In today's fast paced world, the need for emotional intelligence is more important than ever to help you appreciate yourself and connect meaningfully with those around you. Dr. Greg Warren and Dr. Joe Pazmany are both college leadership professors offering this life changing course on emotional intelligence where they will guide you through the basic of what emotional intelligence is and explore various approaches and practices to help you build and develop your emotional intelligence. Participants will learn how to become more self aware, manage their emotions more effectively, and improve their relationships with others. Some of the concepts explored will include the four quadrants of emotional intelligence (Self Awareness, Self Management, Social Awareness, and Relationship Management), how stress and renewal impact people’s lives (Renewal and Sacrifice cycles), practices to improve one’s physical and mental health (Mindfulness, Hope, and Compassion), and considerations about how to work with teams and organizations even more effectively. Each lesson for this course covers a pivotal part of emotional intelligence and you will also get to engage in a personal reflection, individual activity, and team activity to help you practice the concepts so they can be more useful to you and you can apply them easily in your daily life.