You should expect to find challenging material, as the course requires self-analysis and reflection. The aim of the course is to increase key skills in self-management, and identify and take the first steps in building better relationships. Some understanding of self-awareness is required, but this will be introduced in the first session.
Key Themes
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Developing Emotionally Intelligent habits:
- Key skills to manage yourself, and evaluate and manage others’ behaviour.
- Introducing habits for better mental health (for you), and skills to evaluate and manage interpersonal relationships more effectively.
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Thinking skills and changing perspectives:
- Thinking about the perspectives we all use to frame our perceptions.
- Key skills in self-management, confidence, intent, self-esteem (and how to defend it).
- Introducing a framework to identify perspectives and become agile in moving between them.
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Dealing with Defences (case study).
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Moving on with Emotional Intelligence:
- Emotional agility, meaning, purpose and staying on track through self-repair.
By the end of the course you will:
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Be able to evaluate some of the things that you do, which may be barriers to success.
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Be introduced to some strategies which will lead to more resilience when emotionally challenged.
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Identify perspectives which frame our thinking (and often inhibit success), and take the first steps in agility between these perspectives.
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Have some understanding of defences people use, and how to overcome them.
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Gain an increased emotional literacy; be able to identify behaviours which are emotionally challenging, with some learned strategies to overcome them.
Dates, Times and Delivery
This course will be delivered over four sessions using Microsoft Teams at 11:00-12:30 (UK time) from 6-9 May 2025. There will be:
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three 1.5-hour workshops on Tuesday 6 May, Wednesday 7 May, and Friday 9 May 2025
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one 1- to 1.5-hour case study session on Thursday 8 May 2025
You may be grouped into a smaller team for this case study and analysis.
To support the online sessions, you should actively engage in offline activities, such as the introductory tasks.
A world clock, and time zone converter can be found here: https://bit.ly/3bSPu6D
This is a ‘virtual classroom’ course.
To replicate the experience of a classroom, the sessions are ‘live’ and are not recorded.
No attendance at Oxford is required and you do not need to purchase any software.
Accessing Your Online Course
Details about accessing the private MS Teams course site will be emailed to you during the week prior to the course commencing.
Please get in touch if you have not received this information within three working days of the course start date.
