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Why do we want to know

about our self?
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Self-Awareness?
Understanding yourself in a way that allows
you to understand who you really are and
why you do things in the way that you do.
It requires reflection and relection requires
you to think about yourself with regard to
your actions, feelings, interaction and
thoughts.
Reflection can be undertaken by yourself or
with other people.

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Dr Syed Shatir A. Syed-Hassan

CEng MIChemE

Leadership Style emphasise on leaders

behaviours
Two general kind of leaders behaviours: task
behaviours and relationship behaviours
4 categories of leadership styles
Situational leadership apply different leadership
styles depending on the subordinates
development level
Organisation and individual differences
Personality and ability
Big five personality dimensions

When we know who we are and why we

act the way we do, we can begin to:
understand our inner selves, improve our
personalities and learn to get along with others.
gain more control and make better decision
be more flexible and confident with our approach
Deal with challenges in more positive way

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Self-Awareness and
Developing
Interpersonal Skills

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What You Learned Last Week?

Johari Window
SWOT Analysis
Personality Profiling Test

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Self-awareness lead to
personal development

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Tools for self-awareness and

personal development

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Weaknesses

Opportunities

Threats

From the personality test given, count

how many times you choose A, B, C or D
and find the percentages.

_____
40 times = ____%
100

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Personality Profiling Test

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A:_____ times = ____%

B:_____ times = ____%
C:_____ times = ____%
D:_____ times = ____%

Personality tests are designed to gather

information about temperament, character
traits, decision-making methods, communication
styles, behaviour and attitude towards life, work,
education, recreation and people.
The information helps us to understand why we
think, feel and behave the way that we do, and
why people may behave so differently when
faced with the same situation.

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Strenghts

Personality Profiling Test

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SWOT Analysis

Personality types were first discovered by a

Greek Physicians, Hippocrates, around 400
BC.
Hippocrates suggested that there are four
fundamental personality types:
Sanguine - The Popular Personality
Melancholy - The Perfect Personality

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Developed by American psychologists

Joseph Luft and Harry Ingham in the
1950's.
Based on a four-square grid like a window
with four panes

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Choleric- The Powerful Personality

Phlegmatic- The Peaceful Personality

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Popular Sanguine
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Personality Plus

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A: Sanguine
B: Melancholy
C: Choleric
D: Phlegmatic

Most people are a combination but do display a

dominant tendency of one of them.
Based on the Hippocrates's four temperaments,
Florence Littauer developed a personality
profiling test called personality plus test.
There are a number of other personality tests
developed (for example by Meyer-Briggs, Hogan,
and Keirsey-Bates).
In this lecture we will only look at the personality
plus.

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The four temperaments

Know Your Temperaments

The extrovert The talker The optimist

Volunteers for jobs

Thinks up new activities
Looks great on the surface
Creative and colourful
Has energy and enthusiasm
Inspires others to join
Charms others to work

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Appealing personality
Talkative, storyteller, cheerful, bubbly
Good sense of humor
Emotional, expressive and demonstrative
Curious
Good on stage
Lives in the present
Sincere at heart
Always a child

Popular Sanguine At Work

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Popular Sanguines Emotions

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The introvert The thinker The pessimist

Perfect Melancholys
Emotions

Perfect Melancholy As a
Friend

Powerful Choleric
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Makes friends cautiously

Content to stay in background
Avoids causing attention
Faithful and devoted
Will listen to complaints
Can solve others problems
Deep concern for other people
Seeks ideal mate

Schedule oriented
Perfectionist, high standards
Detail conscious
Persistent and thorough
Orderly and organized
Neat and tidy
Economical
Sees the problems
Finds creative solutions
Needs to finish what is started
Likes charts, graphs, figures, lists

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Deep and thoughtful

Analytical
Serious and purposeful
Genius prone
Talented and creative
Artistic, musical, philosophical & poetic
Conscientious
Sensitive to others
Self-sacrificing
Idealistic

Perfect Melancholy At Work

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Makes friends easily

Loves people
Thrives on compliments
Seems exciting
Envied by others
Doesnt hold grudges
Apologizes quickly
Prevents dull moments
Likes spontaneous activities

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Perfect Melancholy

Popular Sanguine As a Friend

The extrovert The doer The optimist

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Peaceful Phlegmatic
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Powerful Choleric As a Friend

Has little need for friends
Will work for group activity
Will lead and organize
Is usually right
Excels in emergencies

Goal oriented
Sees the whole picture
Organize well
Seeks practical solutions
Moves quickly to action
Delegates work
Insists on production
Stimulates activity
Thrives on opposition

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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

Powerful Choleric At Work

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Powerful Cholerics Emotions

The introvert The watcher The pessimist

Peaceful Phlegmatics
Emotions

Competent and steady

Peaceful and agreeable
Has administrative ability
Mediates problems
Avoids conflicts
Good under pressure
Finds the easy way

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Low-key personality
Easygoing, relaxed, calm and cool
Patient, Well-balanced
Consistent life
Quiet but witty
Sympathetic and kind
Keeps emotions hidden
Happily reconciled to life

Peaceful Phlegmatic At Work

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Peaceful Phlegmatic As a
Friend

Great ability to carry on a colorful

conversation is a plus envied by others;
but
Carried to extremes .
constantly talking, monopolizing,
interrupting and straying too far from the
truth.

Deep analytical thinking is a genius trait,

much respected;
but
Carried to extremes .
Becomes brooding and depressed.

Peaceful Phlegmatics

Gifts for quick, incisive leadership is

desperately needed in every phase of life
today ;
but
Carried to extremes .
Becomes bossy, controlling and
manipulative.

Easygoing nature is an admirable

combination that makes him the favorite
of any group;
but
Carried to extremes .
Doesnt care about doing anything and is
indifferent and indecisive.

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Powerful Cholerics

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Perfect Melancholies
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Popular Sanguine

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Quite often the same characteristics can both be a

plus and a minus (according to degree)..
many positives carried to extremes become
negatives.

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In each of us, we have traits that are positives and

traits that produce negative responses in others.
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Easy to get along with

Pleasant and enjoyable
Inoffensive
Good listener
Dry sense of humor
Enjoys watching people
Has many friends
Has compassion and concern

In whatever way you come out on the Personality

Profile,
remember it is not the label
but
the understanding of your own personality strengths
and weaknesses
that is important.

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We should pay special attention

to those extremes of behavior
that are offensive to others,
and
finally pledge ourselves that we will dedicate
ourselves to overcoming these problem areas.

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It is about developing and improving

aspects of an individual (e.g. education,
motivation, feelings, health, skills, abilities
and etc.)
Requires individual to set goals and
benchmarks.
It is an on-going process of change.

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As we understand ourselves and become true to our

own natures,
We automatically develop
a new acceptance
for those people who dont see things
our way
and who wish to live in a style contrary to our
perceptions.

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Personal Development

Personal Development
In two years
I want ..

In ten years
I want .

In five years
I want ..

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Currently, I
am .