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The Primal Leadership
What is the Primal Leadership?Primal is basic or Psychology relating to feelings or behavior postulated to form the origins of emotional life. Whereas a leadershipis a person or thing that is the most successful or advanced in a particular area or a person or thing that leads. Here I would like to share Primal Leadership authors Goleman, Boyatzis and McKee identify four emotional intelligence "domains" which bridge leadership "competencies," the majority of which depend upon skills in listening to one's self and to others.
Domain 1, Self Awareness includes the competencies of emotional self-awareness, accurate self-assessment, and self-confidence. Awareness is the first step in the creation process. As you grow in self awareness, you will better understand why you feel what you feel and why you behave as you behave. That understanding then gives you the opportunity and freedom to change those things you’d like to change about yourself and create the life you want. Without fully knowing who you are, self acceptance and change become impossible.
Domain 2, Self-Management includes the competencies of emotional self-control, transparency, adaptability, achievement, initiative, and optimism. Self-management strategies fall under the term " self control" as a broader construct. There have been several self-control procedures demonstrated in the literature for children with disabilities. Some of these terms are"self-assessment","self-monitoring", and " self-evaluation. Self- assessment is a primary component of any of the more complex self-management programs. Basically, self-assessment means does the student understand whether or not he is performing the behavior of interest
Mastery of domains one and two, which the authors describe as personal competence, depends heavily upon listening to one's self, becoming aware of one's emotional state, values, standards, and impact upon others. Self-examination and gathering feedback about oneself through coaching and 360 reviews assist with the development of personal competence.
Domain 3, Social Awareness includes empathy, organizational awareness, and service. If you want to boost your standings with your project team, learn to listen with empathy. This includes giving others your full attention when they are speaking and letting them speak instead of interrupting or finishing their sentences. When they have expressed themselves, respond with empathy and emotions (e.g. that sounds tough, you sound sad). Finally, ask them what you can do to help. Don’t assume that you have to solve their problems or tell them what to do.
Domain 4, Relationship Management includes inspirational leadership, influence, developing others, being a catalyst for change, conflict management, and teamwork/collaboration. Mastery of domains three and four, which the authors describe as social competence, flows from empathic listening and resonating to others' thinking to develop one's thoughts and actions, which enables a leader to provide both unified and individual senses of direction for his or her group. Empathic listening is a skill that requires a basic level of understanding along with regular practice.
Five Steps Towards Learning Leadership Skills.
Step one is identifying one's ideal self, which is to say, uncovering and listening to one's core values and beliefs to draw a picture of the person one aspires to be. What's important to me? What am I passionate about? What does my "gut" say to me?
- Learn and apply real solutions to everyday issues like career, money, relationships...
-Improve your performance while motivating to be at your absolute best
-Discover your gateway to a more fulfilling life
Step two is identifying the real self, which is to say, discovering how one appears to others, regardless of how one sees one's self. (For the uninitiated: people who have tried this sometimes find the two views startlingly different.) This is done by listening to one's self (self awareness) and others (empathy) to gauge the effect one is having, as well as through coaching and 360 feedback from peers, subordinates, supervisors, customers, and others. "What is true for you is true, and there is no other truth." Successful action is dependent on the fundamental "Cycle of Action"--Start, Change and Stop. Many people have trouble with one or more of these steps. They can Start things, but not build them up requiring Change. Some are always changing things but accomplishing little, and some continually fail to stop things that need stopping.
Step three is to make a plan to build on strengths and reduce gaps. One obviously needn't be strong in every area--realistically, no one is--but one may choose to improve in respects that one considers important. Focus on the best interests, prioritize, promote action and respond. Strengthen networks and systems and support capacity.
Step four is to experiment deliberately with and practice new skills to bring about change according to one's step three plan. Learn , learn and learn.
Step five-- one through four--is to develop trusting, encouraging relationships that provide support during the learning process.
Very short and crystal clear, the theories set forth in Primal Leadership suggest that advanced listening techniques are essential to learning to become, and being, an effective leader.
- Identify common communication problems that may be holding them back.
- Identify personal listening styles and cite different approaches to improve listening skills.
- Develop skills in asking questions to get the information they need.
- Learn how to say No and disagree with others assertively.
- Enhance their ability to influence different personalities through rapport.
God bless and keep smiling!
Posted byIrum Khan
Labels: Danial Goleman, leadership, Psychology
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Its lovely Post on primal leadership...comparison is wonderful too!@
I would also suggest you to please see Dr. Denial Goleman's "Primal leadership" book about this topic. you need to write more on this topic.
any way you have done great work on it.