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The key to
personal success lies in a clear understanding of ourselves, our emotional
and spiritual dimensions, and our relationships with others.
Personality is
probably the
toughest aspect of personal development for organisations to facilitate
for their leaders, and yet one of the most important and profound - one
that almost 100% determines employment and promotion decisions.
As one CEO said; "Performance is a given - they wouldn't be on the
short-list if THAT wasn't in place - but what counts is whether we [the
candidate, their peers, and myself] can trust each other so well that we
could almost live together."
While those who
throw themselves into this area, reap the rewards, it is 'scary' to some
managers - especially those whose strength lies in their analytical
ability.
The very term,
Emotional Intelligence, was coined to make these themes more
palatable to the executive mind - and yet (often defensively) they will
tend to giggle or ridicule the subject when it is mentioned.
Nonetheless, it is so important, that the MBA programme at INSEAD even
includes input from a leading psychotherapist and at other institutions
MSc courses bringing work and personality closer together are proving very
popular.
Management and
leadership development programmes often try to introduce the idea, and yet
they frequently do so in 'experiential' ways alone, that leave
participants confused and struggling to understand the relevance, the
conclusions, and what to do with their knowledge when they get back to
work.
This course
tackles the topic of personality in a structured and informative manner,
that makes it accessible to all. Without getting 'high brow', we look at the work of key
theorists starting with Freud, and then explore how our own personality,
and those of others around us, might appear in these terms. We then
use these insights to examine personal experiences and to consider how
they might have been (or could still be) managed differently.
Led by a
psychotherapist, and taught in small groups,
over six sessions, each lasting about 90 minutes, by the end, individuals
will have a far broader understanding of personality, they will have seen
how their own personality was shaped, how it compares to other people, how
it impacts on their work and relationships, and ways of deepening their
understanding.
This format, is
ideal for integration into longer programmes, and already full agendas.
It works well alongside traditional development courses, as it provides an
important aspect of personal reflective practice which maximises the
learning from other parts of these programmes.
NB This is NOT
a substitute for personal therapy, and the facilitator will only allow
personal exploration to the extent that it is both useful to the group and
safe for the individual.
For more
information, call me on 07785 222380 or email
gw@grahamwilson.org.
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