Colorado Animal Welfare Conference Session

Emotional Intelligence

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3:15-4:30pm

Westminster Ballroom III

Field Services

Defining Emotional Intelligence. How to identify and manage one’s own emotions. How to recognize emotions in other and how to manage relationships with others. Benefits to growing and skills to improve EQ.

Saskia Chiesa

Commander Robyn VanDerLeest

Commander VanDerLeest has a bachelor’s degree from Metro State University in Denver in psychology and criminal justice as well as an MSM in Management from Regis University. She has served more than 21 years in law enforcement as a patrol officer and sergeant at the City of Boulder Police Department and now commander for the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office. As the coordinator for the patrol training program, she has taught emotional intelligence to patrol officers for more than 10 years.