Leading with Emotional Intelligence: Psychology of Leadership

Introduction

Gain the ability to recognize and positively manage emotions in yourself, in others and in groups!

Recent studies indicate that emotional intelligence is a powerful key to effective leadership. This valuable seminar delivers the in-depth knowledge and practical skills you need to ensure that you are a strong, emotionally intelligent leader. You will also learn how to apply emotional intelligence to specific leadership situations to gain the authority and success you strive for as a leader.

Objectives

By the end of this course participants will be able to:

• Gain an honest and accurate awareness of yourself
• Monitor and adapt your own emotions and behaviors for your benefit and that of your team and Department
• Have a positive influence on the emotions and motivation of others
• Develop cohesive, emotionally intelligent teams
• Create an atmosphere that fosters emotional intelligence
• Adaptability in dealing with different personalities
• Understand and apply the psychology of leadership

Target Audience

All leaders who want to create an emotionally healthy, productive workplace and organizational culture to enhance their effectiveness and their ability to form trusting relationships and manage their frustrations and those of others at work. This seminar will keep you current on recent, cutting-edge developments in leadership theory and practice, and help you better collaborate and manage conflict.

Management & Leadership Outline

The course covers the following topics:

About the Course to Emotional Intelligence

• Understanding emotional intelligence and its components
• Significance of EQ to effective leadership
• Importance of perception
• Attitudes and behavior of leaders
• Consequences of low EQ to personal effectiveness
• Removing emotional blind spots

Psychology of Leadership

• Theories of leadership
• Importance of self-concept
• Understanding personality styles
• Optimizing our personality strengths
• Adaptability in dealing with different personalities
• Task versus relationship-oriented leadership

Apply Psychology in Leading in an Emotionally Intelligent Way

• Enhancing self-awareness
• Empathy: Increase your level of social awareness
• Delegating tasks and responsibilities
• Influencing and inspiring people
• Identifying personality disorders
• Managing difficult behavior and poor performance

Building an Emotionally Intelligent Team based on Psychological Principles

• Importance of team effectiveness
• Motivating a high-performance team
• Building unified teams
• Building trusting relationships
• Conflict resolution for promoting consensus and collaboration

Communication for Successful Leadership

• Giving and receiving feedback
• Psychology of persuasion
• Creating an inspiring vision
• Solving people problems at work
• Non-alienation for high leadership
• Developing leadership integrity