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cnelligan -> Champion or Chump? (March 20, 2006 11:39:00 AM)
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Congratulations to the RehabEdge body on 6992!
Thanks for reading this afternoon.
Leaders at all levels have to be socially skilled. I have touched on emotional intelligence in several of my forums, but let's revisit it. Daniel Goleman ( Emotional Intelligence, Primal Leadership )has studied this topic for years and consults to organizations worldwide on how to develop this quality. Emotional intelligence is no passing fad. Goleman describes it this way, "Emotional Intelligence -the ability to manage ourselves and our relationships effectively- consists of four fundamental capabilities: self awareness, self-management, social awareness and social skills. Self awareness and self management may be the most critical across the research and absolutley essential to authentic leadership.
"Interpersonal ineptitude in leaders lowers everyone's performance...wastes time, creates acrimony, corrodes motivation and commitment, builds hostility and apathy..."
Let's take this concept back to your worlds for a moment. Think back to your first job or maybe even your first clinical. For many of us that was a critical experience in filling the bucket of our self esteem related to work, our confidence, our affirmation that we had entered the right field. To gain high quality, high creativity and high commitment, therapists like any other worker, must believe that what they do is important. Not only does the treatment or task need to be perceived as valuable but we need our own sense of importance to be highlighted. Therapists are best engaged when there is an emotional connection...with the work (their patients, their co-workers) and to the organization (the company's, the hospital's, the clinic's success).
I like to use this activity when coaching those new to a leadership role in therapy. Take a moment to do this exercise.
As you think about past work experiences, think about specific actions your supervisor/leader took to contribute to your sense of importance or to take it away.
"I wasn't told directly that I hadn't been chosen for the Clinical Chamption of the program. I heard it through the others in the clinic."
"My review is always 2-3 months late."
"He spent the time co-treating with me so that I felt more comfortable with these types of patients."
"My supervisor implemented the suggestions I made on the documentation forms and credited me in the newsletter."
When did a leader in your past make you feel like a "champion" or a "chump?"
How did they impact your performance at that job, your creativity, learning or your longevity?
What story would you like to share about a great supervisor that impacted you significantly in your practice as a therapist?
Thanks for checking in and thank you for sharing with others reading this forum. Someone out there may need to hear what you have to say today.
"Learn, earn, return-these are the three phases of life." Jack Balousek
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