This course is a multi-media exploration into important intra- and interpersonal skills required for Emotional Intelligence. Professors Sanchez-Burks and Alexander teach a model that brings together all of the areas that are necessary to improve and take skills in the interpersonal space to the next level. People call these ‘soft skills’ when in fact they are the hardest part of great leadership and the biggest contributor to team success. Through theory, assessments, animated vignettes, and video clips, participants will be able to see themselves and others, as well as analyze their own and others’ behaviors. This is a skill-building course based on published research in multiple fields.
Welcome to Week 1: “Self-Awareness”. In the first lesson, you will explore the possibility of being simultaneously more emotionally attuned and professional at work, regardless of what stage of career you’re in. You will address the essential question: Do emotions have a place at work? In the second lesson, you will focus on the self, answering the essential question: How can knowing more about ourselves help us and help our connections with others?
Using Social Emotional Intelligence to foster Immensely Human Interactions (IHIs)/Intro to faculty•13 minutes
The Science & Practice Behind SEI•10 minutes
A Practical Model of Social Emotional Intelligence•8 minutes
The Paradox of Acting “Professional”•8 minutes
Exercise #1: How well can you tune-in and tune-out...•3 minutes
Introducing Assessment #1•3 minutes
Self-Assessment Debrief•9 minutes
Using Social Emotional Intelligence to foster Immensely Human Interactions (IHIs)•2 minutes
Insights from an Executive Guest Speaker: Sam Barnes•3 minutes
Introducing Core Stories•8 minutes
Happy Hour #1•9 minutes
Organizing your course reflections and insights you cannot afford to forget•3 minutes
10 readings•Total 96 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
Pre-Course Survey•10 minutes
Are First Impressions Accurate?•14 minutes
Self-Assessment: How Emotionally Intelligent Are You?•10 minutes
The Case for Mindful Engagement•10 minutes
Thin Slices & First Impressions•10 minutes
Welcome to the Meeting Debrief•10 minutes
Personal Core Story Instructions•10 minutes
Introduction to the Gamut Gallery•2 minutes
Introduction to the Gamut Workbook•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 1 Quiz•30 minutes
2 app items•Total 120 minutes
Gallery Tool: Personal Core Story•60 minutes
Week 1: Self-Awareness•60 minutes
3 plugins•Total 45 minutes
Animated Vignette: "Trouble with my team"•15 minutes
Animated Vignette: "Help for my colleague" •15 minutes
Animated Vignette: "Welcome to the meeting"•15 minutes
Self-Management
Module 2•4 hours to complete
Module details
Welcome to Week 2: “Self-Management”. In the third lesson, you will learn how to harness your emotions instead of suppressing them in order to make more accurate forecasts and better decisions. You will explore the essential question: How can emotions help us become wise? In the fourth lesson, you will begin to self-manage yourself to be able to project the 'you' you want to project to the other, whether that’s a group, a team, or another person. You will address the essential question: How can we manage social-emotions to increase resiliency?
Resiliency through Social Emotional Intelligence•10 minutes
Self-Management Through Meditation•6 minutes
Meditation Exercise•8 minutes
Happy Hour #2•8 minutes
Organizing your course reflections and insights you cannot afford to forget•3 minutes
7 readings•Total 70 minutes
Prep Work for a Later Exercise: Your Pitch•10 minutes
The ambivalent mind can be a wise mind: Emotional ambivalence increases judgment accuracy•10 minutes
Innovation requires everyone in the band•10 minutes
Your Pitch 2.0•10 minutes
How Successful People Stay Calm•10 minutes
How Stress Can Shrink Your Brain•10 minutes
Can 10 Minutes of Meditation Make You More Creative?•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 3 Quiz•30 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
Week 2: Self-Management•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
Meditation Practice•20 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
Animated Vignette: "Lost my temper with my team"•15 minutes
Social Awareness
Module 3•4 hours to complete
Module details
Welcome to Week 3: “Social-Awareness”. In lessons five and six, you will focus on how to make sense of others. You will not only learn why it is very difficult to be empathetic and take others’ perspectives, but also understand how to overcome these challenges. The essential questions you will explore are: What is lost when you rely on the spoken word? What is lost when you can read the emotions of a person but not the collective?
[Optional] Debrief EAM Test: Seeing the Forest (Not Just The Trees)•10 minutes
Reading Group Emotions is Key to Transformational Leadership•10 minutes
How Well Do You Know Your Team’s Emotional Landscape?•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Lesson 5 Quiz•30 minutes
1 app item•Total 60 minutes
Week 3: Reading and Interacting with Others•60 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 20 minutes
Coffee Shop or Other Public Place•20 minutes
1 plugin•Total 2 minutes
Animated Vignette: "Not reading the room"•2 minutes
Social Acceleration
Module 4•6 hours to complete
Module details
Welcome to Week 4: “Social Acceleration”. In the seventh lesson, you will explore what it takes to work in a team or be a leader, answering the essential question: As with seeing a forest versus a tree, what is gained when you shift your focus from a person to people? In the eighth lesson, you will learn what can be gained from transformational mentors and coaches, as well as how having a big impact on others can lead you to build your own legacy. You will address the essential question: What do transformative mentors and lasting legacies have in common?
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A simple and effective course to manage a complex subject such as emotions. Feeling Confident about social acceleration now!
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I went on completing the course, till the end that means it is really good. I never turn a page of a book if I do not find it intersting. YOu guys made it interesting, inviting and happy.
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I learnt a lot from recognising and managing my own emotions to recognising and managing the emotions of others…
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