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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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PROFESSOR DR. LEONARD M S YONG
(PhD;
M.Ed; B.Sc.Hon)
Professor Dr. Yong is a Senior Associate Consultant with
Euromatech specialising in industrial psychology. He 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,
Professor Yong has consulted and conducted numerous training
workshops on EQ and Creative Thinking for leaders in organizations
such as Kuwait Oil Company, Kuwait National Petroleum Company,
British Petroleum (BP), Cathay Pacific Airlines, Thai Securities
Exchange Commission, Readers Digest, Reuters, Cititel Hotel,
Horwath International, Tan Chong Motors, Ban Hin Lee Bank,
Acer Technology, Kian Holdings, Public Packages Holdings,
Unilever Thailand, Syngenta, Carat Club, B Braun, Intel,
Motorola and Matsushita.
Professor
Yong has addressed groups in many countries such as the United
Arab Emirates (UAE), Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia,
United States of America (USA), 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.
Professor
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
and the Malaysian Psychological Association.
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