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Sunnybrook Leadership Institute 2016 - 2019 Catalogue

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DEVELOPING POSITIVE ASSERTIVENESS<br />

Related Workshops:<br />

• Conflict: Understanding Your Style<br />

• Crucial Conversations<br />

Duration: 3 Hours<br />

Available: <strong>2016</strong>/17 and onward<br />

Pre-requisite: None<br />

For: All Staff<br />

Description<br />

Depending on the situation, a person may not speak up when it would be good to do so. Conversely, a person may speak<br />

too forcefully, expressing opinions and ideas in a way that dominates a conversation and overpowers what others may<br />

want. Neither approach is considered to be communicating with positive assertiveness. In this workshop, you will explore<br />

and practice assertive communication techniques using planned scenarios and real-life situations.<br />

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE (EI)<br />

Duration: 4 Hours<br />

Pre-requisite: Crucial Conversations<br />

Available: <strong>2016</strong>/17 and onward For: All Staff<br />

Related Workshops:<br />

• Applied Emotional Intelligence in<br />

Healthcare<br />

• Emotional Quotient Inventory<br />

(EQi) for Leaders<br />

Description<br />

Emotional Intelligence (EI) refers to the capacity for recognizing our own feelings and those of others, and regulating our<br />

emotional expression to maintain healthy relationships. Research shows that high EI is a significant factor in leadership and<br />

professional success and that it can be learned. Through discussion and cases, you will have the opportunity to apply EI<br />

concepts and competencies to better understand how to integrate them in your daily interactions at work.<br />

HEALTH LITERACY: AN INTRODUCTION<br />

Duration: 1 Hour<br />

Pre-requisite: None<br />

Available: <strong>2016</strong>/17 and onward For: All Staff<br />

Related Workshops:<br />

• Health Literacy: Applying Universal<br />

Precautions to Teaching Patients<br />

and Families<br />

• Health Literacy: Teach Back<br />

Description<br />

Health Literacy is the ability to access, understand, evaluate, communicate and apply information to promote, maintain and<br />

improve health across the life course. People working in healthcare settings can teach more effectively if they understand<br />

health literacy and the universal precautions to lessen the effects of low health literacy. This workshop will provide you with<br />

an overview of health literacy in Canada, the factors that contribute to low health literacy and the universal precautions for<br />

low health literacy.<br />

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<strong>Sunnybrook</strong> <strong>Leadership</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> Workshops: All Staff

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