Emotional intelligence in leadership – why does it matter?

How emotionally intelligent are you as a leader?

Whether you are an aspiring leader or have been leading a team for some time, it’s been proven that a high degree of emotional intelligence is a characteristic that differentiates highly effective leaders from average ones. It is essential that leaders have a solid understanding of how their emotions, actions and behaviours affect the people around them and become more aware of how they can choose their response when relating to others and their teams.

This interactive session will explore the elements that define emotional intelligence and examine into detail how you can grow and further develop into becoming an effective research or academic leader.

Session outcomes for participants:

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Understand what emotional intelligence (EI) is and why does it matter?

• Identify how EI looks like in leadership and the explore the key elements that define it

• Consider strategies to becoming more self-aware of EI when leading self, leading others and/ or their institution

Presenter:

Winner of the Times Higher Education Awards and recognised at a UK national level in three consecutive years for outstanding support for researchers and academics, Daniela a national Senior Fellow Researcher Developer and an experienced organisational development consultant, emotional intelligence coach and personal development skills trainer at an international level.

With over 12 year experience of working in Higher Education, until recently she was the Head of Communities of Practice at UCL – where the project won the 2019 UHR Awards and was recognised for best organisational change initiative in the sector.

Daniela is a highly regarded professional who seeks to support and inspire staff and academics to reach their potential.

The following elements of the Making an Impact 2020 Framework are relevant to this session:

Impact clusters:

Making an Impact on Culture;

Making an Impact on Society or Quality of Life;

Knowledge and Skills Axis:

Research Partnerships;

Working with Business;

Working with the Public and Third Sector;

Public and Community Engagement.

The Researcher Development Framework (RDF) attributes developed during this session are relevant to the following sub-domains:

Personal Effectiveness: B1, B2;

Research Governance and Organisation: C2;

Engagement, Influence and Impact: D1, D3

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If you require any accessibility reasonable adjustments or have any questions about this session, please contact The Academy at theacademy@liverpool.ac.uk at least 7 days before the session date so that your requirements can be referred to the facilitator(s) who will make every effort to address them where possible.