Master of Science in Leadership RG 5043

            According to Boyatzis and Akrivou (2006), our ideal self is the emotional trigger of our intentional change to positivity.  It has three significant elements namely: an image of the desired future; hope; and a comprehensive sense of one’s core identity (Boyatzis and Akrivou, 2006).  Boyatzis and Akrivou (2006) further stated that the three elements are deficiencies that need intervention therapeutically and with intrinsic motivation.  Intentional change requires hard work and frequently fails due to insufficient passion and proper innate motivation.             Akrivou et al. (2006), wrote that shared visions, aspirations, and intentionality are what drives group transformation and change.  Positive emotions are pivotal to the effectiveness of an intentional group development.  When a transformation need arises at a group level, it can be facilitated or induced through an informal or formal positive or decisive emotional leadership.  Positive emotions that are profound em

With my current situation at work and at home, there are so many adversities that present themselves in finding appropriate resolutions to the problems and issues that I face daily at home and in the workplace.  At times, I see myself settling for taking short-cuts or simple decisions just to offer interim recommendations to the problems I face that are mounting and hope to move to the next situation that needs attending.  In the end, I found that I had not resolved anything since the real core or center of the problem was never dealt with from the very beginning.             In my line of business as human resources professional, I have come across of the difficulties that a leader could experience when joining a new team as a leader.  When positioned as Assistant Director of Human Resources, the team was lead by a director who could not lead the team with clear vision and goal.  There was no cohesiveness in the setting of goals, and the team’s role was not clarified.  The members

            Goleman (2012) described emotional intelligence as the behavior that we possess in handling ourselves in certain situations and our relationships with others.  According to Boyatzis & McKee (2005), there are four dimensions of EI where the first two domains ascertain the way we manage and understand who we are and our emotions (self-awareness and self-management).  The last two domains prescript how we handle and understand the feelings of the people around us and to build a relationship and  (social awareness or empathy and relationship management or social skills).   George (2012) indicated that to become an authentic and valid leader we need to gain self-awareness that involves real-world experiences.  Developing self-awareness and critical thinking has enabled me to make better decisions regarding information or data that are of no value and distinguish differing logical errors in resolving current issues or problems.  Re-evaluating my core values helped in defin