Exploring Relational Wisdom 3.0
Six Skills that Improve Every Relationship in Life (Secular/Values-Based)
Values-Based (Secular) Relational Wisdom
Please see our Academic Catalog for information on how this course relates to and synchronizes with other courses and training tracks.
This course provides an introduction to the benefits and practical applications of relational wisdom, which is an enhanced form of emotional intelligence. These enhancements include the direct integration of personal worldviews and values, acrostics that accelerate skill development and personal growth, dozens of practical life applications and multiple demonstration videos.
This continuing education approved training will start you on a journey to improving your ability to read emotions, influence other people, exercise empathy and self-control, communicate more clearly, resolve conflict, build fulfilling relationships and set an example that will inspire others to improve their relational skills.
These principles have the potential to impact every area of your life, including your family and friendships, workplace performance and career advancement.
The course is available for individual or group study using a computer, tablet or smartphone. It includes six hours of teaching and demonstration videos, interactive quizzes, reflection and application questions, and supplemental articles. It typically takes 8-12 hours to complete, depending on how much optional reading and writing you do.
This values-based course is being used in businesses, schools, nonprofits and other organizations to equip students to live out their personal value systems more effectively in their jobs, families and friendships. The faith-based version of this course (Discovering Relational Wisdom 3.0) is designed for individuals who identify as Christians and want to live out their religious values in their jobs, families and friendships. Videos in faith-based course include English and Spanish closed captions.
Both versions of the course have been approved for 6-10 hours of continuing education (CE) credit for a variety of professions (details here). 100% of the content of this values-based course is included within the faith-based course, so students may receive a certificate of completion for Exploring Relational Wisdom 3.0 by completing either course.
Although this course is rigorous enough to be used in businesses, schools and military units, it is simple enough for parents and children to study together.
Group discounts ranging from 5% to 25% are available through the RW360 Bookstore.
Scholarships are available for active or retired military, law enforcement, fire-fighting and similar first-responder personnel and their families, as well as for students and individuals with limited finances.
For a preview of the course, download the first lesson in the study guide and watch the first teaching video:
Your Instructor
Ken Sande is the founder of Peacemaker Ministries and RW360. Trained as an engineer, lawyer and mediator, Ken has conciliated hundreds of family, business, church and legal conflicts. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including The Peacemaker, which has sold over 500,000 copies in twenty languages. He teaches internationally on biblical peacemaking, Christian conciliation and relational wisdom, which is an enhanced form of emotional intelligence that helps people “get upstream of conflict” by improving their ability to read and manage emotions in themselves and others. These resources are being used to strengthen relationships, promote teamwork and reduce and resolve conflict in churches, families, businesses, schools and military bases around the world. Ken is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Instructor and a Certified Relational Wisdom Conciliator, Coach and Instructor. He has served as a church elder, an Editorial Advisor for Christianity Today, Certified Professional Engineer and as a member of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the Montana Bar Association.