Self-awareness

Self-awareness

Self awareness is the recognition of your personality, your strengths, your weakness, your likes and dislikes. Developing self-awareness can help you to recognize who you are and to assess your abilities.

Why do you need to know yourself?

¨ Self awareness is a requirement for effective leadership, as well as communicating and relating with other people.

¨     Having clarity about who you are and what you want and why you want it, allows you to consciously and actively make wants a reality.

CONNECTING TO OUR INNER SELF

THE OUTER SELF                                                       

¨The outer self is concerned with what others people think about us

¨It is always looking over our shoulders at what other are doing and comparing ourselves to others.

¨The outer self is the mask we wear to cover up the fact that we have lost touch with our true self.

THE INNER SELF

¨The inner self is the person that no one ever sees, your true self.

¨The inner self consists of the true feelings, desires, dislikes that you mask from world in order to be accepted and/ or admired by wider society.

¨Finding your unique self to express your leadership means removing this mask

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SELF DISCLOSURE

Through self-disclosure and feedback from people, you can create a complete portrait of your inner and outer selves.

Benefits of Self-disclosure

·         It encourages reciprocation

·         Helps you find commodities

·         Helps you identify shared experiences

·         Helps you identify shared concerns and points

·         Facilitates self expression

·         Heightens personal knowledge

The Johari Window is a useful way to think about giving and receiving feedback about you.

	What I know about myself	What I do not know about myself
What Others knows   about me	Arena         Interpersonal effectiveness depends on an open and free exchange of information. With greater disclosure, communication increases, and the potential for serious conflict decreases.	Blind Spot       Seeing yourself as others see you is fundamental to self-understanding. Soliciting feedback is the primary tool for uncovering your blind spots.
What others do not know about me	Façade          Selective disclosure of hidden feelings, attitudes, goals and values can build relationships with others. If the façade is large, however, others can never really know you	Unknown      Being more expressive and flexible encourages the introduction of new ideas and enhances self-discovery. Without feedback, the unknown is likely to remain unknown. Feedback often provides illumination for both parties.

Tips on self-awareness

·         Be authentic

·         Walk the walk

·         Be open

·         Earn the right to lead

Engage in a SWOT about yourself (identify your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)

Developing Your Personal Mission Statement

Developing Your Personal Mission Statement

This describes a person’s reason for being or what they believe they were born to contribute to the world. Yours can be to teach the children, to serve as a nurse for elderly or even to entertain others through song or dance

Communication Skills

Communication Skills

Communication is an international process whereby meaning is transmitted through the sending and receiving of verbal and non- verbal messages to bring about mutual understanding, accurate feedback and reaction.

Consequently, it promotes effectiveness In organization and social relationship.