Uncovering Our Blind Spots
Event Details
Uncovering Our Blind Spots
We are much less self-aware than we think we are (75 % of us are wrong about our level of self-awareness, if you believe recent studies). And one key area of Emotionally Intelligent leadership is self-awareness, particularly when it comes to the effectiveness of our communication. So, if we don’t even know what we’re not doing well, how can we do better? Participants dive into the truth of our “blind spots” and how they get in our way and will learn strategies for minimizing their blind spots while maximizing their self-awareness.
Learning Objectives
- Discover places we might have “blind spots” in our own awareness and communication
- Learn tangible ways to increase our self-awareness
- Learn strategies to improve our team communication
Cost: Free for SLA Members. $50 non-member. $30 nonprofits.
Individuals who are either unemployed or connected with an employer who is unable to pay can request scholarships for any of our programs.
About Our Facilitator
Erika Petrelli has been in people-development for more than 25 years, currently as The Leadership Program’s Senior Vice President of Leadership Development (& self-declared Minister of Mischief).
She worked at the helm of Leadership’s central programming for more than a decade, overseeing its largest programmatic expansion serving K-12 youth across all five boroughs of New York City, and now trains key leadership skills to professionals across the country—as a keynote speaker and featured presenter at conferences, a trainer and coach within organizations, and an adjunct professor on youth work.
She is also a key writer for all of The Leadership Program’s student curriculum, works in partnership with other organizations to develop or expand their curriculum, blogs regularly on subjects of leadership and personal development, and wrote an interactive journal, On Wings & Whimsy: Finding the Extraordinary Within the Ordinary, available on Amazon.