Emotional Intelligence
Enhance emotional intelligence to build stronger relationships and create more cohesive teams
In today’s rapidly evolving workplace, emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical factor that separates great leaders and managers from the rest. This interactive, full-day workshop is designed to help you harness the power of emotional intelligence to enhance your leadership abilities, build stronger relationships and drive high performance teams.
Through a blend of videos, exercises, group discussions and self-assessment you’ll discover how to improve self-awareness, empathy, resilience and decision making, all while creating a positive, engaging work environment. You’ll leave with a deeper understanding of your leadership/management style, practical tools to foster workplace engagement and strategies to handle challenging situations with confidence and empathy.
Learning outcomes
- Understand the fundamentals of emotional intelligence and its impact on leadership effectiveness
- Learn how to manage your emotions and enhance self-awareness for better decision-making
- Build stronger relationships with team members by increasing empathy and trust
- Explore strategies to foster resilience and manage stress in high-pressure situations
- Cultivate an empowering management/leadership style that inspires engagement and performance
This workshop will benefit mid-level to senior managers; emerging leaders; team leaders; and HR professionals involved in talent development.
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Robin
Robin is an experienced Leadership Development Facilitator and Executive Coach who has been developing Managers in their leadership capacity and competencies. He is among the first accredited Analytic Network Coaches in Europe enabling his clients to look deeper at both themselves and the networks in which they operate. In 2014, his coaching work, as part of a small team of coaches, was recognised by two ‘Highly Commended’ Coaching Awards from the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He is an accredited Occupational Ability & Personality Assessor with the British Psychological Society and is Certified in a range of cutting edge assessment tools including DiSC, Genos Emotional Intelligence, Talent Q Dimensions and Marshall Goldsmith Leadership 360.
At the heart of Robin’s approach is understanding our humanness, the strengths and challenges this brings to work. By making the workplace more human we bring out the best in each other and our organisations. Robin has over 12 years’ experience as a Middle and Senior Manager within the private, public and voluntary sectors. Combined with his Careers, Education and Management experience, he has a unique blend of skills and expertise to offer. He spent 11 years in Higher Education leading change in several colleges and universities in Scotland and Ireland. In 1996 he co-founded a social enterprise in Scotland with national and international reach. Since 2013 he has been delivering personal development training and both accredited and non-accredited Management and Leadership programmes across the private and public sectors internationally. He has trained and coached 500+ Managers, across 75+ companies ranging from small enterprises to large multinationals in the Technology, Finance, Manufacturing, Government, Health, Media, Legal and Construction sectors.
Robin currently lives in Lisburn along with his wife, daughter and dog Ollie, he enjoys travelling, live music and lingering over good food and coffee.
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Emotional Intelligence - 4th March 2025
Date: 4 March 2025Location: The Mount Business & Conference CentreTime: 09:30 - 16:30Price: £225 +VAT
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Emotional Intelligence - 6th May 2025
Date: 6 May 2025Location: The Mount Business & Conference CentreTime: 09:30 - 16:30Price: £225 +VAT
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Emotional Intelligence - 17th October 2025
Date: 17 October 2025Location: The Mount Business & Conference CentreTime: 09:30 - 16:30Price: £225 +VAT
Please note that the cancellation policy for our public training courses is as follows:
NON-ACCREDITED TRAINING
More than 3 weeks prior to the course start date - No cancellation fee payable.
Less than 3 weeks prior to the course start date - 100% of total fees payable or free transfer.
ACCREDITED TRAINING
More than 6 weeks prior to the course start date - No cancellation fee payable.
Less than 6 weeks prior to the course start date - 100% of total fees payable or free transfer.
Substitute delegates will be accepted at any time at no cost.
Full joining instructions for the course will be emailed to you at least five working days prior to the course. In the meantime, if you have any queries please contact a member of our team on 028 9016 0587 or via email kate@aku.training.
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