Emotional Intelligence and Communication

This course is a reflection on the different ways we approach communication, research suggests that more than 70 percent of what we say is through our body, so why not explore it!. Think of a time where you said something and completely regretted it afterward, it’s about how our emotions drive decision making and influences behavior that renders what we say and how we communicate. Multiple studies suggest understanding Emotional Intelligence “EI” increases interpersonal skills, enhances leadership approaches and strategies such as negotiations for example as well as clarifies the ability to create a more positive culture in the office or at home. Furthermore, it elaborates on managing emotions through techniques and exercises “activities” that suggest asking yourself the right questions and reflecting. This course dives deep into relevant questions one might have about conscious self-awareness of one’s own emotions and how they react, in correlation to how it translates into a type of communication Verbal or non-verbal, how it impacts what we say and how we behave in correlation to what we are saying. It’s an approach of understanding perspective through our senses and body language so that one day we’ll be able to recognize behavioral patterns that tie into verbal cues.