Professional Skills: Emotional Intelligence
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Professional Skills: Emotional Intelligence
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Instructor: Tyler Galarneau
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What you'll learn
Perceive and recognize core emotions in yourself and others
Reason with emotions to inform decision-making and problem-solving
Understand the causes and consequences of emotions to deepen insights
Manage emotions effectively in personal and professional settings
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March 2026
4 assignments
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There are 5 modules in this course
Build deeper self-awareness and workplace empathy through emotional intelligence.
In todayβs dynamic workplace, emotional intelligence (EI) is a key differentiator of professional success. This self-paced course helps you understand, express, and manage emotions to enhance both personal and professional relationships. Through real-world applications and reflective exercises, you'll build practical skills to recognize core emotions, apply emotional reasoning, and deepen your ability to connect with others. This interactive learning experience empowers you to leverage emotional insight for better communication, decision-making, and well-being.
This module introduces the foundational aspect of emotional intelligence: perceiving emotions. You will learn to identify and recognize core emotions in yourself and others by exploring their causes and resources. Through practical exercises and job aids, you will develop the ability to accurately perceive emotional cues in various workplace scenarios, enhancing your observational skills and initial understanding of emotional states.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 8 minutes
- Quiz: Perceiving emotionsβ’8 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 42 minutes
- Perceiving emotions: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Perceiving emotions: Recognizing core emotionsβ’3 minutes
- Practice the solution: Recognizing emotions in the workplaceβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Core emotionsβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Identifying the nature of conflictβ’10 minutes
- Key takeaways: Begin with the basicsβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Emotions at workβ’10 minutes
Building on the ability to perceive emotions, this module delves into reasoning with emotions. You will discover how to integrate emotional input into your decision-making and problem-solving processes. This involves understanding how emotions can influence thoughts and actions, and learning strategies to use emotional information constructively. The module provides tools and practices to help you balance emotional insights with logical reasoning.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 12 minutes
- Quiz: Reasoning with emotionsβ’12 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 42 minutes
- Reasoning with emotions: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Reasoning with emotions: Integrating emotional inputβ’3 minutes
- Practice the solution: Reasoning with emotions at workβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Emotional reasoning guideβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Understanding emotions in actionβ’10 minutes
- Key takeaways: Reasoning requires balance and patienceβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Applying reasoning with emotionsβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on deepening your emotional insights by understanding the causes and consequences of emotions. You will learn to analyze emotional patterns, predict emotional responses, and gain a more nuanced comprehension of why certain emotions arise in specific situations. This deeper understanding is crucial for developing empathy and navigating complex interpersonal dynamics effectively.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Understanding emotionsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 43 minutes
- Understanding emotions: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Understanding emotions: Deepening emotional insightsβ’4 minutes
- Practice the solution: Deepening emotional insightsβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Understanding emotions step-by-stepβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Understanding emotionsβ’10 minutes
- Key takeaways: Aim for objectivityβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Understanding emotions in the workplaceβ’10 minutes
The final core module addresses the critical skill of managing emotions effectively. You will learn strategies to address emotional uncertainty, regulate your own emotional responses, and influence the emotions of others constructively. This module emphasizes practical techniques for maintaining composure under pressure, resolving conflicts, and fostering positive emotional environments in both personal and professional contexts.
What's included
1 assignment7 plugins
1 assignmentβ’Total 10 minutes
- Quiz: Managing emotionsβ’10 minutes
7 pluginsβ’Total 42 minutes
- Managing emotions: Causes and resourcesβ’3 minutes
- Managing emotions: Addressing emotional uncertaintyβ’3 minutes
- Practice the solution: Managing emotions in the workplaceβ’10 minutes
- Job aid: Managing emotions in the workplaceβ’3 minutes
- Reflect on the solution: Personal experiences with emotional managementβ’10 minutes
- Key takeaways: Embrace the power of preparationβ’3 minutes
- Apply the solution: Emotional management in a professional scenarioβ’10 minutes
This concluding module includes a course survey to gather your feedback and marks the completion of your journey through the four pillars of emotional intelligence. You will be guided through the final steps to acknowledge your achievement and prepare for applying your newly acquired skills.
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1 reading1 plugin
1 readingβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
1 pluginβ’Total 3 minutes
- End of course surveyβ’3 minutes
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