What: 90 minutes Zoom session
When: Wednesday 16th of December 2020
Time: 18:30 - 20:00 GMT+2 

Emotional Intelligence (EI) is something that distinguishes great leaders from merely good ones. Emotional Intelligence is not a technical skill but a group of five skills that enable the best leaders to maximize their performance.

The soft skills consist the emotional intelligence skill are the following: (a) Self – Awareness; (b) Self – regulation; (c) Motivation; (d) Empathy; and (e) Social Skills. However all of us we are born with certain levels of EI, this 90 minute lecture will attempt to provide the tips to strengthen your EI abilities. The magic ‘recipe’ is persistence, practice and feedback from colleagues or coaches or from yourself.

Lecturer:
Dr. Alexia-Mary Tzortzaki is currently an Assistant Professor and has been teaching Management, Leadership and Emotional
Intelligence for more than 14 years at the Hellenic Mediterranean University and the Hellenic Open University.
She is a UK certified NLP Master Practitioner and a Certified Mediator with ADR ODR International. Prior to her
academic posting, Alexia spent more than a decade living in the UK where she gained broad corporate experience,
as a communications senior executive and as company owner of a strategic management consultancy. Having been
certified as business advisor and trainer for a UK Enterprise Agency, she helped many start-ups take their first
steps. Nowadays, she deploys these skills and experience to empower young people to become active, global
citizens. Alexia enjoys writing. Her latest book being, “Speak Your Truth and Lead: Empowering Women to become
Compassionate Leaders”, which she was invited to teach at one of India’s top Universities. A life-long learner,
Alexia claims that she is still a beginner! To serve her life’s Vision, which is the empowerment of young people, she
has founded the initiative “Iris, Art of Joy”, whose activities can be found on her website, at www.artofjoy.gr (click
on the British flag for the English version) and on her You Tube channel: IRIS Art of Joy.