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Programme: two days, eight modules

Sabah International Conference on Leadership & People Development 2027 Leading With Emotional Intelligence From Leadership Insight to Organisational Performance

05 & 06 April 2027 · Monday & Tuesday5-star resort hotel, Kota Kinabalu · 14 training hours

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Four pillars of emotional intelligence

  1. Self-Awareness

    Recognising Your Own Emotions, Triggers, Values and Impact on Others, in Real Time, Not Just in Hindsight.

    Taught by Ashley John Hunt Module 1 below

  2. Self-Mastery

    Regulating Your Emotional State and Deliberately Choosing Your Response, Even Under Real Pressure.

    Taught by Abigail Kate Hunt Module 2 below

  3. Social Awareness

    Reading the Emotional and Psychological State of Others, and of the Team as a Whole, Not Just Your Own Experience.

    Taught by Damian Panozza Module 3 below

  4. Social Mastery

    Using That Insight to Build Trust, Influence Others and Create Genuine Psychological Safety in a Team.

    Taught by Ashley John Hunt Module 4 below

Day 1 · Monday 5 April

  1. Keynote address

    Leading Under Pressure: Deploying Emotional Intelligence to Navigate Complexity and Stakeholder Expectations

  2. Module1

    Self-Awareness: Your Emotional Blueprint

    Pillar 1. Why self-awareness is the foundation every other leadership skill is built on.

    Delivered by Ashley John Hunt

  3. Module2

    Self-Mastery: Leading Yourself Under Pressure

    Pillar 2. Recognising emotional triggers and regulating your response to master your self leadership.

    Delivered by Abigail Kate Hunt

  4. Module3

    Social Awareness: Reading & Understanding Others

    Pillar 3. Reading emotional and behavioural cues, building empathy and adapting your leadership style to different people.

    Delivered by Damian Panozza

  5. Module4

    Social Mastery: Building Trust & Influence

    Pillar 4. The neuroscience of trust and the leadership behaviours that build or erode psychological safety.

    Delivered by Ashley John Hunt

What you will be able to do

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By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Strengthen leadership self-awareness

    Recognise how their emotions, triggers and leadership behaviours influence team dynamics, decision-making and organisational outcomes.

  2. Lead with composure under pressure

    Regulate emotional responses and make effective leadership decisions when facing pressure, uncertainty, conflict and competing demands.

  3. Read people and teams more effectively

    Recognise emotional and behavioural cues, understand team needs and adapt their leadership approach to improve engagement, collaboration and performance.

  4. Build trust and psychological safety

    Apply emotionally intelligent leadership behaviours that strengthen trust, openness, accountability and high-performing team relationships.

  5. Turn difficult conversations into performance opportunities

    Handle feedback, disagreement and conflict constructively to strengthen relationships, resolve issues and improve team effectiveness.

  6. Translate emotional intelligence into organisational performance

    Connect the four pillars of EQ to measurable outcomes such as productivity, service quality, teamwork, safety and leadership effectiveness.

  7. Lead meaningful and sustainable performance improvement

    Develop a practical leadership action plan to translate EQ insights into stronger teams, better workplace relationships and improved organisational performance.

How the two days are taught

Built on adult learning principles.

  • Transformational, not informational

    Built on transformative learning principles - designed to shift deeply-held beliefs about what’s possible, not just add new information

  • Experience-led

    Workshops draw on participants’ own leadership experience and real workplace scenarios — not abstract theory.

  • Practical & applied

    Role-play, case studies and small-group work so leaders practise new skills in the room, not just discuss them.

  • Self-directed

    Structured reflection and action-planning so every leader leaves with a plan tailored to their own team.

  • Evidence-based

    Informed by validated diagnostic tools (Human Synergistics, Data Drives Insight) and 16 years of applied organisational psychology practice.

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Trainers registered with HRD Corp for this programme: Maria binti Othman, Ashley Hunt John, Abigail Kate Hunt, Damian Panozza, John Shui Kun Wong

MyCoID: 200901015076

Register for 5–6 April 2027

RM2,200 normal rate · RM1,980 early bird (10% off) · RM1,870 group rate (15% off, min 3 pax) Early-bird period: dates to be confirmed

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