Emotional Intelligence & Self-Awareness
Understand yourself. Connect with others. Lead with intention.
A full-day facilitated workshop that transforms how your people think, feel, and work together.
Develop the skill that underpins everything else. Our Emotional Intelligence workshops blend expert facilitation with reflective practice โ indoors and out โ to help your people understand themselves better, connect more authentically, and communicate with greater impact.
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Our Emotional Intelligence workshops are interactive, reflective, and grounded in psychological safety. Each session is tailored to your team, but typically includes:
Expert Facilitation
Each session is led by an experienced Fire Events facilitator who guides the group through carefully curated themes focused on self-awareness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Tailored Themes
Topics can include self-awareness, empathy, emotional regulation, communication under pressure, or bespoke themes relevant to your organisation and its people.
Each session is led by an experienced Fire Events facilitator who guides the group through carefully curated themes focused on self-awareness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Topics can include self-awareness, empathy, emotional regulation, communication under pressure, or bespoke themes relevant to your organisation and its people.
Indoor & Outdoor Learning
We blend structured indoor facilitation with guided outdoor reflection. Time in nature supports calm thinking, enhances self-awareness, and creates the psychological distance needed for honest conversation.
Inclusive and Accessible
Sessions are designed to suit all backgrounds and experience levels. The day is structured, unhurried, and facilitated to ensure everyone feels safe, heard, and supported throughout.
Ideal for Teams or Individuals
These workshops work equally well for teams looking to build trust and communication, or for individuals within your organisation as part of a broader leadership or well-being development programme.
We blend structured indoor facilitation with guided outdoor reflection. Time in nature supports calm thinking, enhances self-awareness, and creates the psychological distance needed for honest conversation.
Sessions are designed to suit all backgrounds and experience levels. The day is structured, unhurried, and facilitated to ensure everyone feels safe, heard, and supported throughout.
These workshops work equally well for teams looking to build trust and communication, or for individuals within your organisation as part of a broader leadership or well-being development programme.
One-Day Emotional Intelligence Workshop
Base for this itinerary: Chevin Country Park Hotel & Spa, Otley (www.chevinhotel.co.uk/)
This immersive, full-day experience is designed to develop self-awareness, emotional resilience, and more meaningful connections โ through expert facilitation, reflective practice, and time spent outdoors.
Reset, Reconnect, Recharge
09:30 โ Welcome & Setting the Scene.
Arrival, light refreshments: herbal teas, fruit, and pastries
Meet the facilitator and group introductions
Outline of the day, group agreements, and intention setting
Opening reflection: "When did you last stop to consider how you feel โ and why it matters?"
10:00 โ What Is Emotional Intelligence?
Theme: Awareness & Understanding
Facilitated introduction to the five core dimensions of emotional intelligence
Group discussion: where EQ shows up in everyday work and relationships
Self-reflection exercise: "My EQ in action" โ recognising your own patterns
Pair sharing: a moment when emotion helped or hindered you at work
11:15 โ Outdoor Reflection Walk.
Theme: Stepping Back to See Clearly
Guided walk in the surrounding environment
Walking prompts exploring self-awareness and emotional patterns:
What triggers a strong reaction in me?
What emotions do I find hardest to express?
Silent reflection period followed by small group discussion on return
12:00 โ Emotional Regulation & Empathy in Practice.
Theme: Managing Self & Understanding Others
Facilitated session on recognising and managing emotional responses
Empathy mapping exercise: understanding how others experience situations differently
Small group role-play: navigating a challenging conversation with emotional awareness
Group debrief: what shifted, what surprised you?
13:00 โ Lunch.
14:00 โ EQ in Relationships & Teams.
Theme: Connection, Trust & Communication
How emotional intelligence shapes team culture and psychological safety
Group activity: "The Emotional Climate of Our Team" โ honest, facilitated conversation
Exploring the link between EQ and effective communication, conflict, and collaboration
Pair work: giving and receiving feedback through an emotionally intelligent lens
15:15 โ Outdoor Closing Activity.
Theme: Clarity & Commitment
Short outdoor session in pairs or small groups
Guided reflections:
Where do I want to grow my emotional intelligence?
What would change if I led with greater self-awareness?
Pair sharing and group reconvene
16:00 โ Closing Circle & Integration.
Grounding exercise and group gratitude practice
Written reflection: "One thing I understand about myself that I didn't this morning..."
Personal commitment cards: one intention to carry forward
Feedback and close
17:00 โ Departure.
The emotions are endless but the pricing is simple
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"The best team away day we’ve been on! It really made me stop and think about who the hell is in my team. The resourcefulness of everyone was incredible – even the rain couldn’t stop us – in fact it added to the testing nature of the day!”
Pfizer
Considerations when planning your development programme...
Why?
Need some time out, to have fun, to get to know each other and to feel energised? (If you aim to have a learning outcome, explore our Facilitated Team Building Events)
Who?
Work out exactly who is attending and link this to your 'Why'. Half or full day, indoors, outdoors or more adventurous. It's your choice and needs to fit with the team.
Where?
City centre or country house hotels, training centres to small boutique country pubs on the South Downs. There will always be the perfect venue to suit your team, your aims and your budget
When?
Synchronise your diaries! Q1 or Q4? Half or full day? Evening? Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter?
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