Emotional intelligence, also called EQ, is the ability to be aware of and to manage emotions and relationships. It's a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. IQ will get you in the door, but it is your EQ, your ability to connect with others and manage the emotions of yourself and others, that will determine how successful you are in life.

We have all worked with and listened to brilliant people. Some of them were great and... well, some were not so great. The mean and the meek and all those in between can teach us more than they realize. When we look at the truly extraordinary people who inspire and make a difference you will see that they do this by connecting with people at a personal and emotional level.

What differentiated them was not their IQ but their EQ their emotional intelligence. This one-day course will give you the EQ edge.

How many times have you had an idea or suggestion for a solution about something? About anything? Now, how many times have you acted, or convinced someone else to act, on your ideas? I'll bet the ratio of acting on your ideas compared to having them is small. It is for most of us. How do you organize your thoughts and make sense of them?

How can you communicate business ideas to others and convince them to act? How do you determine your own actions? Aharon Rabinowitz, in his article on creating tutorial podcasts (Creative cow Magazine, premiere edition), sums up his approach by writing that "you need to think about what it is you want to say, how you want to say it, and who you want to say it to". This two-day course will serve as an eye opener to the fundamental ways of communicating business ideals that sell.