Using the power of awareness in your personal, social and business interactions
This talk is about the dynamics of human interaction and the role played by our own awareness. To become skilled and authentic in accessing awareness is to be able to change and enhance our relationships with others and our impact on the world.
Emotional intelligence is defined by its leading proponent, Daniel Goleman, thus: “Emotional intelligence – the ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively – consists of four fundamental capabilities: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and social skill.” (Leadership that gets Results, Harvard Business Review, 2000)
The core skill is self-awareness, the ability to be aware of ourselves and how we feel and show up. From that core we also need to be able to effectively manage ourselves and our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Then we need effective social awareness, our “social radar”, and also in the social dimension the ability to create good relationships with others.
Self-awareness is core to the rest because it is from our awareness that we feel, think, interpret, act and respond. And that in turn impacts others and how they respond to us. How others behave in turn impacts our awareness. The key shift to make is usually to learn to be authentic, to be aware of how we truly think and feel, to be who we really are. Others then frequently get where we are coming from and their trust, respect and cooperation is generally raised and bonds are more easily established.
John Gloster-Smith’s talk is about how we can dramatically improve how we deal with others and make an impact through enhancing our own awareness. In his talk he draws from his own experience and from life situations generally.
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