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Case Study 1
Senior Executive Coaching
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Case Study 2
Group Coaching
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Case Study 3
High Potentials Leadership Programme
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Case Study 4
Graduate Development Programme
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Case Study 5
Licensing EQ workshop to in-house team
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Case Study 6
Self-Paced EQ-i Accreditation
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Case Study 7
Combination Individual/Group interventions
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Case Study 8
Whole sector development
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Case Study 8: Whole sector development

Background Context:
Education sector in a socially disadvantaged area.

The Need:
To implement emotional intelligence awareness to a group of Principals, teachers and school staff in a group of schools, over a number of years of phased development.

The EQ Intervention including features of delivery:

  • Five Principals participated in the first year of this programme and their 70 teachers.
  • Three Principals participated in the second year of this programme with 52 school staff (including teachers).
  • Each Principal participated in a coaching and leadership development programme involving 6 or 8 hours of coaching and 4 workshop days centered around leadership themes.
  • School staff participated in three days of workshop over an academic year ­ EQ and YOU workshop, Team Development and Skills Development.
  • EQ assessments were conducted at the beginning and end of each year.
  • A group emotional intelligence profile was computed at the beginning and end of each year showing the sector EQ profile.

The Results:

  • Evidence of a signficant increase in emotional intelligence amongst the Principals and teachers who completed the repeat EQ assessment.
  • Evidence of behavioural change evidenced by a variety of important changes which have occurred in the pilot schools (Level 3). School EQ profiles changed also.
  • High degree of 'learning' achieved as evidenced by end of programme evaluation.
  • High degree of 'customer satisfaction' as measured by Reaction level.
  • Significant initiatives were taken in all schools leading to better pupil, parent and teacher relationships.

Testimonials
Overall, teachers thought that the programme is 'valuable for work and life' and is a 'good tool for personal and staff development'.

A strong majority of teachers recommended that the sponsoring organisation continues to provide EQ measurement and emotional intelligence programmes.

Notable achievements as reported by Principals are:

  • Staff meetings being more productive as a result of being planned, organised, focused and relaxed.
  • More time spent on curriculum development.
  • Improved Principal / Teacher relationships.
  • More effective Boards of Management.
  • Better understood mission statement of the school.
  • Improved personal health and ability to cope with stress.
  • Improved time management and conflict management.

Notable achievements as reported by Teachers include:

  • Acknowledgement of some investment in their personal and professional development.
  • Improved interpersonal relationships between teaching staff.
  • Better teamwork in terms of curriculum and timetable planning.
  • Higher degree of affirmation of each other's contribution.
  • Better organised staff meetings.
  • Better and more inclusive staff room dynamic.

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Geetu Bharwaney
Kate Cannon
Charles Gale
Adèle MacKinlay
Carina Fiedeldey-Van Dijk, Ph.D.
Cynthia Beckwith
Bettina Scholz

Some of our published works

'Emotionally Intelligent Living' by Geetu Bharwaney

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