Understanding People and Organisations: Reflective Journal 2: Clifton Strengths Finder by Gallup

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Understanding People and
Organisations: Reflective Journal 2:
Clifton Strengths Finder by Gallup

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
a) Explain the importance of self- awareness and emotional intelligence, and analyse its
impact on professional competencies.....................................................................................4
b) Integrate strategies to effectively interact with others in a diverse professional context. .5
c) Identify and reflect on own strengths and their application in the business context.........6
d) Reflect on feedback to identify opportunities for self-improvement and professional
development...........................................................................................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
Reference List............................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
This assignment includes the importance of self-awareness and emotional intelligence. It also
includes strategies for effective communication process. Lastly, through Clifton Strength
Survey a reflection of identification of my strengths and my future employment opportunities
from them.
a)
Self-awareness is important because an individual can experience a better understanding of
oneself. This helps in knowing oneself as a separate and unique individual. Self-awareness
allows identifying the areas of strength within a person along with the areas where
improvement is required. In a competitive world self-awareness plays an important role in
enhancing an individual and making him or her competition ready (Howard, 2011).
The significance of emotional intelligence is that it can help an individual to live a happy life
by providing a framework with the help of which an individual can apply appropriate
intelligence to the emotional responses that can be logically consistent or inconsistent.
Emotional intelligence allows an individual to adjust with an evolving workplace (Nelson &
Low, 2011). It is experienced that when a workplace evolves many individuals face problems
in adjusting with the workplace. In this case emotional intelligence helps the individuals to
manage stress effectively, cooperate with the new team members and efficiently pursue the
business goals and objectives.
b)
The strategies for effective interaction with others in a diverse workplace are described
below:
1) Strategy 1: Listen
Good listening skills are important as it allows a person to overcome the barriers to
effective communication. A person with effective listening skills will always listen
and understand the meaning and check back with the speaker to make sure that
whatever he or she has heard and understood is correct. An effective listening skill
helps in the achieving a proper communication process in the long run.