1. Understanding and Managing Self
Kamal Nayan pradhan
Sheetal Moktan
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2. Agenda Understanding self Perspective of self management
Dimensions of self awareness
Self management techniques
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3. Understanding Self
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4. “ Let a man lift himself by himself; let him not degrade himself; for the self alone is the friend of the self and the self alone is the enemy of self”
- Bhagvad Geeta
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5. “He that would govern others must first master himself” - Messinger
Understanding Self
“He that would govern others must first master himself”
- Messinger
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6. Perspective of Self Management
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7. Perspective of Self Management
Pre requisite of a good manager/leader
improving performance
Self awareness
Emotional competencies
Managing social and family relations
Time management
Stress management
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8. Self Awareness
“When you are self-aware, you can see where your thoughts and emotions are guiding you.”
Anonymous
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9. Paradox of Self-Awareness
One cannot improve or develop new capabilities unless and until s/he know what level of capability they currently possess.
Individuals avoid new self-knowledge and resist acquiring information in order to protect individual’s self- esteem or self-respect
Belief system of self
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10. Methods of creating Self-awareness
Self analysis
Feedback from others
Personal disclosure
Reflection past events
Self development
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11. Dimensions of Self Awareness
Values
Emotional Intelligence
Attitude toward Change
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12. Emotional Intelligence
Capacity for understanding one’s own feelings and the feelings of others, for motivating self, and for managing emotions effectively in relationships.
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13. Emotional Intelligence
Essential in effective leadership and has a direct impact on work performance
Research at the Center for Creative Leadership has shown that the primary cause of executive turnover was individual deficiency in the area of emotional competence
Managing Emotions
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14. NEPAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE
Understanding self emotions
Understanding self emotions
NEPAL ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE
Emotional Intelligence Framework
Understanding others emotions
Self awareness
Self awareness
Social awareness
Self management
Relationship management
Building interpersonal relationship
Managing emotions
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EVALUATION CRITERIA

15. Components of Self Awareness
Emotional Awareness
Accurate Self-Assessment
Self-Confidence
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16. Emotional Self-Awareness
how one’s bodily sensation and emotions
oneself
Impacts
allows to understand
others
Emotional
Self-Awareness
environment
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17. Self Control – Managing Emotion
Things to be considered
Understanding individual emotions,
control emotional reactions,
recognize how the emotions affect individual’s actions and the actions of others
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18. Hard-to-Handle Emotions
Worry
Anger
Frustration
Hard-to-Handle Emotions
Research by Professor Cynthia Fisher
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19. Reasons of building frustration
a lack of resources impacting ability to perform well
limited promotional opportunities that make feel employee stuck in a job
a difficult manager who ignores suggestion for a process improvement
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20. Reasons for worrying hearing a new downsizing rumor
finding out a new manager is going to lead the team
being assigned to a new project or area of responsibility
learning the company may merge with another company
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21. Reasons for getting angry
being disrespected or treated unfairly
feeling violated, threatened or attacked
being interrupted when trying to achieve a goal
being over-worked and underpaid
having troubles in personal life
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22. Managing emotions
Recognize emotions in their early stages, before they feel out of control
Give appropriate feedback to clear the air
Pay attention to your overall physical and psychological health
Choose someone you trust who knows you well enough to give you honest feedback
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23. Empathy
Ability to hear and understand accurately unspoken or partly expressed thoughts, feelings, and concerns of others.
People can appreciate not only what people are saying but also why they are saying it.
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24. Building Relationship
Know the relationship boundaries and expectations
Use appropriate self-disclosure
Keep confidences
Be enthusiastic
Listen more
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25. Values
Set of personal principles, standards, concepts, beliefs and ideas
Choose between alternatives, assumptions about the nature of reality
Learned early, continue to develop
Differ based on culture and environment
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26. Two Types of values Comfortable life Exciting life World at peace
Terminal
Comfortable life
Exciting life
World at peace
World of beauty
Equality
Family security
Instrumental
Ambitious
Capable
Cheerful
Clean
Courageous
Forgiving
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27. Attitude Towards Change (ATC)
If the environment of workplace becoming more chaotic, more temporary, more complex, and more overloaded with information, what would you do ?
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28. Dimensions of ATC Locus of control Tolerance of ambiguity
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29. Locus of Control
The extent to which a person believes they have power over their successes and/or failures in life.
Internal Locus of Control:
Believes his or her successes are due to factors within their own control.
Behavior is guided by his/her personal decisions and efforts.
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30. Locus of Control……..
External Locus of Control:
Believes individual successes or failures are due to factors outside of their own control.
Behavior is guided by fate, luck, or other external circumstance.
Successful manager or leaders have higher internal locus of control
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31. Tolerance of Ambiguity
Tolerance (or intolerance) of ambiguity influences one’s behavior and consequently leadership and decision- making style.
Managers high on tolerance for ambiguity adjust and perform better, and influence positively at workplaces environments. 
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32. Three Dimensions Novelty – coping with new, unfamiliar situations
Complexity – using multiple, distinctive, or unrelated information
Insolubility – dealing with problems that are difficult to solve
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33. Self Assessment Result
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34. Managers with High Tolerance for Ambiguity...
more entrepreneurial in their actions
screen out less information in complex environment
choose specialties that are less structured
cope more effectively with role stress and conflict
SelfAwareness
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35. Time and Priority Management
Process of organizing and planning how to divide time between specific activities
Failing to manage time damages one’s effectiveness and causes stress
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36. Prioritize Actions Based on Four Possibilities
Decision Matrix
Prioritize Actions Based on Four Possibilities
Urgent
Important
Not Urgent
Do it now
Plan it
(Schedule a time to do it)
Not Important
Delegate it
(Who can do it for you)
Drop it
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37. Dealing with Stressful Situations
Consider the four points that help in decreasing stress
Nothing and no one can “make” you feel anything
“No one can drive your car unless you give them the keys.”
You cannot control others’ actions, but you can be responsible for your reactions
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38. Dealing with Stressful Situations
Exchange attitude for gratitude
Relax
(Me Time)
Look at the big picture
"Life is 10% what happens to us, and 90% how we react to it."
taking time to yourself for rejuvenation and relaxation
(Yoga, Meditation, Quite time)
Ask yourself “how important is this?” If the answer is no, it’s likely not worth your time and energy.
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39. Thank you
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