UGANDA: UEC holds Emotional Intelligence Training for Employees
Every organization aspires to achieve exceptional goals and become a success. Thus, employee training is one of the approaches crucial for organizational development and success. It is fruitful to both employers and employees of an organization since an employee becomes more efficient and productive if he is trained well.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) organized a day-long training on Performance Management and Emotional Intelligence for its employees at St. Augustine Institute in Kampala.
Dubbed, “Embracing Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Performance Management for Enhanced Staff Productivity,” the training sought to equip the participants with the skills on EI and effective leadership, benefits of EI, how to develop EI and performance management. The training gave them tips on how to deliver sustained success to an organization by improving the performance of those who work in them and by developing the capabilities of teams and individuals.
Explaining the purpose of the workshop, the National Director of Profile International (U) Limited, said that there was need for employees of UEC to be equipped with knowledge in EI and effective leadership skills as well as appropriate attitudes that would enable them to provide effective and efficient service delivery. The training aimed at equipping the staff with tips on how to motivate and endure oneself despite frustration, how to control impulses and postpone satisfaction, how to manage feelings and keep trouble from overwhelming the ability to think and to emphasize and to hope.
He further noted that leaders who are high on EI are capable of exploiting and using their positive emotions to envision major progress in the performance of their organizations.
“Job performance is the aggregated value to the organization of the behavioral episodes performed by individuals over time that have positive or negative consequences for the organization. Managers high on EI can foster their employees’ creativity through interaction with them leading to a better cooperation, coordination and organizational behavior and appropriate attitudes that will enable them to provide effective and efficient service delivery,” he explained.
The Secretary General Manager of UEC, Msgr. John Baptist Kauta, identified the timeliness of the workshop, saying it has enhanced the skills, capabilities and knowledge of employees for doing a particular job. He also shared plans to hold similar workshops for more UEC employees.
It was an enjoyable training, with strong positive interactions between all the team members from the various departments during the presentations and the Q&A sessions.
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By Jacinta W. Odongo
