Workshop Design: Emotional Intelligence, Character Strengths, MBA502

This assignment outlines a professional workshop designed to enhance character strengths for effective leadership and successful business operation. The workshop introduces the concept of character strengths and their importance, utilizing U theory and video representations to deepen understanding. It covers various character strengths, ethical values, and decision-making skills. Participants engage in questionnaires, group discussions, and video presentations to identify strengths and weaknesses, and explore strategies for improvement. The workshop emphasizes participant involvement, efficient time management, and addresses potential barriers like time constraints and budget limitations. The expected outcomes include increased awareness of character strengths, the development of leadership characteristics, and improved thinking capabilities for a more collective and organizational perspective. The assignment provides a detailed agenda, integration of workshop activities, and instructions for effective presentation and implementation.

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, CULTURAL
INTELLIGENCE AND DIVERSITY
CHARACTER STRENGTHS
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Character strengths are a significant factor in operating an organization successfully and for
leadership. The habitual characteristics of an individual are controlled by the thinking pattern of
a person. Thus in order to build a strong character, which is an essential trait of a successful
leader, one first needs a deep understanding of those characteristics and the thinking behind them
that controls those characteristics. In order to properly operate a business and lead an
organizational work, a person needs to change, they've limited more personalized thinking habits
and increase their thinking capabilities to a broader system based or collective perspective. A
leader must think according to the orientation of the stakeholders of the organization as well as
the total system operation in a way that could maximize the productivity and the profitability of
the organization according to the current situations (Sosik et al., 2018). Maintaining the ethical
values of work while planning for maximizing the profitability of the organization is very
important for successfully running a business and gaining sustainability. In order to do so, a
leader must strengthen their decision-making skills so that they can be able to take the right
decision which will increase the profits as well as maintain the ethical and moral values of the
work at the same time. Thus a proper character strength building program can be beneficial for
the members of an organization in order to successfully operate and lead a business.
In the following is the complete agenda of the workshop that will be organized on the character
strengths building is provided.
Agenda
 8:30 to 8:35 – Defining the concept of character strengths and how they are essential for a
leader.
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 8:35 to 8:40 – Understanding the concept of in-depth learning process using U theory for
improving the character strengths of an individual.
 8:40 to 8:45 – Video “Theory U – Explanation Through Example”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuwBXaKA3tw
 8:45 to 8:50 – Explaining different character strengths and what virtue they serve to build
a suitable character for a successful leader.
 9:00 to 9:03 – Answering the questionnaire provided to the audience.
 9:03 to 9:07 - Evaluating the answers and providing an outlook on those answers of few
chosen participants on their character and how they could strengthen those
characteristics. Encouraging the participants to practice this on a regular basis for
contentious improvement of their character strength.
 9:10 to 9:15 – Group discussion of issues the participants expect to face in their
workplaces and how to solve them by strengthening their individual characteristics.
 9:15 to 9:20 – Video “7 Essential Qualities of All Great Leaders”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG16EmA2Fe0
 9:20 to 9:23 – Discussing the character strengths and the specific characteristics of a
leader and the importance of these characters in the successful business operation.
 9:25 to 9:28 - Discussing different processes that could help to improve the character
strengths of an individual for doing a successful leadership
 9:28 to 9:30 – Summary of the entire session
The way in which the topic and the activities of the workshop are integrated
The main objective of the workshop is to make the individual participants of the workshop about
the importance of the character strengths in a successful business operation. In the starting of the
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workshop, the participants are introduced with the concept of the character strengths. The
participants are provided with the idea of hoe character strengths can serve productivity at work
and increase the efficiency of an organization. In order to successfully lead a company, a leader
must possess specific characteristics that ensure a proper direction and supervision of the
business operation. In order to do so, a leader must acquire deeper collective thinking to broaden
his or her views to an organizational perspective. A leader must be capable of making the right
decision at the right time maintaining both the productivity and the profitability of the
organization as well as the ethical values of the operation. The participants are then introduced to
the U theory of deeper thinking. The theory is filtered deeper in the audience with the help of a
video representation on the subject. Then an elaborate discussion about the different character
strengths and the virtue they serve is made for a better understanding of the respective subject.
Then the essential character strengths of a leader are described and their importance in the
successful operation of the business of an organization. Then the audience is provided with some
questionnaires related to their characteristics through a choice of the decision they make on an
everyday basis in their personal as well as professional life. These answers of few of the
participants are then evaluated, and a clearer understanding of their personal characteristics is
provided in order to identify the weak as well as the strengths in their characteristics. Then they
are recommended to strengthen these weaknesses in their characters in order to improve their
character strengths. The participants are encouraged to practice these processes to keep a regular
track of their progress to improve their character strengths to excel both in their professional as
well as in their personal lives. Then a discussion is made with the participants about their issues
in the professional life that they are expecting to face, and possible recommendations are made to
solve those issues by improving their character strengths using different strategies. A video
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representation depicting the essential characteristics of a successful leader is done. This would
help the participants to understand the essential characteristics they have to develop to strengthen
their character for achieving strong leadership skills. The concept is elaborately discussed in the
following session. The participants are then introduced to various strategies and theories that can
help them to build a strong character essential for successful leadership. At the end of the whole
concept and the workshop is summarized in short of providing an overall outlook on the
respective subject of the workshop.
Instructions
 Clear presentation of the topic: The presentation of the workshop should be done in a
way that could provide a clear overview of the concept of the character strengths of a
leader.
 Using the time efficiently: The workshop has to be done in a limited time period. Thus it
is very important to present the whole session in such a way that can meet all the
objectives of the workshop.
 Participant involvement: In order to infiltrate the topic in the participants, it is very
important to involve the participants in the process. The organiser should always consider
the opinions of the participants while presenting.
 Planning breaks: It is important to refresh the participant in between the presentation of
the huge amount of information so that they could understand the topic and the
presentation of the entire session without any difficulty. In the break, the participants can
also with each other about the respective subject of the workshop.
 Keep it simple: A simple presentation will ensure reaching the participant better and
better understanding of the subject.
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Potential barriers to the successful implementation of the activities
The main potential barrier of the implementation of the activities is the limitation on time. The
concept of the whole topic of the workshop, character strengths is very elaborate and big in
nature. Thus it could be quite challenging to present the entire idea in the limited time given. A
broader time limit could have been more appropriate to provide a deeper understanding of the
topic (Harzer et al., 2017). Budget can also be a potential barrier to the successful
implementation of the various activities of the workshop. The size of the workshop is also a
major factor of consideration as it can be quite hard to manage a large number of participants.
Diversity of activities to suit the varied personalities of the participants
The workshop needs to be designed in such a way that it can address all the diverse participants
attending the workshop. Thus the presentations and the activities should be of a universal manner
that could include and engage all the participants equally irrespective of their differences
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Part 2
The first expected outcome of the workshop is to make the participants aware of the character
strengths and its importance in the successful leadership of a business. The workshop aims to
make the individuals mindful of the significance of the improvement of the character strengths to
achieve the skills of a successful leader and adequately operating a business that would ensure
the development of the productivity and the profitability of the company. The other expected
outcome of the workshop is to provide the participants with the suitable strategies and theories
that can help them to develop the essential characteristics of a leader that would help them to
excel at work as well as in personal life. The participants are encouraged to practice these
strategies regularly so that they could develop the necessary characteristics to successfully
operate a business and improve their personal qualities as well. The workshop expects to provide
proper guidance to the individuals to achieve their highest productivity levels and strengthen all
of their weak parts of their characteristics. The third outcome of the workshop will be the
improvement of the participants to improve their thinking capabilities. To excel in the leadership
goals of their works, they are expected to develop their thinking skills to a more collective and
organisational point of view rather than a more personal point of view. The workshop will
strengthen the collective working skills and elevate the group thinking skills of the individuals.
The studio expects to support the development process of the individuals into a better and deeper
thinking process for improving their leadership skills.
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References:
Harzer, C., Mubashar, T. and Dubreuil, P., 2017. Character strengths and strength-related
person-job fit as predictors of work-related wellbeing, job performance, and workplace deviance.
Sosik, J.J., Chun, J.U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F.J. and Scherer, J., 2018, July. Examining How Leader
Character Strengths And Ethical Leadership Relate To Leader Outcomes. In Academy of
Management Proceedings (Vol. 2018, No. 1, p. 10213). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy
of Management.
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