The Course Content
Day One: Understanding Emotional Intelligence (EI)
An introduction to EI
Why the Term EQ was abandoned
An EI Framework and Competencies for Engineers
Understanding your personality
Understanding your blind spots
Day Two: The Transition from Engineer to Leader
The role of the Engineer
From technical expert to leader
The difference between managing and leading
Transformational and transactional leadership
The unique needs of the engineer as a leader
Day Three: Developing your EI
Improving your EI Competency as an Engineer
Motivating yourself and others
Ways to improve your EI
Working on your EI as an Engineer
Career development tool
Day Four: Applying your EI as an Engineer
Giving feedback in the EI way
Cross-cultural communication
Using active listening
Advanced questioning skills
Being EI online (email/SM usage)
Day Five: Putting it all Together
Understanding motivation
Motivating yourself and other Engineers
Team issues an EI
Avoiding groupthink
Personal action planning