Thinking about thinking and using emotional information in intelligent ways to engage others and make critical decisions.
Emotional intelligence has been identified as a fundamental leadership skill in the 2020's.
Using emotional information appropriately builds relations and supports problem-solving. Decisions are confidently made that are ethical, authentic, and empathetic.
Critical thinking refers to the ability to analyse information objectively and make a reasoned judgement. Good critical thinking involves the evaluation of sources, such as data, facts, observable phenomena, and research findings.
Critical thinking abilities are among the most sought-after skills in almost every industry and workplace.
Often thinking is considered separate from emotions, but good critical thinkers use emotional intelligence to draw reasonable conclusions from a range of information sources determining what is useful and what isn’t.
This course explores the connection between critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence skills. Combining the two makes for a powerful combination.
Although the course is based on scientific research, it does not go into detail around the research. We explore the concepts in a straightforward, pragmatic manner to understand what they mean and how they are applied in the workplace.
This is not an introductory course on emotional intelligence. There are many courses by a range of good instructors that explain some of the fundamental basics of emotional intelligence. This course explores emotional intelligence at a deeper level looking at its application to critical thinking.
Completing the course (including the practical activities) will give you the understanding and capabilities to meet future requirements of leadership as markets and industries evolve over the next few years.
Explore and recognise thinking styles in decision making, the information in emotions, the role of emotions in learning, unconscious bias, thinking distortions, and much, much more.
The course is made up of short, snappy videos, some practical activities requiring some thought and work away from your computer and some challenges quizzes.
All videos are recorded in HD 1080p. All PDFs are Section 508 / ADA Accessibility compliant.
Emotional Intelligence Coach, Trainer and Facilitator
Hi. I'm Robin Hills , Doctor of Advanced Studies - Psychology ( honors causa ). It is my intention to provide you with the best on-line courses based around emotional intelligence in business. I am not teaching any other types of course as I am a specialist in emotional intelligence, and it is the focus of my business. I am an emotional intelligence coach, trainer and facilitator with over 40 years' business and commercial experience. My work takes me into small start-ups through to large corporate multi-nationals and into the Public Sector with financial institutions, government departments and health departments, as well as charities. I’m a registered practitioner with the British Psychological Society and sit on the NW committee of the Association for Business Psychology. My articles and papers on resilience have been published in international books and journals. My company is Ei4Change (Emotional Intelligence 4 Change). We are recognised nationally and internationally as specialists with expertise in training, personal development and coaching focusing on emotional intelligence, positive psychology and neuroscience in the workplace. Our emotional intelligence programmes by the Institute of Leadership and Management. I deliver workshops at global emotional intelligence and neuroscience conferences. These have been held at Harvard University, at University of Manchester, in Cape Town, the Middle East and India. I am the author of - The Authority Guide to Emotional Resilience (published May 2016)- The Authority Guide to Behaviour in Business - 2nd Edition (published January 2025). Both are available on Amazon. Teaching emotional intelligence skills is a challenge at the best of times so these courses require you to take some ACTION and put into practice what you have learnt. I am here to support and guide you. I hope you enjoy working to develop your resilience and your emotional intelligence and I look forward to working with you.
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