Working with Others

SCEPTrE, University of Surrey, Guildford

November 26th, 2009, 12:30-16:00 (including sandwich lunch)

Facilitator: Dr Paulo Lopes, Faculty of Economics and Management

Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon

Purpose: To help staff develop the understanding and techniques to enable students to prepare for and deal with the challenging and emotionally complex interpersonal situations they will encounter in the workplace is an important dimension of learning for a complex world. 

Our expectation is that a training film will be made of this workshop.

Promotional Leaflet

Handout

Background reading

Dr Paulo Lopes is a leading scholar in the field of emotional intelligence. As a SCEPTrE Fellow he is developing a practical approach to helping students engage in analyising interpersonal situations in order to encourage them to develop a repertoire of strategies for dealing with difficult challenges. Paulo earned his B.A. in Economics and Ph.D. in Psychology from Yale University. He is Assistant Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal’s School of Economics and Management, where he teaches on the Masters, MBA and Executive Education programs. His teaching focuses on managing people, emotional intelligence, and conflict management. He is a Visiting Fellow and was Senior Lecturer at the University of Surrey, in England, where he also taught social psychology focusing on emotions, interpersonal interaction, and conflict. His research focuses on the development of interpersonal and emotional skills in adulthood, and he has published more than 15 journal articles and book chapters on these topics. In his earlier career, he worked in business and journalism, and co-directed an award-winning documentary film.