Flexibility - Adapting emotions, thoughts and behaviors to unfamiliar, unpredictable, and dynamic circumstances or ideas.

Stress Tolerance - Coping with stressful or difficult situations and believing that one can manage or influence situations in a positive manner.

Optimism - Remaining hopeful and resilient, despite occasional setbacks. Optimism is an indicator of one's positive attitude and outlook on life.

in organizations are more resilient and flexible when things get tough, and they’re held in the highest regard by their bosses, peers, co-workers and others. In this powerful half-day workshop, you’ll learn why EQ is far more than just a handy set of “people skills” and why many leaders feel it’s the one skill you must have to be successful in today’s workplace!

• Taking the first step: Measuring your own emotional intelligence
• Identifying and understanding the 5 main components of emotional intelligence - EQ
• Why emotional intelligence is vital to succeeding in today’s workplace
• How strengthening your emotional intelligence will have a lasting, positive effect on you … your team … your department … and your organization
• Tips for developing emotional intelligence
• Know how to use awareness of emotions to manage your relationships with colleagues
• Using emotional intelligence to help create a powerful and positive work environment that allows everyone to succeed
• How EQ can be used to motivate and inspire
• Use EQ to be flexible and more easily adapt to change

• Virtual
• $295.
• Includes EQi-2.0 assessment & results
• May be brought to your organization wither in-person or virtual
• Great for teams and leaders