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Developing Your Emotional Intelligence

Intermediate 0.7 hours English Course Certificate
SkillsEmotional intelligenceSelf-awarenessSelf-managementSocial awarenessRelationshipsLeadership

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Also from Dr Gemma Leigh Roberts on LinkedIn Learning, this one builds the self-awareness and people skills underneath strong leadership and collaboration.

Good for: Building emotional intelligence for leadership and collaboration.

Skip if: You want deep psychological theory or a long programme.

Its forty-odd minutes work through the four pillars of emotional intelligence — self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management — in a short, practical form that applies well beyond management. If you want deep psychological theory or a long programme, it's deliberately not that. Access is through a LinkedIn Learning subscription (usually a free trial first; free through many libraries), and the certificate it leaves documents the learning, not a qualification. Emotional intelligence is a durable, widely transferable skill (as of 2026).

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About this course

Developing Your Emotional Intelligence builds the self-awareness and people skills that underpin strong leadership and collaboration. In about forty minutes, Dr Gemma Leigh Roberts works through the four pillars of EQ — self-awareness, self-management, social awareness and relationship management — with techniques to align your intentions with your actual impact, including how to read a room, regulate your own reactions under pressure, and repair a relationship after it frays.

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Instructor

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Gemma Leigh Roberts
LinkedIn Learning instructor

Taught by Dr Gemma Leigh Roberts, a chartered psychologist focused on resilience, emotional intelligence and performance.

Frequently asked questions

Emotional intelligence is commonly framed around four areas: self-awareness (recognising your own emotions), self-management (regulating them), social awareness (reading others, including empathy), and relationship management (handling interactions well). The course uses this kind of framework to help you understand and develop your EI. These pillars are the foundation of working effectively with your own emotions and other people's.

LinkedIn Learning courses are delivered by experienced practitioners and subject experts rather than named academics, and this one is taught by an instructor specialising in emotional intelligence and leadership. The teaching is practical and applied, focused on usable techniques for developing your EI, so the value is in the actionable guidance rather than instructor prestige.

It is short — typically an hour or two — as a focused LinkedIn Learning course. That makes it an efficient way to understand emotional intelligence and pick up practical techniques to develop it, without a large time commitment. Genuine EI growth comes from applying the ideas over time, so treat the runtime as the grounding and everyday practice as where it develops.

Not by default — it runs on LinkedIn Learning, which is subscription-based — but a free trial is common, and many public libraries and universities give members full access at no cost. Check whether a library card or an institution you belong to already provides LinkedIn Learning before paying, since that quietly unlocks this course and the whole catalogue.

Yes, you earn a LinkedIn Learning completion certificate for your profile. Treat it as a signal of professional development rather than a formal qualification — emotional intelligence shows in how you actually handle yourself and others, not a badge. The real value is the self-awareness and techniques, which show up in your relationships and leadership far more than the certificate.
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