Book Summary : Primal LeadershipWritten by Regine Azurin
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Four Dimensions of Emotional Intelligence The creation of resonance is a hallmark of primal leadership that can only be fostered by emotionally intelligent leaders. For a leader to promote prime resonance in a group, it is important to understand  four EI competencies. Interestingly, these competencies are not innately inherent but are learned abilities. According to research, an effective leader typically demonstrates at least one competence among four dimensions. 1. Self-Awareness 2. Self-Management 3. Social Awareness 4. Relationship Management Approaches to Leadership in a Nutshell 1. Visionary 2. Coaching 3. Affiliative 4. Democratic 5. Pacesetting 6. Commanding The Five Discoveries of Self-Directed Learning 1. First Discovery: My ideal self – Who do I want to be? 2. Second Discovery: My real self – Who am I? What are my strengths and gaps? 3. Third Discovery: My learning agenda – How can I build on my strengths while reducing my gaps? 4. Fourth Discovery: Experimenting with and practicing new behaviors, thoughts, and feelings to point of mastery. 5. Fifth Discovery: Developing supportive and trusting relationships that make change possible. Final Notes Primal leadership is anchored on emotions. These emotions have underlying neurological explanations to them such as open loop system. Thus, a leader must work hard to obtain emotional intelligence competencies that will make him a resonant leader because resonance is key to primal leadership. A resonant leader builds a culture of resonance by demonstrating emotionally intelligent abilities that permeate throughout organization. A resonant leader aims to live a resonant life for him and his people in order to make resonant work. It is this kind of work that builds an emotionally intelligent organization – a kind of organization that can survive changing business climate because it has built-in processes that can sustain change. By: Regine P. Azurin and Yvette Pantilla http://www.bizsum.com "A Lot Of Great Books....Too Little Time To Read" Free Book Summaries Of Latest Bestsellers for Busy Executives and Entrepreneurs Mailto: mailto:freearticle@bizsum.com BusinessSummaries is a BusinessSummaries.com service. (c) Copyright 2001- 2005 ,BusinessSummaries.com - Wisdom In A Nutshell
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| | The Importance of Background VerificationWritten by Stephen Spain
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Corporate management has enormous pressure to hold employees to highest ethical standards. Background checking cannot give employers everything they want but, there are data bases and sources for many other kinds of information; criminal data bases, sex-offender registries, workers compensation histories and of course critical screening for drivers licenses, employment history and educational history. Bad hires can be devastating for a firm. Even a low level employee might mange to embezzle a few thousand dollars or drive away customers or at l east consistently not show up for work costing you your hard earned customers business. While it might be impossible to safeguard a company against every potential act of dishonesty, Hiring professionals can minimize chances for unscrupulous behavior by understanding who it is they are really hiring. This means developing easy to institute background checking procedures that are utilized at all levels of organization.
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