EI Lab · Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness

Build the foundational skill of emotional intelligence: seeing yourself clearly, so you can choose how you respond.

Lunch & Learn: 4 × 1-hour weekly sessions Accelerated: 3 × 90-min sessions In person or virtual Seven languages
Why it matters

The cost of getting this wrong

Self-awareness is the first competency of emotional intelligence and the foundation for everything else. You cannot manage what you cannot see. Under pressure, most of us react from habit without noticing, and those automatic reactions shape our decisions, our communication, and the trust others place in us. This lab helps participants read their emotions as useful information, recognise their triggers, and shift from automatic reaction to deliberate choice.

What participants gain

In this lab, you build the ability to:

What the lab covers

The curriculum

  • Understanding emotions — the human operating system
  • Emotional literacy and mapping
  • Triggers and automatic reactions
  • The hidden needs behind emotions
  • Narration and reflection — naming inner states to shift them

Grace EI competencies: Self-Awareness · Emotional Regulation · Resourcefulness

Format & Delivery

How it runs

Two formats

  • Lunch & Learn: four one-hour sessions across four weeks
  • Accelerated: three 90-minute sessions in a half or full day

Who it is for

  • Entry to intermediate level
  • People leaders and their teams
  • Live, interactive, instructor-led
  • In person or virtual classroom
The impact

What changes

For your people

  • Clearer insight into your own reactions
  • Less reactivity, more intention
  • A firmer base for every other EI skill

For the organisation

  • Leaders who self-correct rather than blame
  • More thoughtful decisions under pressure
  • A culture of reflection and ownership
Themes covered

What this lab covers

A focused session on the foundational EI skill: seeing yourself clearly, so you can choose how you respond.

Emotional literacy

Naming what you feel, accurately and in the moment.

Triggers and patterns

Spotting the situations that reliably knock you off balance.

Values and drivers

Understanding what really motivates your decisions.

Blind spots and feedback

Seeing what others see, and using it well.

Perception vs impact

Closing the gap between how you mean to come across and how you do.

Choosing your response

Creating space between stimulus and reaction.

Practical cases

Real situations we work through

Participants practise on realistic scenarios so they leave with responses they can use immediately.

A strong reaction in a meeting

  • Noticing it in the moment
  • Understanding the trigger
  • Choosing differently

Feedback that stings

  • Staying open
  • Separating signal from sting
  • Acting on it

A recurring frustration

  • Seeing the pattern
  • Finding the root
  • Breaking the cycle

Noticing your impact on others

  • Reading the signals
  • Adjusting your style
  • Checking in
In summary

At a glance

Objective

  • Build the foundational skill of self-awareness
  • Choose your response instead of reacting

Who it's for

  • Anyone developing emotional intelligence
  • No prerequisites

Format

  • Lunch & Learn or Accelerated
  • 6–14 participants · 7 languages

Outcome

  • Clearer insight into your own patterns
  • More intentional, less reactive behaviour
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