USING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE FOR INSPIRED LEADERSHIP

Emotional Intelligence has become increasingly popular as a measure for identifying effective leadership. The link between people management and staff achievement, cooperation and commitment has become apparent. The pressures of demanding workplaces require high level personal and social skills to maintain effective relationships and manage stress.

• You will deepen your understanding of emotional intelligence skills and leave better equipped to lead and implement the critical changes needed in your organization.
• The course utilizes the actual changes that you are currently implementing or need to initiate.
• Through the case study approach, you will deepen your understanding of the different perspectives of all the stakeholders affected by change.
• Particular attention is paid to dealing with resistance, and becoming more self-aware of your own default reactions.
• You will leave more finely tuned, with an emotionally and socially intelligent mindset and skillset, critical for leaders of the 21st century.

7 hours, maximum 24 people

Understanding the impact of your communication style is one of the qualities of a self-aware leader. In this workshop:

• You will identify your own preferred communication style, using a well-researched communication- style profile (a 15 minute self-assessment)
• The strengths and challenges of each communication style are explored with humor and clarity, and you will begin to recognize styles of your coworkers and clients
• Typical barriers to cross-style communication and the most effective approaches for working with each style are examined
• You will devise strategies for your personal communication challenges through exercises and a personal development plan.
• At the end of this workshop you will come to appreciate that personal communication style is an aspect of diversity and inclusive leadership. For effective teams, all four styles are needed.

4 hours, 16-24 people

The ability to lead diverse teams is essential in today’s globally diverse work environment.  Drawing on critical findings from 18 studies on diversity and performance conducted by the Wharton School, (where Tudor was an advisor)  this workshop demonstrates how diversity affects performance and what leaders of diverse teams need to know in order to get the full benefit from their work teams.  Applying best practices about diversity and performance, participants learn how to fine tune their self assessment as leaders of diverse teams and maximize their teams’ collaboration, creativity and performanceHighlights from the findings include the relationship between diversity and conflict; work environment and business strategy; and the process skills of the leader.

In this session you will:

• Develop a set of practical skills and focus areas that you can apply to diverse teams, whether you’re a VP of Diversity or any level of leader in your organization
• Gain a greater understanding of the conditions that enable diverse or multicultural teams to succeed
• Learn how you can create those conditions for your team and within your organization