Wow already the end of the semester!
Today’s blog post will include a reading we had to do
for Chelsee. The title of the article was, "Social Intelligence and the
Biology of Leadership" by Daniel Goleman and Richard Boyatzis. empathy,
attunement, organizational awareness, influence, developing others,
inspiration, and teamwork, were the 7 qualities that were pointed out in the
paper. Our question was to describe two of those qualities we were good at and one
quality we were can improve on.
Two qualities of social intelligence that I feel I am
good at are teamwork and attunement. I work well with people. I almost prefer
to work in a group of people than by myself. I feel like most of college you
will be required to work in groups. There are also many opportunities that you
are able to be a team leader throughout your college career. Another quality that I feel that I have is attunement.
I am aware of how people are feeling most of the time and I can
adjust to help them when possible. I am able to listen to them and provide them with a reply that will make them feel good.
One characteristic of social intelligence that I feel
I can improve is influence. Being able
to influence others would be one of the more challenging characteristics. You have
to teach yourself to influence in a way you are not being in power. The answer is being able to use influence
and being persuasive, without the use of power or control. I want to
influence the peer men-tees in a positive way so that they can enjoy their first
year at Iowa State. I want to be able to affect them in a positive way rather
than trying to persuade of push them.
I agree with the whole rather work in a group than individually, however only if it's friends of mine because I know they won't slack on anything. I hope we're all great leaders for the mentees and can influence them in one way or another :)
ReplyDeleteCole,
ReplyDeleteGreat blog my friend. I think that we can benefit from each other because I actually struggle in teamwork and influence abilities. We many be able to work together and help each other out with our weaknesses.