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Self Awareness

The ability to know oneself, even those traits that make us wince, enables us to negotiate the personalities of those we work with on a daily basis. While 'intelligence' is used, this knowledge requires vigilance and honesty that last a lifetime.

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Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Location: BF 576 .G65 1995 (Notre Dame Campus)
Drawing on groundbreaking brain and behavioral research, Goleman shows the factors at work when people of high IQ flounder and those of modest IQ do surprisingly well. These factors add up to a different way of being smart - one he terms "emotional intelligence". Emotional intelligence includes self-awareness and impulse control, persistence, zeal and self-motivation, empathy and social deftness. These are the qualities that mark people who excel in real life: whose intimate relationships flourish, who are stars in the workplace. Emotional intelligence is not fixed at birth. Goleman's argument is based on a highly original synthesis of current research, including new insights into the brain architecture underlying emotion and rationality.
Using Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace by Meloney Sallie-Dosunmu
Location: ebook
Publication Date: 2016
Success in the workplace requires more than strong job skills and business savvy. It also requires emotional intelligence. Sometimes called EQ, emotional intelligence is the ability to understand and respond appropriately to your own and others'emotions.--Description

LinkedIn Learning Videos: Self Awareness

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Playlist: Self Awareness
A collection of videos to help cultivate self-awareness including checking biases and how one comes across to others. Play them all or select one applying to a present moment.
Unconscious Bias by Stacey A. Gordon
We're all biased. Our experiences shape who we are, and our race, ethnicity, gender, height, weight, sexual orientation, place of birth, and other factors impact the lens with which we view the world. In this course, diversity expert Stacey Gordon helps you recognize and acknowledge your own biases so that you can identify them when making decisions, and prevent yourself from making calls based on a biased viewpoint. Stacey explains some of the most common forms that a bias takes: affinity bias, halo bias, perception bias, and confirmation bias.

LinkedIn Learning Videos: Emotional Intelligence

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Learn Emotional Intelligence, the Key Determiner of Success
Explore the four domains of emotional intelligence—self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management—as defined by psychologist and author Daniel Goleman. The domains build on one another, starting with a greater awareness of self and others, and ending with the management of relationships that are critical to your personal and professional life.
Developing Your Emotional Intelligence (Gemma Leigh Roberts)
Emotional intelligence can help you build effective relationships at work. Executive coach and organizational psychologist Gemma Roberts explains what emotional intelligence is and why it's important. She helps you become more self-aware so that you can identify triggers that may hijack your performance. She also helps you align your intentions and your impact so that you can build strong and collaborative relationships.

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