Personal Effectiveness

Personal Effectiveness
 Personal effectiveness is a branch of
the self-help movement dealing with success,
goals, and related concepts.

 Self-help or self-improvement is a self-

guided improvement: economically,
intellectually, or emotionally often with a
substantial psychological basis
Personal Effectiveness
 Personal effectiveness integrates some ideas
from “the power of positive thinking
and positive psychology”.

A primary differentiating factor is that

Personal Effectiveness proponents generally
take a more systematic approach including a
number of factors beside simple positive
thinking.
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 Some proponents take an approach with
similarities to business process management
techniques.

 Others may take a holistic spiritual and

physical wellness approach.

 Personal Effectiveness Scale

Personal Effectiveness Scale
Read each statement below and indicate how much it is true
of your behaviour, by using the following guidelines.
 Write 4: if it is most characteristic of you or if you always
or most often behave or feel this way.
 Write 3: If it is fairly true of you, or you quite often behave
or feel this way.
 Write 2: If it is somewhat true in your case.
 Write 1: If it is not true of you, or if you only occasionally
feel or behave this way.
 Write 0: If it is not at all characteristic of you, or you
seldom feel or behave this way.
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 1. I find it difficult to be frank with people unless I
know them very well.

 2. I listen carefully to others' opinions about my

behaviour.

 3. I tend to say things that turn out to be out to place.

 4. Generally, I hesitate to express my feelings to

others.
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 5. When someone directly tells me how he feels
about my behaviour, I tend to close up and stop
listening.

 6. On hindsight, I regret why i said something

tactlessly.

 7. I express my opinions in a group or to a person

without hesitation.
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 8. I take steps to find out how my behaviour has been
perceived by the person with whom I have been
interacting.

 9. I deliberately observe how a person will take what I

am going to tell him, and accordingly communicate to
him.

 10. When someone discusses his problems, I do not

spontaneously share my experiences and personal
problems, of a similar nature with him.
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 11. If someone criticizes me, I hear him at that time
but- do not bother myself about it later.

 12. I fail to pick up cues about others' feelings and

reactions when i am involved in an argument or
conversation.

 13. I enjoy talking with others about my personal

concerns and matters.
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 14. I value what people have to say about my style,
behaviour etc

 15. I am often surprised to discover (or told) that

people were put off, bored or annoyed when I thought
they were enjoying interacting with me.
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Score sheet

 For the questions that have Star(*) symbol in the

response table below, use the table to reverse your
response.

 For example, if you had originally indicated '4' as your

response, look at the table and put '0' beside it.

 For other questions (non starred) simply write the

number you had originally indicated as response to
that question.
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TABLE

Original responses Reversed responses

0 4

1 3

2 2

3 1

4 0
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Now, lets go to the response table. Write your response and calculate the totals for each response column.

Item Response Item Response Item Response

*1 2 *3

*4 *5 *6

7 8 9

*10 *11 *12

13 14 *15

Total

Self Openness to Perceptivenes

disclosure feedback s
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 B. Write Low(L) or High(H) for each of these three
total scores;
 If the score is 11 or below, write L;
 if the score is over 11 write H.
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Mark one category out of the eight given below, based on the combination of your totals. This is your effectiveness type.

Category Self-disclosure openness to feedback Perceptiveness

Effective High High High

Insensitive High High Low

Egocentric High Low Low

Dogmatic High Low High

Secretive Low High High

Task-obsessed Low High Low

Lonely Empathic Low Low High

Ineffective Low Low Low

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 In the table where you have filled in values (after
reversing),

 prepare an action plan for scores equal to or below 2

to improve your behaviour and become more
effective.
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 Self-disclosure is a process of communication by
which one person reveals information about himself
or herself to another.

 The information can be descriptive or evaluative, and

can include thoughts, feelings, aspirations, goals,
failures, successes, fears, and dreams, as well as
one's likes, dislikes, and favorites.
Relationships
 STAGES  Are always changing
 Initiating  Movement is always to
 Experimenting a new place
 Intensifying
 Integrating
 Bonding
 Differentiating
 Circumscribing
 Stagnating
 Avoiding
 Terminating
Characteristics of Self-Disclosure
 Influenced by Culture
 Usually occurs in dyads
 Usually symmetrical
 Occurs incrementally
 FEW transactions involve high levels of self-
disclosure
Reasons for Self-Disclosure
 Catharsis
 Self-Clarification
 Self-Validation
 Reciprocity
 Impression management
 Relationship maintenance and enhancement
 Control
Alternatives to Self-Disclosure
 Lies
 White Lies
 Equivocation
 Hinting
 Face Saving
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Feedback
 information about reactions to a product, a person's
performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis
for improvement.
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Being Socially Perceptive

Being Socially Perceptive involves

understanding the unique needs, goals, &
demands of different constituencies

Having insight in & awareness of –

what is important to others
how they are motivated
the problems they face
how they react to change
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