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Essentials of Emotional Intelligence

Aalto University via Aalto University Executive Education

Overview

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The Essentials of Emotional Intelligence online course is designed to deepen your understanding of emotional intelligence and ignite your curiosity to learn more. Throughout this course, you will explore the concept of emotional intelligence and its reputation as a predictor of potential and future performance. You will discover how emotional intelligence affects individual performance, team outcomes, and the overall organizational climate. Additionally, you will be introduced to various ideas and tools that can help you enhance your emotional intelligence.

Syllabus

Content and Schedule

This online course covers the essentials of Emotional Intelligence. During the course, you will learn what Emotional Intelligence is, why it is important at personal, interpersonal, and organizational levels, and how it can be increased and developed.

The course is structured into five online modules consisting of interactive video lectures, reflection tasks, and reading material covering emotional intelligence from different perspectives. The videos are accompanied by interactive questions to check your knowledge along the way.

Each module contains

  • Introduction
  • Video lecture
  • A small reflection task
  • Knowledge check questions
  • Review of the key takeaways from the module

The course videos are subtitled in English.

The estimated study time of the course is 12 hours. The course allows flexible study patterns; you can decide on your schedule and the speed of your progress.

Recommended study schedule is 2–3 hours per week for 3–4 weeks.

Module 1: 

What is Emotional Intelligence?

Module 2:

Why is Emotional Intelligence Important at the Individual Level?

Module 3:

Why is Emotional Intelligence Important on the Interpersonal Level?

Module 4:

Why is Emotional Intelligence Important in Organizational Level?

Module5: 

How to Develop/Improve Emotional Intelligence?


For Whom?

This online course is suitable for anyone who wants to get a coherent understanding and increase their own Emotional Intelligence.

Taught by

Timo Vuori

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