Leveraging Emotional Intelligence and Diversity: Creating Mutually Beneficial Relationships in Public Health (Online Workshop on 02/27/2025)

Leveraging Emotional Intelligence and Diversity: Creating Mutually Beneficial Relationships in Public Health

Note: This workshop has limited capacity. This is an online, interactive workshop on February 27, 2025 from 8:45 am - 12 pm ET. Participants will use Zoom to join with both video and audio. This workshop is sponsored by The Region IV Public Health Training Center.

Training Description:

This workshop is designed to allow public health professionals an opportunity to apply emotional intelligence and diversity frameworks to their current contexts within public health. Participants will reflect on their personal and organizational challenges related to emotional intelligence and diversity and discuss strategies to increase the likelihood of productive and mutually beneficial relationships with diverse audiences. It is highly recommended that participants complete the 1.5 hour, on-demand webinar titled The Emotionally Intelligent Leader:  A Critical Role in Improving the Work Environment, before attending this workshop.

About the Trainer:

Emily Saunders has been supporting various leadership and professional development initiatives at the University of Georgia for over 17 years. As part of the Community Leadership Program team, she specializes in creating and delivering programs to support individual and group learning, with a particular interest in women’s leadership development, organization development, creativity, and innovation. Emily is a certified FourSight® mindset facilitator and holds a Foundations of Design Thinking certificate. She also coaches clients using the Hogan Assessment and Global Leadership Profile.

Before joining the Fanning Institute, she co-created and taught professional development and internship courses, worked with numerous student leadership groups, launched two mentoring programs and a university-wide onboarding series, managed multiple alumni boards, and oversaw a successful annual giving program. She is also a 2017 graduate of the inaugural class of the University of Georgia’s Women’s Staff Leadership Institute.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UB6HP31680, Public Health Training Centers for $4,404,138.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.