5. Self Awareness
“Knowing
yourself is the
beginning of all
wisdom”
– Aristotle
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“When you are
self-aware, you
can see where
your thoughts
and emotions
are guiding you.
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6. Self-awareness
Individuals who have high self-
awareness are:
able to conduct accurate self-
appraisals,
self-confident,
perceive situations accurately, and
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7. Paradox of Self-Awareness
Individuals cannot improve themselves or
develop new capabilities unless and until
they know what level of capability they
currently possess
Individuals avoid new self-knowledge and
resist acquiring information in order to
protect their self-esteem or self-respect
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10. Capacity for understanding one’s
own feelings and the feelings of
others, for motivating self, and
for managing emotions
effectively in relationships.
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Emotional Intelligence
11. Emotional Intelligence
Essential in effective leadership, has
a direct impact on work performance
Research at the Center for Creative
Leadership has shown that the
primary cause of executive turnover
was individual deficiency in the area
of emotional competence
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13. Components of Self
Awareness
Emotional Self-Awareness -
recognizes one’s emotions and their
effects.
Accurate Self-Assessment -
knowing one’s strengths and limits.
Self-Confidence - a strong sense of
one’s self-worth and capabilities.-
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17. Self Control – Managing
Emotion
Things to be considered
Understanding individual emotions,
control emotional reactions,
recognize how the emotions affect
individual’s actions and the actions
of others
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19. Reasons of building
frustration
a lack of resources impacting ability
to perform well
limited promotional opportunities that
make feel employee stuck in a job
a difficult manager who ignores
suggestion for a process
improvement
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20. Reasons for worrying
hearing a new downsizing rumor
finding out a new manager is going to
lead the team
being assigned to a new project or
area of responsibility
learning the company may merge
with another company
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21. Reasons for getting angry
being disrespected or treated unfairly
feeling violated, threatened or attacked
being interrupted when trying to achieve a
goal
being over-worked and underpaid
having troubles in personal life
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22. Reasons for feeling down
You are in the wrong job
Feeling powerless or hopeless
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23. Reasons for dislike
a demanding boss who rarely thanks
or appreciate employees for a job
well done
a boss/colleague/junior/customer who
speaks rudely
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24. Ways to manage emotions at
work
Recognize emotions in their early stages,
before they feel out of control
Allow yourself to deal with difficult feelings in
appropriate ways
Give appropriate feedback to clear the air
Pay attention to your overall physical and
psychological health
Choose someone you trust who knows you well
enough to give you honest feedback
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26. Empathy
about understanding other people.
ability to hear and understand
accurately unspoken or partly
expressed thoughts, feelings, and
concerns of others.
People can appreciate not only what
people are saying but also why they
are saying it.
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28. Building Relationship
Know the relationship boundaries
and expectations
Use appropriate self-disclosure
Keep confidences
Be enthusiastic
Listen more and talk less
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29. Values
Choose between alternatives,
assumptions about the nature of reality
Learned early, continue to develop
Drive choices and behavior
Differ based on culture and environment
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SelfAwareness
30. Attitude Towards Change
The ability to process information is at
least partly constrained by the
fundamental attitude about change. Two
major dimensions
Locus of control
Tolerance of ambiguity
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Two Types of Personal Values
Terminal
Comfortable life
Exciting life
World at peace
World of beauty
Equality
Family security
Instrumental
Ambitious
Capable
Cheerful
Clean
Courageous
Forgiving
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