One of the things I have recently started doing is completing virtual training design challenges. The challenge I am embarking on now is to design a virtual training session titled – Introducing Emotional Intelligence. This session is part one of a programme I am developing on emotional intelligence.
The goal of this session is to set a foundation for learners to learn how to use their emotions intelligently for their benefit and be able to respond better to situations without letting their emotions drive them to respond impulsively. In other words, learning emotional intelligence should help them engage with people in more positive and productive ways.
In my next post, I will show you how I will design and develop the session by defining the learning objectives, key learning points, and learning delivery activities.
This is the final part of the session on INTRODUCING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE.
Here the facilitator will review what was discussed during the session and the participants will reflect on what they learned. You can view the previous part of the session which health with why emotional intelligence is important to us here.
REVIEW, REFLECT, AND CLOSE
Display the slide titled – REVIEW.
SLIDE – REVIEW
Tell them that:
During this session, we were introduced to emotional intelligence.
First, we described what emotional intelligence is.
Then, we identified the four core behaviours of emotional intelligence.
We also discussed why emotional intelligence is important to us.
You have one more thing to do which is to reflect on what you’ve learned today.
Direct them to the part of their workbooks titled – REFLECT – NOTE – ACT. Give them 5-minutes to read the information there and do the reflective activity.
WORKBOOK CONTENT – REFLECT – NOTE – ACT
When the time is up, stop them and get everyone’s attention. Thank them for taking the time to do the reflective activity.
Ask each participant to share one thing from their reflection.
Listen to them without commenting or asking any questions.
After that, thank them for their participation and close the session.
In this part of the session on, Introducing Emotional Intelligence, the participants will discuss why emotional intelligence is important.
WHY IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IMPORTANT?
To answer this question, they will do an individual and group activity. First, they will answer a question and then discuss it in a small group.
Direct each person to the part of their workbook titled – WHY IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IMPORTANT TO US?
WORKBOOK CONTENT – WHY IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IMPORTANT TO US?
Tell them to read the information in the section for about 2-minutes then tell each participant to do the activity there. Give them 3-minutes.
After 3-minutes, stop them and split them into small groups using the ‘breakout room’ feature. No group should have more than four people.
Give them 7-minutes for the group discussion.
After 7-minutes, stop them and bring everyone back to the main room.
Ask each group’s spokesperson to feedback what they discussed. Listen to them without commenting or saying anything. When they finish giving feedback, thank them for doing the activity and let them know that you also have an important reason why emotional intelligence is important that you want to share with them.
Tell them that:
There are various reasons why emotional intelligence is important for us as you have pointed out. One major reason why it is important is because we are all emotional beings who experience emotions. It is part of us and something we can’t get away from.
Learning to handle our emotions in productive ways through emotional intelligence is very important. Let’s learn a little bit about our brains to see why we need emotional intelligence.
Display the slide tilted – THE FEELING – LOGIC CONNECTION.
SLIDE – THE FEELING – LOGIC CONNECTION
Tell them that:
Dealing effectively with emotions is very important to the human condition because our brains are hardwired to make us experience emotions.
Click on the slide to display more information on the slide and tell them that:
Everything we hear, see, taste and touch travel through our bodies in the form of electric signals towards our brains. They enter through the base of our brain near the spinal cord as you can see here (on the slide).
Click on the slide to display more information and say that:
But those signals must travel to the front part of the brain, the frontal lobe where rational and logic thinking takes place as you can see here (on the slide).
Click on the slide for the last time to display information and say that:
But before the signals reach the frontal lobe they must pass through the limbic system where emotions are generated. What this means is that we feel emotions before having the opportunity for reasoning and logical thinking.
The rational area of our brains, the frontal lobe cannot prevent us from experiencing emotions in the limbic system, but the two areas do influence each other and maintain constant communication. The communication between the emotional and rational part of our brains is the physical source of emotional intelligence.
When we intentionally develop our emotional intelligence, we can’t stop our emotions, but we can work with our emotions to ensure they don’t push us to make impulsive or irrational decisions. In other words, emotional intelligence helps us use emotions to our own benefit and growth.
Emotional intelligence is therefore important for helping us manage our emotions in a productive and positive way and not pushing us to behave inappropriately.
Ask them for any comments and/or questions and respond appropriately. Then let them know that the information you shared with them is also in their workbooks if they want to read it later.
Move on to the final part of the session.
The next post will be the final one for the session where it will be reviewed and the participants will reflect on what they’ve learned.
In this part of the session I am currently writing on Introducing Emotional Intelligence, participants will explore what emotional intelligence is. The session was introduced in a previous post which you can read here.
WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?
Display the slide titled – WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?
SLIDE – WHAT IS EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE?
Direct them to the section in their workbooks with the same title. It has an activity asking them to write down how they would describe emotional intelligence.
Give them 3-minutes to do that. When the time is up, stop them and ask everyone to write their description in the chat window.
In this part of the training session introduced previously (here), the participants will be introduced to the session’s learning objectives to give them a clear picture of what they should be able to do after the session.
INTRODUCE THE SESSION
Introduce the session by sharing the learning objectives with them. Display the slide titled – LEARNING OBJECTIVES.
This week I will be working on a new series of training activities that have to do with emotional intelligence. This is the first of the activities titled – INTRODUCING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE. In this session, participants will explore what emotional intelligence is, describe why it is important and identify the four components of emotionally intelligent behaviour.
INTRODUCTION
Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand, use and manage our emotions in positive ways. Emotional intelligence has great benefits in helping us manage our own behaviour and interact with others. It is believed to be one of the most important leadership qualities because it can help us interact with others and influence them in much more productive ways. In this session, participants will explore what emotional intelligence is and identify the components of emotional intelligence.
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