MBA502 Emotional Intelligence Workshop Activities and Analysis

This document outlines a professional development workshop focused on emotional intelligence. The workshop includes several activities designed to enhance participants' understanding of their emotions and how they impact their work. Activities include group exercises exploring different emotions and their consequences, analyzing the connection between cognition and emotion, individual movie analysis from an emotional perspective, and discussions on the role of perception and the four pillars of emotional intelligence (self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management). The workshop aims to improve participants' ability to manage their emotions, improve workplace performance, and foster better communication and cooperation. It emphasizes the importance of emotional intelligence for both professional and personal life, highlighting how understanding and utilizing emotions can lead to a higher quality of life and improved organizational performance.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
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Professional Development Workshop
Chosen Topic – Emotional Intelligence
Category of
Activities
Time Purpose Instructions Barriers
Types of emotions 1 day The purpose of
activity is to make
the participants
familiar with the
concepts and
implications of
emotional
intelligence. The
activity also aims
at building their
consciousness
regarding the
consequences of
bearing different
emotions at
different times at
their work.
The participants
are to be grouped
so that each group
will have three
members. Each
group will be
given the chance
to choose from a
set of emotions
such as anger,
shock, sadness,
happiness and so
on. Each group
will be asked to
note the
consequences of
their chosen
emotions at work.
Each member of
each group will be
asked to choose
three areas of
outcomes that
include
behavioural
outcome,
physiological
outcome and
psychological
outcome and will
be asked to record
results of their
chosen emotions
as per their chosen
area of outcomes.
Possible barrier to
this activity is the
inability of the
participants to be
always actively
observing their
own emotional
outcomes. It can
be possible that
the they miss
recording their
emotional
outcomes while
spontaneously
reacting to certain
situations at their
work.
Relation between
cognition and
emotion
3 days The purpose of
this activity is to
help the
participants see
All the
participants will
be divided into
groups where each
The possible
barrier of this
activity can be the
inattentive nature
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the inseparable
connection
between the
cognition and the
emotion of human
beings. The task
also aims at
making them
realize that
emotional state is
as much important
as the state of
intelligence in the
field of their
work. They
should be able to
understand that
brain and
emotions do not
work separately
because they are
connected to each
other and they
collaboratively
affect the decision
making and
performances of
people.
group will get two
participants. Each
member of each
group will be
asked to follow
the other member
of the group very
closely and record
certain things such
as their
performances,
feelings,
interactions with
others and so on.
Finally, each
member will
present a report on
another member
of the group and
tell how different
feelings affected
the work
performance of
the other
participant and
how performance
affected the
feelings or
emotions of that
participant.
of the participants
due to which they
can miss
important relevant
elements of
another
participant.
Moreover, it can
also happen that
those two
participants are
unable to observe
each other due to
various situational
barriers.
Watching a movie 4 hours The purpose of
the movie is to get
a hold of one’s
own emotions.
When we
generally go
through any
emotion or
feelings such as
anger or joy or
others, we do not
speculate on them
because we think
that knowing our
own emotions are
not that important.
This is an
individual task.
This task will
require the
participants to
watch a movie
each and they can
choose any movie
they want to
watch. Each
participant will
see and analyse
the movie from an
emotional point of
view and name
the movies by a
There can be
various emotions
running through
the back of the
mind of the
participants as the
movie will end.
Thus, it can
probably be a
problem in
dissecting one
emotion from
another during the
process of
emotion
identification.
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So, the purpose of
this task is to
identify own
emotions and the
source of those
emotions so that
they can be
prepared in the
future to predict
their emotional
outcomes.
certain emotion
that they think
suits the plot of
the movie
perfectly. This
analysis will
depend on what
kind of emotional
effect the movie
imposes on them
respectively. At
the end, each one
of them will have
to present their
analytical
overview of the
movie in front of
others.
Personal
experiences or
other biases can
pose as a barrier
in the way of
identifying the
emotion
objectively.
Role of perception 1 hour The purpose of
this activity is to
highlight the role
of personal
perception as a
trigger point for
evoking emotion.
One single
situation can
trigger different
emotions in
different persons
based on their
type of
perceptions to
look at the
situation. For
example, one can
feel motivated at
seeing a disabled
man working at a
firm while another
person can feel
sad thinking about
the hardships he
has to go through
because of being
disabled. This
In this task, all the
participants will
go through the
same situation.
For example, they
will be asked to
listen to an half an
hour long speech
of an old person
(not any popular
person) about his
life experiences.
Here, the
participants will
not be aware of
the fact the
situations that
they are facing are
actually pre-
planned by the
experts. At the
end of the chosen
situation, all of
them will be
asked about their
reactions on the
speech.
Each participant
comes from
different cultural
and social
backgrounds.
Thus, it may
happen that some
of them will
confuse between
their perception
and the lenses of
different
backgrounds
through which
they will be
talking about their
reactions on the
speech. Perception
of a person does
get affected by
different
backgrounds but
still there is more
in the concept of
perception apart
from cultural or
social point of
view. Thus, the
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activity is
important in order
for them to realize
how their
performances can
be affected by
their personal
perceptions.
barrier can be the
inability to focus
on own perception
while reacting on
the speech.
four pillars of
emotional
intelligence
4 hours. The purpose of
this task is to
make the
participants
familiar with the
four pillars of
emotional
intelligence. This
is important for
them because they
need to know how
their emotional
intelligence works
and what its
related areas are.
Moreover, here,
the purpose is to
help them give
focus on how to
improve their
performances by
looking at the
factors of a good
occupational
performance.
The participants
will be divided in
four groups. Each
group will be
given a factor of
emotional
intelligence each
that include self
awareness, self
management,
social awareness
and relationship
management.
Each group will
be asked to
research on the
given topics. At
the end, all four
groups will have
to discuss why a
particular factor is
important to be
recognized and
regulated in order
to perform better
in a workplace.
Lack of research
on the given
topics can be a
barrier in the way
of the success of
this activity. On
the other hand,
there can be trifles
or differences of
opinions in the
group members as
this task will
require almost 10
people in one
group.
Reflection 2 hour This task is aimed
at illuminating the
realization that
positive emotions
enhance
performances
while negative
emotions hinder
them.
In this activity, the
participants will
work individually.
Here, they will
reflect on their
pervious life
experiences where
they showed a
negative attitude.
They will be
asked to relive the
experience
The participants
can have distorted
memories that can
be a barrier in
evoking the right
outcome at the
end of this task.
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mentally and think
how the situation
could have been
different if they
would have
reacted positively.
Final comments
The knowledge of emotional intelligence and emotional quotients is important for each and
everyone not only for their professional life but also for living their personal lives. This is
because every behavior and attitude of human beings are triggered and motivated by certain
emotions. The person with a high emotional intelligence knows how to deal with own emotions
and utilize them to improve their quality of life. This is also important because our emotions
affect not only us but also those who are around us especially in a workplace scenario. So, this
workshop is designed in a way that can be helpful for the participants in order to understand the
different factors of emotional intelligence. It can also be expected that the activities will help
them be more aware towards own emotions and identify them as significant factors of a god
organizational performance. All the participants will get a chance to communicate and interact
with each other during the activities.
This will be helpful for them enhance their communicative and cooperation skills. Both of these
skills help one to balance their emotions in a place people with different backgrounds and
perceptions work together. On the other hand, it can be hoped that this workshop will help them
reflecting on their own experiences. In this regard, it can be mentioned that one has to delve into
one’s own psyche in order to help making the environment around them better. Moreover, all
these realization are important to polish professional skills of the participants. Professional
development is not a static outcome of anything. Rather, it is an ongoing process that keeps on
developing itself as we gather more experiences and as we learn how to use our emotions for
maintaining a god performance. So, I hope that this professional workshop will be beneficial for
the participants to increase their emotional intelligence quotients.
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