Leadership Through Personality Awareness Understand yourself & Others To Develop Interpersonal Skills By: DR MANOJ KUMAR BHAMBU Associate Professor GCCBA-50, Chandigarh mkbhambu@hotmail.com

Leadership defined Leaders are dealers in hope. NAPOLIAN BONAPARTE

PERSONALITY DEFINED Personality can be defined as physical, mental, emotional and spiritual make up of a person. Every person has a unique blend of different characteristics, hence, each one of us has a unique personality.

TYPES OF PERSONALITIES Powerful Choleric Popular Sanguine Perfect Melancholy Peaceful Phlegmatic Personality Types

POPULAR SANGUINE: The Extrovert; The Talker; The Optimist Popular Sanguine Emotions: Appealing Personality Talkative, Storyteller Life of the party Good sense of humour Memory of Colour Physically holds on to listener Emotional and demonstrative

Popular Sanguine Emotions: (cont.) Enthusiastic and Expressive Cheerful and Bubbling Over-curious Good on Stage Wide Eyed and Innocent Sincere at Heart Always a Child

Popular Sanguine at Work Volunteers for jobs Thinks up new activities Looks great on the surface Creative and colourful Has energy and enthusiasm Starts in a flashy manner Inspires others to join Charms others to work

Popular Sanguine as a Friend Makes friend easily Loves people Thrives on compliments Seems exciting Envied by others Does not hold grudges Apologizes quickly Likes spontaneous activities

Problems with Popular Sanguine POPULAR SANGUINE TALK TOO MUCH Talk half as much as before Watch for sign of boredom Condense your comments Stop exaggerating

POPULAR SANGUINES HAVE UNCULTIVATED MEMORIES Pay attention to names Write things down Do not forget children/friends/things REMEMBER “ Even though you can rationalize why you have a bad memory, no one wants to hear about it.”

POPULAR SANGUINE INTERRUPTS AND ANSWERS FOR OTHERS Do not think you must fill all the gaps REMEMBER “One who interrupts and answers for the others is rude and inconsiderate, and after a while, unwelcome.”

POPULAR SANGUINE IS DISORGANISED AND IMMATURE Pull your life together Grow up

REMEMBER The popular Sanguine needs a Saviour. Without divine help how can he: Curb his tongue. Control his ego. Not think too highly of himself. Cultivate his memory. (the Holy Spirit gives remembrance.) Concern himself with others. Look out for others and not for himself. Count the cost.

POWERFUL CHOLERIC PERSONALITY The Extrovert The Doer The Optimist POWERFUL CHOLERIC’S EMOTIONS Born leader, Dynamic and Active Compulsive need for change Must Correct Wrongs Strong willed and decisive, Unemotional Not easily Discouraged Independent and Self-sufficient Exudes Confidence Can run anything

Powerful Choleric AT Work Goal Oriented Sees the Whole Picture Organizes well Seeks Practical Solutions Moves Quickly to Actions Delegates Work Insists on Production Stimulates Activity Thrives on Opposition

Powerful Choleric as Friends Has little needs for friends Will work for group activity Will Lead and Organise Is usually Right Excel in Emergencies

PROBLEMS WITH POWERFUL CHOLERIC POWERFUL CHOLERICS ARE COMPULSIVE WORKER Learn to relax Take the pressure off others Plan leisure activities REMEMBER: You can feel relaxed and need not to feel guilty

POWERFUL CHOLERICS MUST BE IN CONTROL Respond to other leadership Do not look down on the dummies Stop manipulating

POWERFUL CHOLERICS DO NOT KNOW HOW TO HANDLE PEOPLE Practice Patience Keep advice until Asked Tone down your approach Stop arguing and causing trouble REMEMBER: No one likes an impatient, bossy troublemaker.

POWERFUL CHOLERICS ARE RIGHT BUT UNPOPULAR Let someone else be right Learn to apologise Admit you have some faults REMEMBER: If only the Powerful Choleric would open his mind to examine his weakness and admit he has a few, he could become the perfect person he thinks he is.

Perfect Melancholy Personality The Introvert The Thinker The Pessimist PERFECT MELANCHOLY’S EMOTIONS Deep and Thoughtful, Analytical Serious and Purposeful Genius Prone, Talented and Creative Artistic & Musical, Philosophical & Poetic Appreciative of Beauty Sensitive to Others Conscientious and Idealistic

Perfect Melancholy’s At Work Schedule Oriented, Detail conscious Perfectionist, High Standard Orderly and Organised Neat and tidy, Economical Sees the Problem Find Creative Solutions Needs to Finish what is Started Like Charts, Graphs, Figures, Lists

Perfect Melancholy as Friends Makes Friends Cautiously Content to stay in background Avoid Causing Attention Faithful and Devoted Will Listen to Complaints Can Solve other’s Problems Deep Concern for Other People Moved to Tear with Compassion Seeks Ideal Mate

Problems with Perfect Melancholies PERFECT MELANCHOLIES ARE EASILY DEPRESSED Realise no one likes gloomy people Do not look for trouble Do not get hurt so easily Look for the positives Read Blow Away the Black Clouds REMEMBER: Accentuate the positives, Eliminate the negatives

PERECT MELANCHOLY HAVE LOW SELF-IMAGES Search out the source of your insecurity Listen for the evidence of false humility REMEMBER: Perfect Melancholies have the greatest potential for success. Do not be your own worst enemy.

PERFECT MELANCHOLIES PROCRASTINATE Get the right things before starting Do not spend so much time planning REMEMBER: If Perfect Melancholies did not spend so much time in planning, they would not force the rest of us incompetents to go ahead without preparation and so notch up intricate work!

PERFECT MELANCHOLIES PUT UNREALISTIC DEMAND ON OTHERS: Relax your standards Be grateful You understand Your Temperament REMEMBER: Not everything in life can be perfect, so relax.

Peaceful Phlegmatic Personality The Introvert The watcher The pessimist PEACEFUL PHELGMATIC’S EMOTIONS: Low Key Personality, Easy Going and Relaxed Calm, Cool and Collected Patient, Well Balanced Consistent Life, Quiet and Witty Sympathetic and Kind Keeps Emotions Hidden Happily Reconciled to Life All Purpose Person

Peaceful Phlegmatic at Work Competent and Steady Has Administrative Ability Mediates Problems Avoid Conflicts Good under Pressure Find the Easy Way

Peaceful Phlegmatic as Friends Easy to get along with Pleasant and enjoyable Inoffensive Good listener Dry sense of humour Enjoys watching people Has many friends Has compassion and concern

Let’s Motivate Peaceful Phlegmatic PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC ARE NOT EXICITING Try to get enthused Try something new Learn to accept responsibility for your life

PEACEFUL PHLEGMATICS APPEAR WISHY- WASHY Practice making decisions Learn to say no

How Personality Awareness Going to Help You By Knowing ones own strengths and weaknesses By Knowing strengths and weaknesses of People around you By assigning right work to right person By empowering your followers by helping them overcoming their weaknesses

Will This Lecture is Going to Help You Yes No Do not know

What I Know for Sure Is that YOU DESERVE TO BE RECOGNISED AS AN EFFECTIVE LEADER IN YOUR ORGANISATION

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