Boosting Emotional Intelligence - Interactive

(Updated Mar 2025)

Emotional Intelligence (EQ), or Emotional Quotient, is the ability to recognize, understand, and manage your own emotions, as well as be aware of and sensitive to the emotions of others. Developing EQ can improve your performance and success at work. Learn about emotional intelligence from the team at Cutting Edge who are doing an EQ workshop. They have decided that Carol needs to work on her EQ (emotional intelligence) skills. Barney gets too close to Serena and is not reading her body language. Tammy notices that Serena talks about EQ but fails to notice body language signals herself.

Key Learning Points

• Don’t block self-awareness INSTEAD: Understand your feelings and biases
  
• Don’t be moody or overreact INSTEAD: Manage your emotions
  
• Don’t be insensitive INSTEAD: Care about how others feel
  
• Don’t withdraw INSTEAD: Communicate and connect with people
  

Comedy makes learning fun

This interactive course is part of the popular Cutting Edge Communication Comedy Series created by Psychologist Eve Ash and comedienne Erin Brown starring Emmy-award winning Kim Estes. This powerful training series follows several characters as they battle challenges, negotiate conflicts and learn from mistakes about professionalism, leadership, communication and safety. This Australian produced series was filmed on location in Los Angeles.