Emotional Intelligence Reviews

The trainer outlined that there were 4 different components which made up emotional intelligence. We spent the first 2 hours introducing ourselves, the subject and setting the scene. We did not get into any content for quite some time, and then spent the next 5 hours exploring how to identify and manage our own emotions. I feel like this may be useful for someone who has had feedback about anger issues, but my primary objective was to learn more about emotional intelligence to be able to improve working relationships and performance. Too much time was spent on the first two components which make up emotional intelligence, with only 20-30 minutes looking at 1 model for identifying 4 different people styles, with the advice on how to apply emotional intelligence to improve relationships to "mirror others people style within challenging conversations". By contrast, we learnt 6 techniques for managing our own emotions, some of which would have been very challenging to apply in an real time conversation with a colleague. There was not enough weighting given to content that would have been most useful in a professional environment. Perhaps the trainer could ask for participants to share what they want to get out of the session in advance, and efforts made to adapt the content to meet the learning objectives of participants?

Good interactive course. Good use of technology

I think it is an abstract concept which is difficult to grasp, make it tangible, convey to participants or devise adequate exercises.So it was a good effort from Laura.

Overall course was satisfactory and illuminating.

would love to participate again

An opportunity for reflection to allow for a better understanding of oneself within the world around him.