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FREE: Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Teenagers

Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (GMT+1000)

New South Wales, Australia

FREE: Understanding Emotional Intelligence and Teenagers

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FREE Seminar

for Parents, Teachers,

Senior High School and
University Students

 

Understanding Emotional Intelligence

 

 

Why Emotional Intelligence?

 

Research has shown that “peak performers” are distinguished from the rest by their Emotional Intelligence—attributes such as awareness of one’s strengths and non strengths,  emotional self control, achievement drive, adaptability, empathy, initiative, inspiring others and building bonds.

 

How would students benefit and why they are important?
 
  • Students are empowered with the skills to better understand themselves and others around them, their fears and ambitions and how to channel their energies more constructively into the things that matter most to their success and others around them.
  • Students are more highly motivated (and skilled to stay motivated) about their studies, school life and life in general, and who will thus engage even more effectively at school
  • Students become better “team players”, and recognise the value of social interaction and understand how putting “team first” is so important to their eventual success and fulfillment in life.

 

What is Emotional Intelligence?

A short introduction by Dominic Siow on what exactly is Emotional Intelligence.

 


 

 

Why do students need these strategies now?

 

Traditionally, emotional and strategic skills are developed through “osmosis” and “life experiences” garnered through the variety of activities fostered through our school system. However, the need to build upon this in a more concerted and systematic manner has become more evident.

  • Jobs that have a high “technical” orientation are now being outsourced more and more to third world nations. There is a growing need for our next generation to be even more flexible, adaptable, creative, to confidently take calculated risks, to be able to communicate, lead and influence.
  • We live in an era of “instant gratification” (counter to habits required for sustainable long term success and fulfillment), where Facebook has become a substitute for meaningful playground wrestles and banter. And yet, our future demands that our students become even better team players with sophisticated communications and relationship building skills.
  • There is a constant, ever growing pressure and competition for academic (“paper”) qualifications which focus on “technical” and cognitive intelligence often at the expense of emotional or interpersonal skills.
  • The influx of migrants from backgrounds that value “academic” excellence over all else is, we believe, creating a significant imbalance in the balanced development of the individual

 

Join us for this FREE information session and find out more about Emotional Intelligence and how to develop this important attribute with your children.

 

Sunday, 21st November 2010

Vibe Hotel Sydney

111 Goulburn Street, Sydney NSW 2000

Time: 3.00 - 4.30pm

COST: FREE

Call (02) 9881 5890 or 0409 223 282 for more information

 

Parking: Street Parking
or
Wilson Carpark located across the road from the hotel.

 

Beverages: Tea, Coffee or water. Please indicate when registering.
(We will be organising catering on that day).

 

Also find out about our 2011 Workshops for Senior High School and
University Students
.

 

 

About the Speaker:

 Dominic Siow


Mr. Dominic Siow
Dominic is founder and principal consultant of EQ Strategist, a consultancy specialising in Peak Performance and Emotional Intelligence. Having found success in the I.T. industry, during which he has held executive and senior management positions, Dominic found his passion in empowering others with the thinking habits and strategies that distinguish peak performers from the rest. His talks and workshops have reached professionals and students of all walks of life, across Australia and Asia. He is passionate about helping create exceptional leaders of our future.

Dominic is a graduate of the Robbins Research International’s Leadership Mastery program and an accredited Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a certified DISC Practitioner and a trained coach with the Coaches Training Institute. (CTI)
He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Commerce degree from the University of New South Wales. He is also a member of the Australian Institute of Management.

When & Where



Vibe Hotel Sydney
111 Goulburn Street
Sydney
New South Wales, 2000
Australia

Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM (GMT+1000)


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Our aim is to encourage students to be successful, healthy and respectful in the classroom and beyond. Our focus is a happy and balanced child, and one who is motivated, excited and successful in his or her endeavour in life. Let them learn the skills now and practice them throughout their schooling, in the workforce and beyond....It is never too early to start!! .
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