Improving Emotional Intelligence Through Training

 

Emotion is a big word, a word that holds countless feelings that can be either said out loud or need to stay inside. Emotions are what make us human. We tend to feel even the smallest things. Our hearts break whenever we see a small change in someone's attitude towards us. Our emotions get triggered easily, while some people still try to hold back.

"Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions."
― Elizabeth Gilbert, an American author

No matter what you do or how hard you try, you will feel emotions; it's like you are entitled to feel them no matter how far away you run from them.

There are people who can easily fit in other's shoes and feel what they are feeling. They experience their pain; even though it isn't there, they still feel everything. That's what emotional intelligence is, the power of our mind to feel, manage and show our emotions.

It's just like I.Q; every person has a different emotional intelligence score. There are some people who were born with emotional skills. They are able to feel for others and show compassion. While other people may have trouble with emotions and need help to develop their emotional skills. Emotional intelligence assessment helps in emotional development.

Learning the language of emotions can help people live a peaceful and sustainable life. If you are born with the gift of emotional intelligence, then it will be easy for you to understand others. If someone is going through something so instead of being aggressive, you will try to understand things from their perspective.

An empathetic person who shows compassion will be more emotionally aware than a person who is apathetic.
If you think that you are emotionally intelligent, then look for these signs in yourself,

·         Can recognize your emotions

·         Can relate and understand other's emotions

·         Actively listen to other people

·         Can understand nonverbal communication.

·         Can control your thoughts and feelings

·         Can express emotions in an acceptable way in public

·         Can take criticisms positively

·         Can forget and forgive

If you see all these qualities in yourself, then congratulations, you are emotionally intelligent. You can even take an emotional intelligence assessment to assess yourself.

So, what if there were no signs of these qualities in you? Don't worry because emotional intelligence can be learned through training. People with average or low emotional intelligence can do well, just like others with high emotional intelligence.

There are four stages of learning emotional intelligence. Let's see what those stages are now, shall we?

Insight

Before diving into the learning process, you have to see what needs changing in your attitude. So, there are a few emotional intelligence factors that you should look for in yourself.

·         Self-awareness

·         Self-regulation

·         Motivation

·         Empathy

·         Social skills

An emotionally aware person should have all these factors. Some people have motivation and self-awareness, but they lack empathy and social skills. See where you lack to work on.

Assessment

There are many emotional intelligence assessments that you can take to measure the score. The scores will tell you where you stand emotionally. Take them and assess yourself before moving forward to the training part.

Training

Once you are done with the emotional intelligence assessment, the training will start. The professionals will see which part of emotional intelligence you need the most, and then they will start working on it. The training helps a person improve

·         Communication skills

·         Organizational skills

·         Group performance

·         Work motivation

·         Leadership skills

Application 
Once you have passed the training, all the activities that were taught will be implemented in real life. It involves the following

·         Interaction with people in the personal and professional circle

·         Understanding your emotions

·         Expressing your emotions in such a way that will not hurt other people

·         Listening to other people with no judgment

 

Now let's dig deep into emotional intelligence training. So, what does the training aim at? We have penned down a few points for you to go through. Read them and see how emotional intelligence assessment can help you.

·         Productivity

·         Self-motivation

·         Flexibility and confidence

·         Commitment to profession

·         Empathy and compassion

·         Communication skills

·         Self-awareness and self-control

·         Personal and professional relationships

·         Let's discuss a few of them in detail

 

Self-motivation – The training program runs an emotional intelligence assessment to assess your emotional abilities. If they notice the least score in self-motivation, then they work on this part of emotional intelligence. They try to bring a change in ourselves. They try to motivate people to change the way they feel and show their emotions.

Self-awareness and self-control – The training program focuses on self-awareness and self-control. They encourage people to acknowledge what they feel and why they feel those emotions. They also help in controlling our emotions. For example, if you are short-tempered, then they will work on this part.

Empathy and compassion – Many people with a lower score in emotional intelligence assessment have been seen with a lack of emotions and compassion. The training program works on your ability to feel other's emotions and understand them.

That's how emotional intelligence training works for improving your emotional intelligence. Even though you have lower emotional intelligence assessment scores, you can still empathize and reflect positivity in others through the training programs.