V.Implications for Career
This self-evaluation assessment has provided the pros and cons of my interpersonal interactions with employees as a business owner. The implications of the Emotional Intelligence assessment have inspired me to identify and single out the positive and negative aspects of my personality as a business leader. I have become more aware of the importance of self-knowledge as a way to identify emotional patterns that can help me understand my employees outside of their job performance. The important aspects of Empathy and Self-regulation were important ways that I can become a much better leader in terms of building teams for the car detailing business. In this way, I am not just “running a business”, but I am a business owner that loves his job and respects his employees. I am certainly more aware of my Emotional Intelligence as a way to improve my business goals. Finally, the EI assessment also helped me to understand my gifts as a leader in the business community. I seem to have many of the positive qualities of a good leader, as listed in the five components. To be honest, I known I was a good leader, but this test/assessment clarified many of the important behaviors that I need to improve to advance my leadership skills in the car detailing business. More so, I understand that being a good leader means always being open to change, and being flexible to differing circumstances. There is always more room for growth, which further motivates me to
Every organization that aspires to be successful must address the value of emotional intelligence in the work place. How people relate to each other determines if the organization eventually moves from
There are many careers out there, but my chosen career is business management. I have always wanted to own my own business since I was a child. Owning a restaurant has always been a dream and a passion that I wish to accomplish. I know with the education that I am receiving now and with all of the skills that I have, I will be successful with owning or managing a business. When I get older I want to be able to provide for my family, and that gives me the motivation to strive to be fortune.
A clear understanding of your personality and how others perceive you is an essential tool for successful leadership, and a trait all good managers should strive to attain. That mean the leader has a clear and accurate picture not only of his leadership style but also their strengths and weaknesses as well as steps to leverage the strengths and strategies to compensate for weaknesses. Self-awareness is the basis of emotional intelligence and the most senior leaders possess. An organization that values self-awareness gains credibility and respect. It is open to change when necessary, and rewards flexibility, inquisitiveness, and
Research shows that “if your emotional abilities aren 't in hand, if you don 't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can 't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far” (Treher and Piltz et al., 2011). From a business perspective intrapersonal skills are becoming more important for everyday production. For that reason, in this portfolio, I will effectively examine my interpersonal skills and any strengths or weaknesses that lie within. I will reflect on my learning in regards to the experiences throughout the past 6 weeks of studying BSB124- working in
Barel (2017) highlighted the significant effects of having a high emotional intelligence to effective management. As defined, Barel (2017) stated that emotional intelligence encompasses the person’s strength in acknowledging, understanding, and controlling himself to be able to communicate better, assess the situation objectively, and affect a positive change to people. Therefore, these components of emotional intelligence, such as self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, and social skills are important in handling conflict and aiming for a peaceful relationship at the workplace. To illustrate where emotional intelligence can be applied, discussions about a witnessed confrontation, personal experience, and workplace
Personal Assessment and Leadership Development Plan Introduction The focus of my personal assessment and leadership development plan is to denote the values, beliefs, thoughts, and actions that will propel me into a state of personal fulfillment as a more complete leader at home, in the workplace, and in the community. The preparation of this document will result in the creation of a deliverable to be frequently referenced and used as a reminder of the overall direction and more specific strategies to achieve my personal and professional hopes, dreams, and aspirations, as well as put into place a foundation for facilitating leadership development in my communities. My more immediate aspirations include being promoted at the
Throughout semester I completed various self- assessment exercises that were developed by behavioral researchers to test my skills, abilities and interests. The exercises include; Emotional Intelligence Assessment, Individual Ethics Rate, Entrepreneurial Intentions Scale, Organization Structure Preference Survey, International / Global Manager Potential Scale, Leadership Style Assessment, Dominant Needs Assessment, Communication Style Assessment. Completing them, I was able to gain knowledge and understand my behavior with strengths and weaknesses as a manager and employee.
I believe that my personality, my desire to be involved, and my enthusiasm to learn will all bring positive contributions to the community at the University of Redlands.
As an Equal Opportunity advisor, I often remind my leaders of the value of their people. Their people should be the center-stage and most importantly they should the most valuable asset of their organization. Work cannot be accomplished without the people. If people are unhappy in a work environment, it could hamper the mission and dismantle everything the leader has worked hard for. Most leaders often lack the ability to lead their people. Leaders are not hand-made. Leaders need to be groomed and understand that they did not get to the top on their own strength. That I why I say to leaders that they need to be emotionally be connected to their people. Emotional Intelligence (EI) could “enhance leaders’ competency of handling
I believe that organization, responsibility, and focus are my greatest personal strengths that help me be successful academically and socially. With organization, I keep an updated Google Calendar which allows me to visualize my day and allow me to manage my time more efficiently. This features helps me stay on tract in completing homework assignments and it always me to see the free spaces when I could possible study. I believe that I am a responsible student and I prioritize my academic career before social activities or leisure. However, I also make sure not to overwhelm myself in academics and make time for other extracurricular activities. I am very focused in pursuing a career in pharmacy and I am motivated to do my best to achieve this
* Through the self-assessment on Leadership style and Emotional intelligence, I drew the inference that while I am good at gauging the emotions of my direct reports and peers, I often don’t intervene to better cement my professional relationship. It shall be my earnest endeavor to be more emotionally aware and apathetic.
It 's critical for business owners and accountants see how to peruse and translate balance sheets. These records offer a snappy perspective of a business financial standing. Without this depiction, business owners and accountants may settle on choices that have negative repercussions on their organizations ' financial standing.
Throughout the years we have seen significant changes in “Corporate America,” changes that have seriously impacted those in the workplace and consumers as well. It is a dog eat dog world out there due to the economic stresses of today. This daily struggle to survive in the workplace has affected the lives of everyone involved as interpersonal skills are declining especially among company executives. Are academic institutions to blame for this obvious lack of concern for others in the workplace? It has been suggested in the following studies that higher level education is lacking in regard to the study of emotional intelligence and empathy within their business leadership programs. Empathy is defined as, “the feeling that
The 2014 Time Warner Annual Report identified several risk factors that the organization must address to remain competitive in the global market. Mitigating some of these risks; the report recommends that the organization reduce and reallocate resources from its portfolio of brands to stay economically viable among industry leaders. This reduction resulted in a 20% attrition rate. Not only did the organization lose money, a vast amount of innovation, intellect, relationships and trust Sherman (2012), exited the organization. In addition to this critical loss, the remaining employees were left to perform business as usual. Downey (2011) indicated that emotional intelligence, organizational leadership, and workplace culture are directly linked to how employees relate to the leaders of an organization. The understanding of emotional intelligence, its components and a comparable leadership style such as transformational leadership is vital to the success of an organization.
Understanding human behavior is critical to organizations due to the fact that we are “human beings” that were created with set of emotions, intelligence, free will that enables us to make individual opinions that form a set of values that will follow us into various climates of organizations. The leaders of diverse units within organizations must be able to recognize the challenges; adaptations, intervention and management plan, and know when to exit from options that are not successful. Being unaware of individual self assessment such as emotional intelligence (EI), social quotient (SQ), and change quotient (CQ), will impede change and stalemate ultimate growth and benefits of productivity; hinder reaching the full vision or mission