Emotional intelligence training platform launches for advisers

Created by behaviour analyst James Woodfall

Isabel Baxter
clock • 2 min read

A platform has launched to provide emotional intelligence training to financial advisers and planners.

‘Raise Your EI' is the name of the new emotional intelligence (EI) training platform for financial planners, advisers, and firms. Founded by a former financial adviser and behaviour analyst James Woodfall, it will provide training courses designed to "elevate the careers of those in financial services" and "transform" how they interact with clients and colleagues. Woodfall previously worked as a client-facing adviser and ran his own financial services business. He said: "I'm incredibly excited to launch Raise Your EI and bring the science of emotional intelligence to the advice pro...

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