Understanding self and others

According to HBS, what are the 5 components that comprise leaders?

Self Awareness

Self Regulation

Empathy

Motivation

Social Skills

Self Awareness

Understanding your own and others emotions, needs, strengths, weaknesses, and values

Self Regulation

Your ability to control or redirect impluses

Internal Regulation

Habit changing, involves small changes and rewards, announcing intended changes to others, and repeating/setting feedback

External Regulation

Seeking people who can help address weaknesses

Empathy

The ability to understand and share others feelings

Motivation

Pursuing goals beyond money and status

Social Skills

Proficiency in managing relationships and networks

What are 2 misconceptions with emotional intelligence

1. It is just social and communication skills

2. It is innate, and you cannot learn or improve

What is big 5 personality?

OCEAN

Openness

Conscientiousness

Extraversion

Agreeability

Neuroticism

Openness

Willingness to adopt new ways and experiences

Conscientiousness

Ability to be efficiency, self motivate, and keep schedule

The biggest influence on job performance

Extraversion

How outgoing or reserved one is

Agreeableness

Willingness to speak up versus to be silent in certain situations

Neuroticism

How you experience stress and how it comes off

What are the 3 most important traits for leaders?

1. Conscientiousness: Organized, responsible, reliable and clear

2. Low Neuroticism: Easily able to handle stress and negative emotions

3. Humility: Small ego and courting strengths out of others

Extraversion in leadership

Being an extrovert is good when employees are passive but can cause friction when employees are proactive due to a dominate and top-down communication style

Agreeableness in leadership

Beneficial for long-term relationship building but less effective in crisis setting