Self-Awareness – the success factor in today’s digital work environment
Self-awareness fosters your success!
In today’s digital age projects, team and client meetings take place in the virtual environment. Despite the importance of technologies, the focus remains on humans, i.e. the people behind the computers. Thus managers and team leaders have to rely on their social and emotional competencies to strengthen relatonships, engagement and motivation of thier teams in the virtual world. People tend to react differently to information and take individual decisions about their actions. Thus it applies: The better the self-consciousness, the higher the awareness in interpersonal skills.
- What makes me unique and how can I further develop myself? Successful leaders know their qualities, competencies, behavioural patterns and development areas. Especially in the digital age, where managers manage virtual relationships, create motivation and trust, it is essential to regularly reflect and develop their own behavior and its effects. Self-awareness is the starting point to conscious development of potentials into ready-to-use competencies and thus personal growth.
- How do I differentiate from others and where are my conflict trigger points? Where people work with people, there may always happen misunderstandings that require a solution. In everyday life we tend to relate from our standpoint to others. Interpretations and evaluations based on previous experience let us react to the current situation. Clarity about our own conflict triggers and our impact on others enables a rapid solution to be found in the event of complications in work. This applies for leaders as well as team members.
- How do I organise my life and respond to stress? In the digital age, stress, pressure and work/life balance remains areas of attention. Smartphones enable 24-hour availability. Digital technologies speed up the processes of projects and create high pressure on productivity. In order to remain successful in the long term, it is essential to make oneself aware of how to deal with stress and pressure, and to actively manage it.
Personality is shown in individual behaviours, patterns and preferences, such as how we speak, react and take decisions. Self-awareness and the knowledge of your own personality is a core competency for leaders and managers. A personality profile brings a clear view and insight: The Golden Personality Profiler (GPP) is based on developmental approach and shows a person’s uniqueness. The GPP reports on your individual communication patterns, leadership style, your contribution in a team and in the organisation, as well as your learning style and motivational drivers. It also shows your response to stress, which is helpful in times of crisis. You recognise how you use your qualities and get to know yourself and your effect on others better. In many cases you discover, why team members have a different stand point or view on problems and why the communication is difficult. In this way, causes of problem situations in the team can be clarified and suitable solutions found. At the same time you recognise your expectations, which you automatically put on yourself and others as well as your needs.
The Golden Personality Profiler is a very time effective online tool. You receive the access information with your personal login data via email. Then you may answer the questions and GPP items at your own space and convenience. The report includes 20 pages, which we will discuss and verify during our personal feedback session, either online or face-to-face. In our meeting, we discuss your report, options for further development and any questions on current or future challenges.
Self-awareness strengthens your management and leadership competencies. With the knowledge of your strengths and learning areas you will sucessfully manage your growth and position yourself in this digital age.
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