Collaboration and Emotional Intelligence

Course details

Collaboration frequently occurs in the workplace where people come together to cooperate andwork on a strategic project in order that they can accomplish a common goal. It is simply teamwork taken to a higher level andhas become a more productive way of doing things.

Most often collaboration happens within fairly small teams -functional teams, time-limited project teams orcross-functional management teams.

In effective collaboration, all people involved use their emotional intelligence well to balance emotional needs with their thinking,build authentic relationships andmake good quality decisions on behalf of the organisation. Whether working with othersone-to-one, in small groups or large teams, there is exemplarycommunication withempathy thatengages hearts and minds. This occurs at all levels of the organisation.

This course is aboutcollaborating with othersin ways that will help you tocommunicate more efficientlyas youwork to understand and work with differences that lead to effective collaboration. In addition, the skills, processes and tools taught in this course can bring value to other aspects of your life.

The course covers all aspects of collaborative working focusing on win-win collaboration where everyone benefits. The characteristics, principles and modes of collaboration are examined to give you a much broader insight into getting the best from collaboration.

The course, also, covers trustand how you can build trust as you work together with others.

Behavioural stylesare reviewed looking at the strengths and liabilities of each. You get the opportunity to complete a questionnaire that will give you an insight to the behavioural style that you prefer to use with the chance to explore how your style can helpand how it can hinder collaboration.

This course is a standalone course for anyone interested in understanding collaboration at work and how to get more from collaborative relationships. It compliments other courses that exploreemotional intelligencein more depth.

You'll receive all the information that you need and will becoachedusingloads of practical hintsthat you can use straight away.

The course is made up of a series of lectures and containscomprehensive course notes. There are a series of interactive exercises that involve some activity with other people and some reflection.

PLEASENOTE-This course isNOTfor you if you are not prepared to work through the practical activities that make up a fundamental part of the course.Collaboration cannot be developed justbywatching the video lectures. It requires you to do some reflective thinking, toget some feedback and to discuss your development with others. I'm afraid that you won't get the best from the course unless you are prepared to do this.

There areFIVEpractical activities included within the course that are designed to help you understand collaboration and how you can improve the way in which you work with other people towards shared goals All of them require you to engage with your collaborativeteam and do some work outside of the course.

This course is beingcontinually refined and updated to ensure it remains current and relevant.

Full grammatically-correct Englishcaptions available.

Latest update - November 2018