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Communication

Communication and Emotional Intelligence for Managers

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$2,390

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Communication

Communication and Emotional Intelligence for Managers

Leading self, leading others

The way to become a better leader is to be honest in your own self-reflection, to seek feedback about your style, and to choose to improve your emotional intelligence (EQ). This course is designed for managers who wish to enhance their careers by sharpening their leadership impact. In an engaging learning environment, you will deepen your understanding of how to be an effective leader and communicator from the inside out. The course's unique “leading self” focus will encourage you to reflect on why you communicate the way you do, and to make commitments to enrich your approach.

This course is ideal for:
  • Any manager who wants to communicate and lead more effectively
  • Uncover and define your own leadership and communication style
  • Understand how your actions and words affect others
  • Open communication channels through empathy and active listening
  • Recognize what motivates others and communicate to them according to their needs
  • Inspire people by appealing to their values
  • Deliver helpful and supportive feedback, and seek feedback for oneself
Impact on your organization, team or business:
  • Promote higher employee engagement, motivation and retention through empathy, value-based messaging and leadership support
  • Enable improved decision making from feedback-rich environments and self-aware leadership
  • Enhance communication and collaboration through active listening and emotional regulation
  • Accelerate performance improvements with more effective coaching and feedback 
  • Foster trust through stronger alignment with core values and ethical leadership
Building Self-Awareness
  • Leveraging your strengths and improving weaknesses
  • Accepting and responding to feedback from others
  • Developing a commitment to honest self-discovery regarding your impact on those around us
  • Pledging to display your personal core values
Emotional Self-Regulation
  • Humility and mindfulness
  • Curbing emotional and verbal impulses in challenging situations
  • Leveraging evidence-based preventions and interventions to remain calm and professional under stress
The Communication Process
  • Understanding individual communication differences
  • Choosing the appropriate communication channel
  • Crafting content to match the receiver
Motivating Yourself and Others
  • What makes people tick, and how to get the best out of them
  • Developing and exhibiting the types of power that elicit commitment
Giving and Receiving Effective Feedback
  • The characteristics and building blocks of feedback
  • Tips for delivering the message so it lands well
Developing and Communicating Empathy 
  • Putting best practices into action
  • Discerning between a true empathy moment and other workplace scenarios

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Tracey Gurton

Faculty

Tracey Gurton is an award-winning faculty member at UBC Sauder and has been teaching here for more than 20 years. She previously worked for a global tech company. Her areas of specialization are: Organizational Culture, Leading Change, Trust & Decision-Making on Teams, and Emotional Intelligence. Professor Gurton teaches in the following programs: MBA, PMBA, BCOM, and dual degree (B+MM). She also works with industry clients, and teaches in Sauder's Professional Growth Division (formerly called Executive Education) at our Robson Square campus, helping Managers, Directors, VPs and C-suite folks improve organizational effectiveness through leadership development. In 2020, Tracey Gurton earned a Special Service Award for exceptional transition to the live, virtual classroom during Sauder's COVID response, and for assisting other faculty to do the same. In 2023, she earned the prestigious Killam Prize for Excellence in Teaching. In 2024 she received a Dean's Commendation citing contributions to the school and outstanding teaching performance.

What other professionals think

This course has tremendous value for managers working with diverse teams and individuals. It provides a great chance to expand your managerial toolkit and grow yourself so you can foster a high-performing team and organization.

The course had a great outline and relevant material. The instructor did an amazing job teaching and keeping the class interesting.

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