For over a decade, successful leaders and managers haven’t been defined by their IQ or technical skills but by the soft skills that are hard to master – an ability to communicate, coach, provide feedback, empower, inspire, collaborate, manage stress, and more. When leaders struggle or stumble, it is most often because of one simple, fatal shortcoming – their emotional Intelligence. There is a solution:
EQ Workshop for Leaders
Leveraging results from leaders’ EQ-i 2.0® Leadership Reports, participants of this session will learn the importance of emotional intelligence in effective leadership and leave with a better understanding of their strengths and areas to develop to enhance their leadership skills, as well as an action plan on how to increase their effectiveness.
The Emotionally Effective Leader Workshop is designed to be an interactive session that includes class instruction, individual work, and both small and large group activities. The following course and learning objectives are key highlights for participants of the program:
Upon completion of this session, participants will:
- Increase participants’ understanding of emotional intelligence and its role in effective leadership
- Create an understanding of emotional intelligence using the EQ-i 2.0 model as a platform
- Enable participants to identify specific areas in their own EQ-i 2.0 Leadership Reports and build an action plan to work on areas to develop further and leverage strengths
- Identify and understand how aspects of emotional intelligence can lead to derailing behaviors
- Apply what is learned in the session by developing a personal Leadership Learning Plan
Customization and Delivery
h3 customizes our workshops to meet the needs of each client, optimize the learning experience, respect schedules, and support organizational objectives. Emotionally Effective Leader Workshop is best delivered in 8 hours (over a day or split between two days). It is designed to be an interactive session, including class instruction, individual work, and small and large activities.
Attendees will take and receive their EQ-I 2.0® Workplace Report. This report provides a rating of their current use of 15 EQ skills, their impact on their work, emotional and social functioning, well-being, and tips for developing emotional Intelligence. Adding an additional lens, their scores are benchmarked against the most effective leaders.
Through a variety of individual activities, this workshop directly connects emotional Intelligence, effective leadership, and derailing behaviors by:
- Increasing participants’ understanding of how emotional intelligence behaviors map onto transformational leadership.
- Helping leaders identify strengths and areas of their emotional intelligence profile that they can develop further.
- We are working with the EQ Leadership Report to create realistic action plans for becoming a more effective leader.
Not only will participants learn about their EQ score, but they will also apply what they have learned in the workshop by creating a personal development plan. Those wanting to grow even more or need additional support can easily transition from this course to working one-on-one with a leadership coach.
Why Focus on Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
Having a high level of emotional Intelligence enhances a leader’s ability to interact effectively with others, be attuned to others’ needs, and respond effectively to those needs. And this directly impacts staff satisfaction:
- 61% of people with highly empathic senior leaders report often or always being innovative at work compared to only 13% of people with less empathic senior leaders
- Managers’ behaviors, such as communication and empathy, account for up to 70% of the variance in employee engagement levels.
The Emotional Intelligence of your organization’s leaders also dramatically affects your bottom line.
- Revenue—Teams headed by leaders with well developed emotional Intelligence outperformed other teams by 15-20% on yearly revenue targets. Executives with greater empathy, self-regard, reality testing, and problem-solving skills are likelier to lead companies that earn high profits.
- Retention – Employees who had managers with high Emotional Intelligence were four times less likely to leave than those who worked with managers with low Emotional Intelligence.
- Performance—Executives who lacked emotional Intelligence were rarely rated outstanding in their performance reviews, and their teams underperformed by an average of 20%.
The good news is emotional Intelligence is malleable and can be grown simply by identifying areas to develop and then engaging in activities to grow one or more areas of emotional Intelligence.