Building Your Emotional Intelligence

This workshop will happen as a Zoom call. If you are not familiar with using Zoom but are interested in this workshop, please contact us and we are happy to work with you to enable you to join.

Relationships of all kinds – professional, romantic, familial, and fraternal – rely on the ability to communicate and understand one another. Emotional intelligence (EI), the ability to identify your own and others’ emotions and react appropriately, lies at the root of good communication.

The business world has long recognized the importance of emotional intelligence for effective leadership. But the faith world can also benefit from congregants, teachers, and leaders who can interpret their own emotions, the emotions of those they work with, and the effects those emotions have on behavior.

Emotional intelligence can be improved by practicing certain skills. These tools can help us resolve conflicts, handle our own emotions, and empathize with those around us. This workshop will cover the basics of the science behind EI, the elements of EI, as well as why it’s critical now. Our communication habits have been interrupted and are changing during this crisis as we limit face-to-face, in-person contact. Churches can benefit from using EI to connect with, encourage, and support congregation members.

The Zoom link for this workshop will be emailed to registrants the day of the workshop.

Rev. Kimberly Secrist Ashby is the pastor at Fallston Presbyterian Church. Kimberly has trained and taught extensively on Emotional Intelligence and is a trainer for the Center for Emotional Intelligence and Human Relations Skills. She also has experience administering and interpreting the Emotional and Social Competence Inventory (ESCI) assessment. She enjoys cooking and making up games!