Developing Your Potential

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Self-Leadership:

Developing Your PotentialLecture 2

Leadership Infusion Series


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Leadership Infusion Lecture Series

1. Engineering Leadership2. Developing Your Potential3. Leading in Teams

4. Developing Vision5. Leadership and Citizenship6. Reflection and Personal Growth


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Agenda The need for leaders in Engineering What is leadership? Importance of knowing yourself and

developing your potential Emotional Intelligence Johari Window Myers-Briggs Leaders of Tomorrow


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A Society in Transition

There is a pressing need to reshape society Change can and should be positive A time of change is a time of opportunity for

leaders Engineers should take lead roles in this

transformation


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Leadership and Engineering

Engineers are needed who can: Innovation: change through technology Leadership: change through people

First step in leadership development isunderstanding yourself, which is what well be

talking about today


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Leadership is about

YOU: leading yourself,finding strengths,passions and values,self-respect to do what you believe is right

LEADING OTHERS:helping others findtheir best, working tocommon goals, pullinginstead of pushing

VISION: seeing a bettertomorrow and the path

to it, self-confidenceand courage to make ithappen

POSITIVE IMPACT:creating the future we

want to live in


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Importance of knowing yourself

Becoming a leader is synonymous with becoming yourself. It is precisely that

simple and its also that difficult.Warren Bennis (scholar)

In Pairs:1. Do you agree with the first sentence of this quote?2. What is required for us to become ourselves?


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A framework for developingleadership potential

Self-awareness

Actions Choices


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Self-Knowledge Frameworks

IQ EQ

Personality

IQ may get you the interview.

EQ will get you the job or promotion.


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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Recognizing youremotions

Managing youremotions

Recognizing

emotions inothers

Handling

emotions inrelationships

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Self Awareness:Recognizing Your Emotions

Self-awareness is akeystone to EQ

Knowing yourself and

your emotionalsensitivities supportshealthy relationships

Can develop the ability tomaintain self-

reflectiveness even withchallenging, strongemotions

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Managing Your Emotions

1) Managing Emotionsis an ability that buildson self-awareness. Self-soothing is afundamental life skill

2) Self Motivation:Controlling onesemotions in service of a

goal and controllingimpulses in the momentfor longer term gain

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Relating Well:Recognizing Emotions in Others

Empathy is animportantinterpersonal skill

The more open we areto our own emotions,the more open we will

be to others emotions

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Emotional Intelligence (EQ)

Recognizing

youremotions

Managing

youremotions

Recognizing

emotions inothers

Handling

emotions inrelationships

SEE DOY O U

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E R S


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Framework applied to EQ

Self-awareness (See) Im anxious about this classpresentation.

Choice (Intelligence) I want to do something to makemyself feel more confident.

Action (Do) Im going to: Prepare rather than avoid it Accept input rather than bedefensive Relax rather than stress Stay positive


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EQ Inventory For each item, rate how well you are able to

display the ability described (scale of 1-7)

For each of the five competencies, count: # of responses 4 # of responses > 5


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1. Work out conflicts

2. Relax when under pressure in situations

5. Calm yourself quickly when angry

7. Use internal talk to affect your emotional states

12. Be able to work hard when you want

19 . Influence others, directly or indirectly

23. Help other manage their emotions

3 3

5

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Total counts# of responses 4

# of responses > 5

4

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Scoring EQ Inventory

Total counts

# of responses 4 3 4 5 2 1# of responses > 5 3 2 1 4 5

S e l f - a w ar e n e s s

M an a gi n gE m o t i on s

S e l f -m o t i v a t i on s

R e l a t i n g W e l l

H an d l i n gR e l a t i on s h i p s


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EQ Inventory Review your responses and study your EQ

competence patterns.

Choose one of the EQ competencies that youare developing and describe a recent eventthat may have been impacted by it.

Identify some alternate responses or choices you could have implemented.


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Framework for developing potential

New Self-awareness

New Actions New Choices


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Self-awareness through others:Johari Window

The biggest way I handle my weaknesses is torecognize my weaknesses. I used to believethat I was the perfect leader. Once I realizedthat I have weaknesses, my leadershipimproved greatly. Since I recognize my weaknesses, I surround myself with people who can help me in these areas.

Bret Fox , student at University of Akron


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Johari Window

BlindOpen

Hidden Unknown

Known toself

Not Knownto self

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N o t Kn

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1. The "open" quadrantrepresents things that I know about myself, and that youknow about me.

2. The "blind" quadrantrepresents things that youknow about me, but that I amunaware of.

3. The "hidden" quadrantrepresents things that I know about myself, that you do not

know.4. The "unknown" quadrantrepresents things that neitherI know about myself, nor youknow about me.


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Johari Window

What are some ways we can work on wideningthe open quadrant?

Seeking and giving feedback Being open to discovery through sensitive/

courageous communication Regular self-reflection Building stronger relationships Experience and play (esp. for Unknown)!


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Johari Window: Shared Awareness

Knownto self Not Knownto selfKn

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BlindOpen

Hidden

Unknown

BlindOpen

Hidden Unknown

BlindOpen

Hidden Unknown


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Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory

A psychometric inventory used to measurepsychological preference in how peopleperceive the world and make decisions

Understanding your type can help you inunderstanding ways you prefer to live your lifeand why you make the choices you do

This is a topic that will be recurring in LOT

lectures over the next years For more information:http://www.myersbriggs.org/


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Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory

1) Introvert vs. Extravert2) i Ntuition vs. S ensing3) Thinking vs. Feeling4) J udging vs. P erceiving

e.g. ENTPMany free Myers-Briggs tests online


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Mini MBTI (E/I)

Please go through the checklist to see if you havemore of a tendency toward extraversion orintroversion.

No right or wrong

No good or bad

Its about where you get your energy.


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The Extrovert

Energised by peopleand activity

Extraverts focus isdirected outwardtowards people andobjects

Extraverts desire

breadth and are action-oriented Acts and then reflects


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The Introvert

Energised by reflection and one-on-one connection

The Introvert's focusis directed inwardtoward concepts andideas

Introverts seek depth

and are thought-oriented Reflects and then acts


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STRENGTH

-brings energy -shares ideas immediately

-bring enthusiam

CHALLENGES

-dominate conversations-appear thoughtless

-unaware of introvert needs

EXTROVERT


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STRENGTHS

-reflective-thoughtful

-good listeners

CHALLENGES

-appear shy -appear uncomfortable

-can overthink before speaking

INTROVERT


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Framework for developing potential

New Self-awareness

New Actions New Choices


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Summary Link between action, choice and self awareness Use EQ framework to handle emotions with

intelligence.

Be open to learning from how others perceive you Understand your personality type Increasing self awareness takes courage

"Do one thing every day that scares you.(Eleanor Roosevelt )


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Leaders of TomorrowOur Vision

An engineering education

that is a lifelong foundation

for transformational leaders

and outstanding citizens


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We believe that:

Everyone shares the responsibility of leadership

Leadership can be learned and can be taught

Leadership empowers an engineering education


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Thank You !

Self-awareness

Choices Actions

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BlindOpen

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LEADING YOUR

SELF

LEADINGOTHERS

VISION POSITIVEIMPACT

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