Stop Calling It Soft Skills!
John Dillon is an entrepreneur who has been wildly successful as VP of sales for Oracle and CEO of start-ups that have been solid investments for staff and investors. His secret to success? John Dillon is empathic, caring, and effective in communicating both the big picture and the details. Tracy Ashdale is the executive director of Philadelphia-based Girls on the Run. She has built a program that offers training for coaches and transformative experiences for girls, empowering them to run a 5K while learning life skills. Rod Beckstrom, co-author of The Starfish and the Spider, is a serial success story. Kathie Powell is the CEO of Petaluma Health Center in Northern California. All four of these managers, as well as countless other leaders, are experts and experimenters in human skills. I think the following are human skills that every leader, manager, and employee must be encouraged to demonstrate (and we should evaluate their success): Advertisement
the-trouble-with-brain-science
Photo ARE we ever going to figure out how the brain works? After decades of research, diseases like and still resist treatment. This feeling was given prominent public expression on Monday, when hundreds of neuroscientists from all over the world issued an indignant open letter to the , which is funding the Human Brain Project, an approximately $1.6 billion effort that aims to build a complete computer simulation of the human brain. The European Commission, like the Obama administration, which is promoting a large-scale research enterprise called the Brain Initiative, is investing heavily in neuroscience, and rightly so. Different kinds of sciences call for different kinds of theories. Biologists — neuroscientists included — can’t hope for that kind of theory. But biological complexity is only part of the challenge in figuring out what kind of theory of the brain we’re seeking. Neuroscience awaits a similar breakthrough.
Stephen Covey on Developing Emotional Intelligence
“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.” ? Oscar Wilde Emotional Intelligence is essentially an ability, capacity, or skill to assess, manage, and regulate the emotions of yourself and others. Why is emotional intelligence such a big deal? … If you can’t manage your emotions, you crumble or snap under stress. If you can’t tune into others’ emotions and demonstrate empathy, you’ll have a hard time connecting with others. Yeah, emotional intelligence is a big deal. It’s a key for leaders and it’s a key for leadership. “”No one cares how much you know until they first know how much you care about them.” In the book, The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness, Stephen Covey acknowledges that there’s a lack of literature on how to develop emotional intelligence, and shares an approach for how to develop emotional intelligence using the 7 Habits. The Five Primary Components of Emotional Intelligence The 7 Habits and Principles
Los 10 mitos de la psicología popular
“El gran enemigo de la verdad, con frecuencia no es la mentira -deliberada, artificial y deshonesta’- sino el mito que es persistente, persuasivo e irreal. Con demasiada frecuencia nos aferramos a los clichés de nuestros antepasados. Sometemos todos lo hechos a un conjunto de interpretaciones pre-fabricadas. La creencia en los mitos nos da la comodidad de la opinión sin la incomodidad del pensamiento.” J.F. Antes de empezar, querido lector quiero que sepas que este artículo no es uno más de los clásicos sobre mitos de la psicología, pocos sitios y revistas de psicología en español han enumerado estos mitos y creo que aprenderás algo valioso con este corto artículo. En el año 2009 Scott Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio y Barry Beyerstein publicaron uno de los mejores libros que he leído. 1. Los estudios de laboratorio controlado han encontrado que los mensajes subliminales no afectan a las preferencias de voto o consumo de los sujetos participantes. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Emotional Intelligence: The Social Skills You Weren't Taught in School
Superstición y clínica psicológica
En entregas anteriores estuvimos hablando de algunos efectos y particularidades interesantes del condicionamiento operante, como por ejemplo la forma en que nos mantiene enganchados a los videojuegos, o el papel que puede jugar el programa de refuerzo en los efectos de un calmante. Sigamos un poco más, si la paciencia les alcanza. Esta vez, para cambiar de tema, ya que estamos en época de mundial, y para que no nos acusen de ser ajenos a las expresiones populares encerrándonos en nuestra torre de marfil, hablemos de palomas. El mundial y las palomas No, no hablaremos de la suelta simbólica de palomas que se lleva a cabo en algunas ceremonias de apertura, ni de cómo entrenar a una paloma para que picotee al centro-forward del equipo de fútbol adversario en los ojos (eso vendrá en artículos posteriores). ¿No es hincha de fútbol? Todas esas conductas tienen algo en común: son conductas supersticiosas. Piense entonces en lo que hace al entregarse a algún juego de azar Disfruten del mundial.
How to Be Emotionally Intelligent
Photo What makes a great leader? Knowledge, smarts and vision, to be sure. Realistic self-confidence: You understand your own strengths and limitations; you operate from competence and know when to rely on someone else on the team. Emotional insight: You understand your feelings. Resilience: You stay calm under pressure and recover quickly from upsets. Emotional balance: You keep any distressful feelings in check — instead of blowing up at people, you let them know what’s wrong and what the solution is. Self-motivation: You keep moving toward distant goals despite setbacks. Cognitive and emotional empathy: Because you understand other perspectives, you can put things in ways colleagues comprehend. Good listening: You pay full attention to the other person and take time to understand what they are saying, without talking over them or hijacking the agenda. Compelling communication: You put your points in persuasive, clear ways so that people are motivated as well as clear about expectations.
Las ilusiones del Psicoanálisis. Van Rillaer | Jorge Luis Hernández Mendoza
como Hegel, se mostraron escépticos, y otros en cambio se entusiasma-ron. Para Auguste Comte la frenología había de sustituir a la psicolo-gía, la cual no podía de ningún modo llegar a ser una ciencia positiva...(citado por G. Lantén-Laura, p. 142). La frenología fue utilizada para laselección profesional (particularmente para la contratación de criados),para los consejos y elecciones matrimoniales, para establecer la respon-sabilidad de los criminales... Hacia 1860 se inició el declive. The American Phrenological Journal continuó hasta 1911 (volumen 124), y el «American Institute of Phreno-logy» no desapareció hasta 1925. parece ciencia. El caso de F. significantes>) que remiten aunos significados interiores, a unas inclinaciones psicológicas escondi-das, y que sólo un iniciado puede descubrir. rigurosa... A partir de 1839 se hace patente en las crí-ticas que se le dirigen a la frenología el reproche de que ésta no haceuso de cuantificación precisa
