Organizational Leadership: Emotional Intelligence for Leaders Sample Agenda

Goals

• Review the basic tenets of emotional intelligence and its role in the workplace.
• Assess individual levels of emotional intelligence and draft a development plan.
• Using authentic workplace simulations, practice exhibiting positive behaviors that will (over time) nurture emotional intelligence.
• Analyze the current work environment and the support (or barriers) it provides for developing a high level of emotional intelligence.

Four-Hour Workshop

• Warm-up stretches.
• Assess personal levels of emotional intelligence.
• Through interactive challenges, define areas for improvement and develop an action plan.
• Coach co-participants in their areas of emotional intelligence that need work.
• Develop a personal contract around emotionally intelligent behaviors and practices.