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PROFESSOR DR. LEONARD M S YONG (PhD;
M.Ed; B.Sc.Hon) |
Dr. Leonard Yong is an international consultant who has
trained and consulted in many countries internationally. He
is an Educational & Industrial Psychologist. Prior to his
retirement as Professor, Universiti Malaya's Dept of
Counseling & Educational Psychology, he has taught more than
20 years in Universiti Malaya. He was also the pioneering
Director of Universiti Malaya Centre for Continuing
Education.
Dr. Yong has gained international recognition for his
research and consultancy work on creativity & emotional
intelligence. Based on his pioneering work on the LEONARD
Personality Inventory (LPI) & the LPI Software, and its use
in helping individuals to develop their Emotional
Intelligence (EQ) & creativity, Dr. Yong has consulted and
conducted numerous training workshops on EQ and Creative
Thinking for leaders in organizations such as British
Petroleum (BP), Microsoft Thailand, Cathay Pacific Airlines,
Thai Securities Exchange Commission, Readers Digest,
Reuters, Chularat Hospital Thailand, Rasa Saying Hotel,
Pelangi Hotel, Equatorial Hotel, Cititel Hotel, Horwath
International, Tan Chong Motors, Maybank, Acer Technology,
Motorola, Intel. Kian Holdings, Public Packages Holdings,
Unilever Thailand, Syngenta, Carat Club, B Braun, Istana
Hotel, Young Entrepreuneurs Organization (YEO), Young
Presidents Organizations(YPO), Petronas, Kuwait Petroleum
Company, Oman Petroleum Company and Saudi Arabian Oil
Company (ARAMCO).
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Dr. Yong has addressed groups in many countries such as
the United States of America, Austria, Britain, Australia,
France, New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan, China,
India, Korea, Indonesia, Burma, Hong Kong, Singapore,
Thailand and Papua New Guinea. He has undertaken creativity
& EQ research in the USA, Australia, Austria, Germany,
Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom.
He was awarded the 1992 Fulbright-ACLS/MACEE Award to
undertake research on the creativity of Americans. He was
awarded the 1993 Japan Foundation Research Fellowship Award
to conduct research on Japanese creativity. He was also
awarded the Senior Research Fellowship, European Studies
Program 2000 (Bocconi University, Italy) to conduct
personality research in Italy, Germany and Scotland.
Dr. Yong’s books include Creativity:A Study of Malaysian
Students, Pemikiran Kreatif and The LEONARD Personality
Inventory. His articles have appeared in journals such as
Perceptual & Motor Skills, The Journal of Creative Behavior
and Education Quarterly. He is a member of the American
Psychological Association, American Counselling Association
and the Malaysian Psychological Association.
Presently he has been awarded the title of Visiting
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Sirijaj Hospital, Mahidol University. He is also Adjunct
Professor in the University of South Australia.
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APPLICATIONS
OF THE LEONARD PERSONALITY INVENTORY
The
LPI will help individuals to:
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Gain
self-awareness regarding their preferred behaviours
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Develop
strategies to remove emotional blind spots
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Understand others’ behaviours and motivations
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Appreciate others better
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Develop better teamwork with others
The LPI can be used in the organization for:
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Short-listing
candidates for a position requiring certain preferred behaviors.
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Coaching
candidates designated for certain promotion positions in which
new people skills may be required.
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Leadership
and management skill development programs for middle and senior
managers.
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Developing
effectiveness at the workplace for optimal performance. Innovative
Teamwork and building a Learning Organizational.
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Team
Building where individual team members are profiled and their
potential conflicts are mapped out. Intervention strategies
can then be given so that team members can use them to improve
intra-team and inter-team communication. Emotional blind spots
of individual members can also be revealed in the feedback
session to the individual.
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What
is Emotional Intelligence?
EQ is the ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the
power and acumen of emotions as a source of human energy, information
and influence. Emotional Intelligence (EQ) emerges not merely
from intellectual rationalization, but from the workings of the
human heart. EQ requires that we learn to acknowledge and value
feelings in ourselves and others – that we appropriately respond
to them, effectively applying the information and energy of emotions
in our daily life and work. It is Emotional Intelligence that
motivates us to pursue our unique potential and purpose, and activates
our innermost values and aspirations, transforming them from things
we think about to how we live.
Emotional Intelligence has basic components such as:
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Self-Awareness which is the ability of an individual to recognize
and understand one’s moods, emotions and drives as well as
their impact on others.
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Self-Regulation
or the ability to control or redirect impulses and moods as
well as the ability to suspend judgment so as to think before
acting.
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Empathy
or the ability to understand the emotional makeup of other
people and skill in responding according to their emotional
reactions.
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Interpersonal
skills which indicate the individual’s proficiency in managing
relationships and building networks. Interpersonal skills
also involve the ability to find common ground and build rapport.
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EQ
in the workplace
EQ helps us understand how and why we react and respond to certain
events in the organization. It also helps us to appreciate that
our daily encounters are shaped not just by our rational judgment
and our personal history but are largely influenced by our perceptions
and expectations.
EQ styles play a very important role in daily workplace interactions
such as:
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How
we respond to criticisms
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How
we deal with diversity
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How
tolerant we are with certain behaviors or situations
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How
we motivate ourselves and others
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EQ Success Factors for Individual & Corporate
Transformation
The high EQ individual demonstrates abilities to pursue goals
with vision, perseverance and energy. Research has indicated that
the following emotional competencies contribute significantly
to predict success at work:
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Self-Awareness
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Emotional
Resilience
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Decisiveness
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Interpersonal
Sensitivity
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Influencing
and Persuasion abilities
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Conscientiousness
and Integrity
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Motivation
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