Boosting Your Emotional Intelligence

Overview

Course No. 9654

Learn how to control your emotions and use them to help you achieve your goals with an award-winning professor. We have all had experiences with people that prove that those with the highest IQs are not always the most successful. What could these very smart people be missing? Chances are it’s emotional intelligence (EQ) – the ability to perceive, understand, and manage emotions in ourselves and others.

Could we manage our own emotions, as opposed to having them run the show? The answer is a resounding “yes.” Your emotions leave their impacts on the situations and people with whom you interact throughout your life, affecting your cognition, decision-making, and physical body. While some aspects of your EQ are inherited, most EQ skills can be acquired at any age.

In this course, Dr. Jason Satterfield shares how to identify and regulate your own emotions, manage emotions in others, build your own interactive Skills Tracker to improve your personal EQ, and find resources for ongoing EQ development. With the tools you gather from this exciting interactive course, you will be able to improve your emotional intelligence now and throughout your life.

Course Structure

1. What Is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)? (33 min)

• Learn about the emergence of emotional intelligence and the leading theories that describe and understand EQ.

1. Measuring EQ (35 min)

• Discover how to measure your EQ and what the results will tell you, along with the four most respected EQ assessment tools.

1. Exploring Emotions (32 min)

• Understand how emotions are generated and the feedback cycles described in the Modal Model of Emotions.

1. Embodied Emotions (30 min)

• Explore how your emotions affect your physical body and the nervous system’s role in emotional experiences.

1. Emotional Impacts (33 min)

• Learn how your EQ affects intimate, professional, and social relationships, decision-making, and physical health.

1. Perceiving and Expressing Emotions (29 min)

• Improve your understanding of your own emotions through self-perception and emotional cues.

1. Understanding Emotions (33 min)

• Identify primary emotions, their triggers, and the complex relationships between positive and negative emotions.

1. Managing Your Emotions (31 min)

• Explore strategies for regulating your emotions effectively.

1. Managing Others’ Emotions (30 min)

• Learn how to influence others’ emotions and behaviors through effective communication.

1. The Development of EQ (28 min)

• Discover how parenting and socialization impact your EQ and methods for improvement at any age.

1. Emotional Intelligence Training (32 min)

• Explore the relationship between emotions and learning through Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) programs.

1. Social Intelligence (31 min)

• Improve your social intelligence and strengthen relationships through enhanced EQ.

1. Intimacy and EQ (30 min)

• Understand how EQ training can improve adult intimate relationships regardless of past attachment styles.

1. Interpersonal Conflict (32 min)

• Use emotional and social intelligence skills to resolve conflicts and find common ground.

1. EQ in the Workplace (31 min)

• Learn how EQ skills enhance workplace interactions and foster creativity and enthusiasm.

1. Occupational Stress and Burnout (34 min)

• Understand the role of EQ in managing occupational stress and improving workplace well-being.

1. Leadership and EQ (31 min)

• Discover how EQ training supports business leaders in achieving long-term goals.

1. Workplace Culture (33 min)

• Explore how proactive management of workplace culture leads to greater employee engagement and productivity.

1. Stress Management (34 min)

• Study the physiological responses to stress and how improving EQ can lead to better health.

1. Emotion Regulation Disorders (32 min)

• Learn how EQ skills can assist in addressing anxiety and depression through therapy approaches.

1. Behavior Change and EQ (36 min)

• Understand how emotions influence behavior changes and improve self-efficacy with SMART goals.

1. Chronic Disease and EQ (36 min)

• Explore the relationship between EQ and health management, focusing on chronic diseases.

1. Emotional Intelligence in Health Care (31 min)

• Improve interactions with healthcare providers by better understanding emotions in healthcare settings.

1. The Future of Emotional Intelligence (38 min)

• Examine how technology impacts EQ and explore advances that may enhance emotional understanding.