What Is Your Soft Skills GPA?
(Soft Skills Is The Key To Your Success)
AIChE/SPE Chapter Mtg
Ron Morgan
October 6, 2013
TODAY’S GOALS
Motivate you to:1. Think about the importance of
Soft Skills in your professional a and personal life.
2. To discover your Myers Briggs Personality type and understand it.
3. To discover your TOP FIVE “Signature Strengths”
Customers Associates
Friends
Family
You
WHY
Simon Senek’s Golden Circle
HowWhat
Starting with the “WHY”
1. The Hard Skills (HSs) are essential qualifications
2. Soft Skills are the “secret recipe” for success:
a. Career successb. Organizational success
(High Performance Teamwork)c. Quality of family life
What Are The “Soft Skills”?
Example soft skills:
Self-AwarenessLeadershipJudgmentAwareness of OthersInfluencing SkillsCreating TrustMaintaining RespectResponsibilityIntegrity___________,_______,____________________,____________,_________
Almost all reactions and decisions are caused by and/or based on PERCEPTION.
What ever someone’s perception is of you, you earned it.
Most business and personal decisions are based on perception.
You never get a second chance to make a first impression.
Relationships are the key to success, happiness, fulfillment, raising children, happy marriage, etc.
Dr. Swavely (2013) has studied the limbic system of our brain and
has mapped “Six Motivational Brain Networks®”
Connectedness ClarityFairness ControlImportance Competence
Forming a Team
Storming
Norming
Performing
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Principle of Perception
“We are measured:
a. Not by what we are, but by the perception of what we seem to be;
b. Not by what we say,but how we are heard;
c. Not by what we do,but how we appear to do it. “
Personnel Decision Inc., MN, 1991
“HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMWORK” is rapidly becoming a competitive advantage.
Your PERSONALITY TRAITS and your BEHAVIORAL TENDENCIES will directly impact your career path and your personal life.
WHY THE EMPHASIS ON SOFT STUFF?
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FUNDAMENTAL INGREDIENTSFOR HIGH PERFORMANCE TEAMWORK
Common and Understood Mission
Critical Mass of Talent & Skill
Positioning Individuals For Max Synergy
Effective Communication
Effective Self Management
These Are About
Soft Skills
What Effects Your Behavioral Traits (Personality)
Genetics – 25% heritable
0 to 6(8) years of lifePersonalitySelf Image
7 to 12 years
13 to 18 yearsPost Secondary Education
Marriage
Jobs
……..
Personal Choice
Parents, FamilyHome Environment
If you are not a happy person, it is your fault
Parents, FamilyHome EnvironmentPEERSCoaches, teachers
Commitment
Trust Respect
Most Companies Use A Dual Method For Performance Evaluations
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How You Do Your Work What You Deliver
Final Performance Rating
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Key Factors That Influence Your Success
Your Signature StrengthsYour Learned SkillsTechnical KnowledgeExperienceJudgmentWisdomPassionDecision MakingHow You Do Your Work
- Personality- Behavioral Traits- Dependable- Host of Soft Skills
Teams Are Most Successful When:
Each member has adequate knowledge of:“Personality Traits” of Self and Team Members”.
Each member has some training how to “Interact” with each of the “Personality Traits” Or “Behavioral Types”.
Each member understands his/her TOP FIVE STRENGTHS and those of his/her teammates.
Then, members can be positioned to optimize performance via skill set and motivation.
Now let’s look at a method that is most commonly used to“Finger Print” behavioral tendencies….
“Myers Briggs Personality Type”
Myers-Briggs Personality/Behavioral Typing
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Four Dimensional System That Characterizes Our Behavioral Tendencies
Energy Expression – Source & Direction
Perception Method
How We Process Information
How We Implement Information
Myers-Briggs Personality/Behavioral Typing
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Energy ExpressionSource & Direction
Extroversion
Introversion
Method of Perceiving Information
Sensing
iNtuition
Energy ExpressionSource & Direction
Extroversion
Introversion
How We Process Information
Thinking
Feeling
How We Implement Information
Judging
Perceiving
Where Do You Direct Your Energy?Where Do You Direct Your Energy?
EExtroversionxtroversion II ntroversionntroversion
SocialSocial PrivatePrivateExpressiveExpressive QuietQuietManyMany FewFewBroadBroad DeepDeepInteractionInteraction ConcentrationConcentrationOutwardOutward InwardInwardAction beforeAction before Thought beforeThought before
thoughtthought actionaction
E or I
How Do You Process I nformation?How Do You Process I nformation?
SSensingensing iiNNtuitiontuition
FactsFacts PossibilitiesPossibilitiesExperiencesExperiences NoveltyNoveltyPresentPresent FutureFuturePracticalityPracticality AspirationAspirationEnjoymentEnjoyment DevelopmentDevelopmentRealismRealism IdealismIdealismUsingUsing ChangingChanging
S or N
How Do You Make Decisions?How Do You Make Decisions?
TThinkinghinking FFeelingeeling
AnalyzingAnalyzing SympathizingSympathizingObjectiveObjective SubjectiveSubjectiveLogicalLogical PersonalPersonalCriticismCriticism AppreciationAppreciationOnlookerOnlooker ParticipantParticipantDecides onDecides on Decides usingDecides using
principleprinciple valuesvalues
T or F
How Do You Organize Your Life?How Do You Organize Your Life?
JJ udgementudgement PPerceptionerception
CloseClose OpenOpenDecideDecide ExploreExploreStructureStructure MeanderMeanderOrganizeOrganize InquireInquireFirmnessFirmness FlexibilityFlexibilityControlControl SpontaneitySpontaneity
J or P
Name E I N S F T J PA 22 38 12 56B 89 25 25 44C 56 1 25 33D 22 25 62 44E 1 38 12 67F 1 38 62 33G 1 12 50 89H 1 12 1 11I 67 25 12 11J 33 12 75 100K 56 12 38 33L 39 62 12 56
Number of entries 8 4 9 3 4 8 11 1Averages 28 42 29 13 38 30 51 11
% of Total 67% 33% 75% 25% 33% 67% 92% 8%
MB Jung Typology Summary for April 6th Conference At OSU
ISTJ - The Duty FulfillersESTJ - The Guardians ISFJ - The Nurturers ESFJ - The Caregivers ISTP - The Mechanics ESTP - The Doers ESFP - The Performers ISFP - The ArtistsENTJ - The Executives INTJ - The Scientists ENTP - The Visionaries INTP - The Thinkers ENFJ - The Givers INFJ - The Protectors ENFP - The Inspirers INFP - The Idealists
Compare Your M-B Type With Vocational Types
ISTJ - The Duty FulfillersESTJ - The Guardians ISFJ - The Nurturers ESFJ - The Caregivers ISTP - The Mechanics ESTP - The Doers ESFP - The Performers ISFP - The ArtistsENTJ - The Executives INTJ - The Scientists ENTP - The Visionaries INTP - The Thinkers ENFJ - The Givers INFJ - The Protectors ENFP - The Inspirers INFP - The Idealists
Compare Your M-B Type With Vocational Types
33%17%
17%
8% 8%
8%
8%
ISTJ - The Duty Fulfillers ESTJ - The Guardians ISFJ - The Nurturers ESFJ - The Caregivers ISTP - The Mechanics ESTP - The Doers ESFP - The Performers ISFP - The Artists ENTJ - The Executives INTJ - The Scientists ENTP - The Visionaries INTP - The Thinkers ENFJ - The Givers INFJ - The Protectors ENFP - The Inspirers INFP - The Idealists
James Dobson, Will Rogers, Paul HarveyShakespeare, Tom Brokaw, Helen Keller
Lincoln, Reagan, Elizabeth Dole, Ross Perot
Jimmy Carter, Van Buren, Martin L. King, Jr., Tom Selleck
James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Truman, LBJ, G.W.Bush
G. Washington, Hoover, GHW Bush
McKinley, Clinton, Terry Bradshaw, Don Knotts, Jack Benny
Robert E. Lee, Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth II
John Adams, Garfield, Hayes, Tom Hanks
Madison, John Q. Adams, Tyler, Eisenhower, Ford
F.D. Roosevelt, Nixon, Harrison Ford, Margaret Thatcher, Dave Letterman
Coolidge, Jefferson, JFK, Polk, Wilson, CS Lewis, Colin Powell
Buchanan, Roy Rogers, Bruce Willis, Hemingway, Eddie Murphy
Zachary Taylor, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Charles Bronson
Bob Hope, Dale Evans, Goldie Hawn, Woody Harrelson
Grant, Fillmore, Harding, Elizabeth Taylor, Ervin Johnson, Marilyn Monroe
Suggested Next Steps
A. Go to this web site and take your “Jung’s Meyers Briggs” Personality Test and read about your traits.
www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
B. Have your close friends, classmates, spouse do the same, then have a social event and enjoy talking about each others’ results
C. Order this book:“Now Discover Your Strengths” by Clifton & Buckingham
1. Read through page 792. Go on line and take your “Strengths Finder Test”3. Read about your Top Five Signature Strengths on
pages 81 through 116.
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Now Discover Your Strengths by Buckingham & CliftonISBN-13: 978-0-7432-0114-8
Each of us has about “5 Signature Themes” or strengths
These refer to one of three areas:– Our Person (Achiever, Activator, etc.)– Strengths Category (Discipline, Empathy, etc.)– Quality (Adaptability, Analytical, etc.)
This is a great reference and has changed my life in many respects
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Remember That…..“Things Turn Out Best For Those Who
Make The Best of How Things Turn Out” JW
1. We must FACE REALITY AS IT IS, Not as it was, or as we wish it could be
2. BE CANDID WITH EVERYONE
3. DON’T MANAGE, LEAD
4. CHANGE BEFORE YOU HAVE TO
5. If you don’t have a competitive advantage, don’t compete
6. CONTROL YOUR OWN DESTINY, OR SOMEONE ELSE WILL!!!! Jack Welch
LESSONS LEARNED
So, when you’re at the end of your life here on earth, what will be your:
Accomplishments vs. Regrets?
Materials or Relationships?
So, thanks for listening and here’s my parting thought for you to ponder………………………
“Life is usually shorter than you expected, and seldom ends the way you planned it. And, the true quality of life as
all about the relationships you have. So make every day your MASTER PIECE.” rgmorgan
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Thanks for listening…….
Questions?????????????
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