5)  GROW YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ)

1)  MANAGE YOUR EMOTIONS, MANAGE YOUR BUSINESS, MANAGE YOUR LIFE
   SELF-CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS CAN BE LEARNED

"We cannot speak to him, without him losing his temper!", "I make decisions on a whim, and then I regret it later!"

How many times have you regretted words, actions or decisions once the emotion has passed? Losing control of your emotions always works against you.

Emotions are fundamental to our lives and essential to our survival and happiness. However, poor management of emotions can result in suffering for oneself and for others, as well as negative consequences for the business.

In the grip of emotion, our judgment is altered. We are deprived of our ability to reason, plan and assess the consequences from various angles. In sum, we are deprived of your intelligence. It is thus important to recognize our emotions and then take action to learn to better manage them. Healthy business management is impossible without healthy emotional management.

During a conference the following aspects will be explored: the role of emotions, the consequences of poor emotional management and the approach to be taken to increase positive emotions and to reduce negative ones.

2)  HOW TO MANAGE OUR STRESS QUOTA
"He sold his farm, he threw everything away! He couldn't take it anymore. It appears, he was exhausted!"

Don't be disillusioned. Stress is omnipresent and it is far from sparing the agricultural world! As in all spheres of society, psychological distress is increasing and causing important damage to the physical and psychological health of administrators and employees as well as to the financial wellbeing of businesses.

With the use of both humour and emotions, the participants are brought to realize the impact of stress in their lives. The causes, the symptoms and the effects of stress, as well as effective management strategies are discussed. The main characteristics of people who are stressed out and candidates for burnout will be discussed. Finally, reflections regarding our agricultural practices are also on the menu. More than 10,000 producers and representatives of the agricultural world in Quebec, Ontario and New-Brunswick have already attended these stress management conferences.

3)  LIFE BALANCE: AIM FOR BALANCE

Can we obtain a balanced life and still be successful in the farm business? Too often, business people forget that they are the most important resource in their business. When things are going good for the business man, everything is going good. This will allow you to develop an approach which will focus on the balance between work-family-individual which allows you to obtain both your professional and personal objectives.

4)  EMOTIONS AT THE HEART OF MANAGEMENT

"GROW" YOUR EMOTIONAL COMPETENCES; "REAP" A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS            

It is not enough to have knowledge or to be intelligent to succeed in life. It is also necessary to be emotionally competent.

How developing emotional intelligence and your emotional competences could help you to find the right business and become a better leader and manager?

Why do certain business owners succeed despite external factors and remain competitive, profitable and also manage to find daily happiness?

It is now recognized that success in business is not significantly related to the sector, size or technologies. But what distinguishes the best businesses? Several studies show very clearly that the intelligence quotient (IQ) and technical knowledge are not sufficient to explain differences in performance among entrepreneurs and leaders. In fact, according to Daniel Goleman, 81% of the skills that distinguish outstanding leaders are related to emotional intelligence.

Emotional intelligence is defined as “the ability to use one's emotions and the emotions of others in certain situations to reach and achieve one’s personal and/or professional goals.” The individual who knows how to perceive and manage his or her emotions and those of others makes better decisions, makes their projects a reality, and gets along better with others.

Emotional intelligence can be applied in many domains: decision-making ability, stress management, communication, conflict management, motivating a team and family relations. Overall, emotional intelligence is intimately related to success in business and in life.

It is recognized that the producers of the future are those who will distinguish themselves through their ability to innovate, adapt and appropriately manage various resources (human, financial and material). These skills are directly affected by the ability to manage one's emotions.

One of the key skills of EQ is stress management. When people cannot manage their own stress properly, the cognitive or superior functions of the brain, the IQ, are greatly affected. In fact, stress paralyzes the superior intellectual functions, such as those allowing us to be logical, analyze facts, plan, find solutions, incorporate information and make decisions—in short, our senior manager.

In this conference, we will see what emotional skills are, how and why their use can be the determining factor in choosing a business model and its financial impact. Finally, concrete strategies for developing emotional skills will also be addressed.

Who said that in business there was no place for feelings? It is important to realize that healthy emotional management is essential for intelligent handling of business affairs. Management and feelings are inseparable. The owner who is aware and in charge of his emotions, makes better decisions, accomplishes his projects more satisfactorily and is more aware of the needs of others. Aptly and with humor, this conference topic illustrates the role of emotional intelligence and its impact on the profitability of the business and the supervision of the staff. Knowledge of ones-self, self-management, the capacity to auto-motivate and interpersonal relations are decisive elements for personal and professional success.

5) GROW YOUR EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EQ)

REAP A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER

Find out why emotional competencies lead to success during a business transfer.

Your emotions: are they your best allies or worst enemies during a business transfer?

When a transfer is being made, the fiscal, legal and financial plans are often given careful consideration. However, it is increasingly acknowledged that when business transfers fail, the causes can often be attributed to human dimensions. According to a number of specialists, emotional competencies apparently can be up to twice as important as IQ and technical knowledge in explaining an individual’s success in business.

Emotional competencies are defined as “the ability to use one’s emotions and those of others in certain situations in order to attain one’s personal and/or professional objectives”. An individual, who knows how to sense and manage his/her emotions and those of others makes the best decisions, brings his/her projects to realization and gets along better with others.

It is recognized that the producers of the future are those who will distinguish themselves through their ability to innovate, adapt and appropriately manage various resources (human, financial and material). These skills are directly affected by the ability to manage one's emotions.

The domains in which emotional intelligence is applied are many, including decision-making, communication, conflict management, team mobilization and family relations.

During this conference, we will learn which the key emotional competencies are, how and why use of them can provide leverage in a business transfer and how the lack of these competencies inevitably leads to a failed transfer.

All of these conferences can be adapted to workshops. Ask for more information.