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Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Success

Emotional intelligence is often taught as a personality quiz followed by encouragement. This course treats it as a set of learnable behaviours. Delegates work on recognising their own reactions early enough to choose a response, reading a room accurately rather than assuming, managing difficult conversations without escalation, and understanding the effect their behaviour has on people who report to them. The material is grounded in observable behaviour rather than self assessment, and delegates practise on real situations they bring from their own workplace. The course closes on the limits of the idea: emotional intelligence does not resolve a structural problem, and treating it as a substitute for one is a common and costly error.

Course objectives

  • Recognise your own emotional reactions early enough to choose a response
  • Read a situation accurately rather than assuming intent
  • Manage a difficult conversation without escalating it
  • Understand the effect your behaviour has on people who report to you
  • Adjust communication style to the person and the moment
  • Recover a relationship after a poor interaction
  • Recognise where a structural problem is being mistaken for a behavioural one

Who should attend

  • Managers and team leaders at any level
  • Human resources professionals
  • Technical specialists moving into people leadership
  • Client facing and account management staff
  • Anyone whose work depends on working relationships

Course outline

  1. 01What emotional intelligence is, as behaviour rather than personality
  2. 02Self awareness: noticing a reaction before acting on it
  3. 03Self regulation under pressure
  4. 04Reading a situation without assuming intent
  5. 05Difficult conversations and de-escalation
  6. 06The effect of your behaviour on those who report to you
  7. 07Repairing a relationship after a poor interaction
  8. 08The limits: when the problem is structural

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Success
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
1 to 3 September 2026Windhoek, NamibiaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
12 to 14 October 2026Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 17 October 2026Kigali, RwandaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
17 to 19 October 2026Maseru, LesothoClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
24 to 26 October 2026Maputo, MozambiqueClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
6 to 8 December 2026Cape Town, South AfricaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now

Emotional Intelligence for Workplace Success

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