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Build Authentic Relationships using Emotional Intelligence (Udemy.com)

Enhancing Communication with Emotional Intelligence | Developing Authentic Relationships | Driving Professional Growth

Created by: Robin Hills

Last updated March 2026

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What you will learn

  • Develop your understanding of empathy so that you can get better insights in how other people view things
  • Build your relationships with other people through trust and a deeper understanding
  • Relate to others through empathy to improve your influence and develop more satisfying relationships
  • Recognize why some conflict is to be expected and why it is a part of healthy relationships
  • Understand behavioral styles with a focus on your style and how to work with others with different styles
  • Develop and build your social skills and your emotional intelligence

How it compares

Against the other 1,107 rated Udemy courses in Personal Development on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 34% of them
  • Reviews1,760#166 of 1,108 by number of reviews
  • Length3.7 hourslonger than 66% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2026more recently than 72% of them

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Course Description

Building relationships is something that we all do having learnt these skills from birth.  Developing healthy relationships as adults means building on these skills and refining them so that we can adapt around others’ needs as well as our own.  We interact with other people in many different ways - some of these interactions are transient whilst some of these interactions are deep and meaningful.

Building healthy interpersonal relationships is one of the ways that you use your emotional intelligence.  The course covers the awareness and action part of how you interact with others in the outer world.

This course is a stand alone course for anyone interested in understanding themselves better and communicating with other people with more impact.  It forms part of a comprehensive course that explores emotional intelligence in more depth.

Authentic relationships are built around mutual understanding that involves empathy, trust and an acceptance of each other’s values.  Some disagreement and conflict will be inevitable as this is where learning, creativity and understanding occurs.  It is not that conflict occurs that is the issue, it is how it is managed. 

In this course, we will explore the way that you build relationships using empathy, how you develop trust, manage conflict and work within ethical boundaries.

The course covers Social Interaction Styles looking at the behaviours of Drivers, Expressives, Amiables and Analyticals and how these work together in teams.  You get the opportunity to look at the four Social Styles, how you can work better with others who have a different style to your own and how you can use this information to build authentic quality relationships.

You'll receive all the information that you need and will be coached using loads of practical hints that you can use straight away.

The course is made up of a series of lectures and interactive practical activities that involve some engagement with other people and some reflection.

The course material makes up a one to two day workshop so is equivalent to 8 -12 hour's training.  It forms part of our advanced emotional intelligence course endorsed by the Institute of Leadership and Management.

PLEASE NOTE - This course is NOT for you if you are not prepared to work through the practical activities that make up a fundamental part of the course.  Healthy relationships cannot be built by learning some techniques through watching a few video lectures.  The course requires you to do some reflective thinking, to get some feedback and to discuss your development with others.  I'm afraid that you won't get the best from the course unless you are prepared to do this.

There are SEVEN practical activities included within the course that are designed to help you to develop your interpersonal relationships with other people at work.  These activities are

  • Reflecting about this Emotional Intelligence Course

  • Assess your Interpersonal Relationships

  • Developing Empathy

  • Assessing your Social Interaction Style

  • Checking your Emotional Bank Account

  • Care and Support in the Workplace (Social Responsibility)

  • Learning Review

All the activities require you to engage with them and do some work outside of the course.

The course is being continually refined and updated to ensure it remains current and relevant.  Feedback is always welcome. 


The course contains a series of Lightbulb Moments resource cards, which have been created to provide you with handy reminders of key points around topics covered within the course.

All PDFs can be completed online and are Section 508 / ADA Accessibility compliant.

All videos are High Definition recorded in 1080p.

All videos have grammatically correct English captions.

Latest update - March 2026

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Instructor Details

Robin Hills

Hi.  I'm Robin Hills. I am an emotional intelligence coach, trainer and facilitator with over 40 years' business and commercial experience.  I provide knowledge and skills that help people understand themselves and others better.

I have the most comprehensive range of on-line courses based on emotional intelligence in business - not only on Udemy but anywhere on the internet.  I am not teaching any other types of course as I am a specialist in emotional intelligence and it is the focus of my business. 

In early 2024, I was presented an Honorary Doctorate in Advanced Studies in Psychology in recognition of my contribution to online Emotional Intelligence training, which started with Udemy back in 2014. 

My courses go beyond the fundamental basics of emotional intelligence covering many aspects of how it can be applied in day to day work to lead, grow and develop people in ways that build authentic relationships.

My work takes me into small start-ups through to large corporate multi-nationals and into the Public Sector with financial institutions, government departments and health departments, as well as charities.   This provides me a practical understanding of how emotional intelligence works and applied in the real world, enabling me to keep up to date with relevant issues.

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Reviews

4.5

1,760 ratings on Udemy

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By Maximus Layman on 2/7/2025

-At first, the monotone voice was off-putting, however, as the course continued, I found that the monotone voice is perfect and is engaging. -Update #1: After a while, the monotone voice does begin to settle in, and it can become a bit tiring.

By Anonymized User on 3/27/2024

Easy to follow and good mix of the science/concepts and real-world examples. I also like that the instructor is personifying emotional intelligence throughout his narratives and lecture. Other online instruction can come across as very academic where the instructor is just reading through content. Not so with this course, I really feel like this instructor knows (and practices) his material.

By Katy Morris on 8/21/2023

A lot of information is provided but in an unstructured, disconnected way that makes it feel like drinking from a firehose. Good for a broad, high level perspective of multiple factors that influence communication, emotional intelligence, and relationships. Exercises that supplement the content explore concepts at a surface level.

By Andrea Chitti on 3/22/2023

Topics are relayed clearly with few, effective, bullet points. I appreciate the attention to make the message come through by slowing down the delivery speed for those who might benefit from it: I've increased the playback speed to my liking.

By Juandedios Espinozasolano on 9/27/2022

Siempre valoro, este tipo de informacion, por lo util que resulta en mi trabajo, es facil amprender de temas tecnologicos, pero poder apreder a comunicarte y lograr que tu equipo, realice las metas requeridas, siempre es un reto mas grande.

By Christopher Rukus on 8/19/2022

This was a great course to learn more about how people think, work, and trust one another. Its all about learning how to take in other people's perspective and putting yourself in their shoes, to get a glimpse of how they work internally so you can bring out the best in them externally.

By Anonymized User on 8/9/2022

It is amazing how I was paying attention to this lecture and I was remembering my conversations with my family and the conversation between other member of the family and friends. We are not good listeners at all and without an active listening, we cannot be empathetic. If people around the world were more empathetic and active listeners, many problems and even was could have been avoided. I really appreciate all your knowledge. Thank you so much for sharing such good techniques and tips.

By Swagata "Ban" Banerjee on 4/17/2020

Great course in theory. Really need real-life practice to make real sense (yes, stress on "real")! This is a long-term thing to be developed over time, not an overnight success deal! Suggestion for improvement: After each lesson or at least each section, include some practical situations (case studies) to exemplify things you are talking about in the preceding lesson or section. That would make remembering relatively easier. Thank you! By the way, where is the Bonus Lecture? How do I get it?

By Sara Whitfield on 6/13/2019

Yes. This was a good match for me. I have the role of supervising paraprofessionals assigned to work with my students. I have not done well with that. I hope that exploring their styles in light of mine will help me improve relationships and cooperation next school year.

By Dexter Vardarni on 3/8/2018

A lot of good information presented well and in engaging ways. I can use a lot of this in my work. I found the module on working with others very interesting. It has helped me to understand why I don't get on as well with some people as I do with others. The summary booklets are well produced. They are worth loads as they will help me remember the main points.

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Overall Score : 90 / 100