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Seminar Outline

  • Understand Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and how EQ competence enhances personal leadership
  • Assess your EQ
  • Consider how communication affects EQ
  • Understand active listening and assess your ability to listen
  • Discuss and practice providing and asking for feedback
  • Consider the link between trust and EQ
  • Create an EQ action plan


Details
From 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Fee: $595

Location: Canisius Center for Professional Development
300 Corporate Parkway, Suite 130, Amherst, NY 14226

The Center for Professional Development at Canisius College offers customized workshops and training in areas such as leadership, management development, effective communication and writing, motivation, conflict management, negotiation, finance and more.


Seminar Leader: 

Jessica Schimert, MBA, MS,  is a business consultant, trainer, coach and speaker. She conducts workshops on topics such as personal strengths, leadership, teambuilding, interpersonal communication and relationships, public speaking, time management and diversity. Jessica facilitates two coaching groups for women business owners, as well as strategic planning and goal setting meetings and retreats. She has worked with organizations in health care, banking, legal, accounting, television, public relations, manufacturing, construction, property management, government, education and nonprofit industries.


Jessica is an adjunct faculty member for Canisius College Center for Professional Development and Women’s Business Center and an adjunct professor at Canisius College in the Communication Studies Department. She is on the Board of Directors for the western New York Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF). In addition, Jessica is on the leadership team for the Junior League of Buffalo.

Jessica completed her undergraduate work at St. Bonaventure University and received an Honors BA in Journalism/Mass Communication. She completed an MBA from the University at Buffalo with a marketing concentration and an MS in Communication and Leadership from Canisius College.

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