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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