Slides about Social Emotional Skills

1. Opening Prayer And National Anthem

2. SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
SKILLS
IMPORTANCE AT WORKPLACE

3.  These days a phrase called ‘social
emotional learning’ is gaining high
popularity in the professional world. As
per reports from different studies, most of
the companies have started paying detailed
attention towards skills like
collaboration, problem-solving, and
emotional regulation during the recruitment
process. In fact, there has been a
noticeable rise in the research pace that

4.  But, while we talk about these social emotional
skills, it is important to be well acquainted with
what are social emotional skills and their key
aspects. As is the universal fact, a healthy
development of emotional, mental, and behavioural
aspect is extremely important for any individual to
lead a meaningful, engaged and productive life.
 Social and emotional development is generally defined
as a way of learning skills that help any individual
to understand and manage their actions, relating with
others, and making responsible choices.

5. As stated by the Collaborative for
Academic, Social, and Emotional, Learning
 Social Emotional Learning refers to “the
process through which children and adults
understand and manage emotions, set and
achieve positive goals, feel and show
empathy for others, establish and maintain
positive relationships, and make
responsible decisions.”

6. What are these
Social
Emotional
Skills?

7. Learning social emotional skills is a lifelong process. It is an integral
part of effective communication and collaboration. SEL includes a set
of varied yet specific skills, habits, and mindsets. There are five vital
pillars of social emotional learning. These include:
1. Self Awareness
 Being well acquainted with social emotional skills helps
you realize your strengths and weaknesses. You also
get to know how your behavior from these strengths and
weaknesses influences other individuals. Self
awareness is highlighted with factors like:
• Having an accurate self-perception
• Identifying emotions
• Self-confidence
• Self-efficacy
• Recognizing strengths

8. 2. Self Management
 Self-management refers to the ability to manage
your thoughts, behaviors and most importantly
your emotions easily and effectively in varied
situations and achieve your aspirations and
goals with equal ease. This involves the
capacity to manage stress, delay gratifications,
and feel the motivation to achieve your personal
and collective goals. The main features that
highlight self-management include:
• Stress management
• Impulse control
• Self-motivation
• Self-discipline
• Organizational skills
• Goal-setting

9. 3. Social Awareness
 Social awareness refers to the ability to
understand the perspectives of others and
empathize with them, irrespective of the
diversity in their cultures, backgrounds, and
contexts. This is inclusive of your capabilities of
being compassionate to others; perceive varied
historical and social norms of behaving in
different settings. Key features to highlight
social awareness include:
• Empathy
• Respect for others
• Perspective-taking
• Appreciating diversity

10. 4. Relationship Skills
 Relationship skills refer to the skill that enables
you to establish as well as maintain healthy and
supportive relationships. In fact, these skills
help you to effectively take the helm of settings
with different groups and individuals. This
involves your capabilities to listen actively,
communicate in a clearer manner, co-operate,
and work in collaboration towards problem-
solving. The main features that highlight
relationship skills include:
• Social engagement
• Communication
• Relationship building
• Teamwork

11. 5. Responsible Decision-Making
 This is the final pillar of social emotional skills.
Responsible decision-making skills enable you to
make caring and constructive choices with regard to
social interactions and personal behaviors amid
different situations and varied circumstances. This
takes account of your capabilities to take ethical
standards into consideration, thus enabling you to
evaluate the pros and cons of different actions for
social, personal, and communal well-being. Basic
features that highlight responsible decision making
include:
• Analyzing situations
• Identifying problems
• Solving problems
• Evaluation
• Reflecting
• Ethical responsibility

12. Why are Social Emotional Skills
Important at Workplace?
 As per research compiled by CASEL, it is evident that
“SEL (social emotional learning) reduces instances of
depression while simultaneously increasing the
individuals’ ability to manage stress at the
workplace.”
 While other studies from different sources have
reported improvement in varied areas, a report from
the World Bank Group, “almost 80% of employers cite
social emotional skills as being the most important
qualities for determining the chances of success.
This way, SEL improves long-term career prospects.”

13. Some additional benefits of learning social
emotional skills to improve your performance
and position at the workplace include:
• A better interpretation of your feelings and
thoughts
 Having been trained with strong social emotional
skills, you are in a better position to recognize
your feelings and thoughts. This makes it easier
for you to surmount difficult emotions. For
example, if you’ve been feeling highly stressed
over your course of the workweek, these social
emotional skills help you to recognize the source
of your anxiety or stressors and find a solution

14. • A better understanding of others’ emotions
 With social emotional skills being your knight in shining
armor, you are able to understand your co-workers’
emotions in a better way thus being capable to react more
appropriately to their emotions and feelings. Moreover,
with more practice, you tend to become more aware of
reacting to situations that are emotionally challenging
stipulations.
 For instance, if a colleague informs you about any
unfortunate or serious news, your social emotional skills
help you realize the situation and support your co-worker
thus leading to a healthy relationship with co-workers.

15. Demonstrating your emotions in a better and healthier
way
 Having proficient social economic skills enables you to
cope-up more easily with high stress situations thus
helping you maintain a professional demeanor. For instance,
during a coaching conversation, social emotional skills can
help you determine the expression of correct emotions and
make you receive appropriate feedback on your job
performance.
 However, social emotional skills never come easily,
especially in high stress situations when it becomes
difficult to maintain self-awareness and express empathy.
Thus, it is extremely important that these skills are
practiced daily. The more you practice, the more natural
they feel thus increasing the likelihood of them being used

16. Reference:
 Retrieved from Somotus.com (https://somotus.com/2022/04/01/social-
emotional-skills-importance-at-workplace/)
Click here

17. Click here