This course focuses on the development of emotionally intelligent, effective leadership skills for professionals in the helping fields. The course highlights the theoretical underpinnings of emotional intelligence and integrates these principles into the leadership role. The course will cover the practical application of self-awareness assessments and exercises to enhance leadership capacities and to foster the development of leadership ability. Skilled helping professionals often find themselves in leadership and supervisory roles with limited experience and training. This course will build upon the professionals' core set of helping skills with strategies that produce a self-aware, composed, focused, energized, empathic, motivated and collaborative leadership style.