What type of person

companies look for?

Companies look for integrated

Individuals and

Companies look for people who knows

themselves
Dr. P. Basak

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reserved.
Everything in the
world can be
known, only
when you know
yourself

We need a person
who knows
himself/herself

Know
Thyself
Plato and Aristotle (Raphael)
Success in the knowledge economy comes
to those who know themselves their
strengths, their values, and how they best
perform. - Peter Drucker
 Career Development Responsibilities

Employees
Organization
Know yourself
Clearly communicate
Manage your reputation
organizations goals and
future strategies Build and maintain network
contacts
Create growth
opportunities Keep current
Offer financial assistance Balance your generalist and
specialist competencies
Provide time for
employees to learn Document your
achievement
Keep your options open

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rights reserved.
You know something, only when you can answer the 6 questions
About yourself also, same question applies
6 Questions
to Yourself

WHAT
WHERE
WHEN
WHY
HOW
WHO
 I dont
I know this
know these
about
about
myself
myself

OPEN BLIND
These are all the things which These are all the things about myself which other people
I and others Know know about me but of which I am unaware

Others Age, Gender, Religion, My behavioral patterns and

Race, Physical Ability,
know this Nationality, Skills,
Personality traits,
about me Language, Background, Foul smell in the mouth,
Professional experience, My angularities etc
Values, Culture

HIDDEN UNKNOWN
Untapped potential the parts of me which no
These are the parts of me
which I hide from the
one is aware
world
Others dont Potential,
know this Past sins, Hidden desires, Creativity,
about me & relationships, Past Innovativeness,
experiences, and affairs, Cognitive Abilities,
Emotions,
Psychological disorders.
How much knowledge I have or
do not have
 Each one of us has
certain core attributes

Which are those?

And

Do we know about
them?
 How much we know about them?
Each of us has many mental attributes,

Positive
Psychology
Emotional Self- leadership
Intelligence

Belief Goals Self- Awareness

Vision

Purpose Venture
 One of the most important parameter, we
need to know about ourselves, is our Cognitive
Capabilities
Cognitive capabilities and processes are
1. Noticing
2. Scanning What they are
3. Patterning and how much
4. Sensing I have?
5. Visualizing
6. Intuiting
7. Integrating
8. Valuing &
9. Judging
Each of us has certain cognitive abilities.
How much we know about them? N o t i c i n g
Attention and Focus
Things and Systems
Relationships
Relevance
Patterning
Connections
S c a n n i n g
Environmental speed reading
Flow and Trends
Early indicators
Rhythm Filtering and amplifying
Randomness Environmental noise

Sensing Visualizing Intuiting

External & internal sensors Power of thought Access to non-conscious mind
Openness & receptivity Perspectives & Empathy
Listening Assumptions: (Individual, Emotional Intelligence
Discernment & Discretion team and organization)
Creating focus Trial and error
Imagining Mind mapping
Visualizing success

Judging
Valuing Frames of Reference
Integrating Alignment to vision, Meta knowing
Sense making mission, goals Verification
Networking
Building meaning Heuristics
Systems thinking
Spatial ability Ambiguity & Uncertainty
Unknown unknowns
 How much
we know
about our
thinking,
intuition,
feelings,
sensing and
emotions
20 Basic Emotions
of ourselves

Can we

Measure them?
Predict them?
Find causes for
them?
Find easy methods
to remove them?

Can we Use these

emotional forces for
our betterment?
Do we know, how much What makes a
creative, we are? person creative?
Positive
unhappiness

Desire to
Joy of see things
discovery differently

Tolerance to
ambiguity
 Home exercise
Make a comprehensive list of the
things which you do not know about
yourselves
Thank
You