Conviction/Connection Model and Emotional Intelligence Training
Every organization dreams of having employees who add the most value to their organization, family, and community that they are capable of, which requires enhanced emotional intelligence (EQ). Emotional intelligence is all about maintaining relationships with your colleagues, family and friends and being present in those relationships as a self-directed, individuated, authentic self (Weis et al. 2009). Therefore, EQ training is about learning how to perform “in the role of you” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 86). The Conviction/Connection T-Group model was developed by Weis, Hanson, and Arnesen of Seattle University in 2009 as an effective resource that is more adaptable to short-term …show more content…
The goal of emotional intelligence is to find the balance between these two human needs. The balance is achieved when “you know who you are” and are open to others ideas and feelings, “where you are present and engaged and value the feelings of others while . . .being aware of your own feelings” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 84). At this point, Weis and colleagues say you will know who you are authentically, and have the ability to be your most valuable and productive self (2009). Therefore, self-awareness which begins with self-acceptance is the foundation to emotional intelligence. Thus, self-acceptance is an influential requirement to change (Weis et al., 2009). To obtain self-acceptance you have to be truthful with yourself and embrace the fact that, who you are, is who you are (Weis et al., 2009). The sum of who you are is the product of the set of choices you have made over your lifetime, and that set of choices is in constant change (Weis et al., 2009). “Who you are right now, is only the final word on your life if you want it to be and choose it to be” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 88). To embrace self-acceptance, it is necessary to embrace “personal fundamentalism” with a sense of
Every organization dreams of having employees who add the most value to their organization, family, and community that they are capable of, which requires enhanced emotional intelligence (EQ). Emotional intelligence is all about maintaining relationships with your colleagues, family and friends and being present in those relationships as a self-directed, individuated, authentic self (Weis et al. 2009). Therefore, EQ training is about learning how to perform “in the role of you” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 86). The Conviction/Connection T-Group model was developed by Weis, Hanson, and Arnesen of Seattle University in 2009 as an effective resource that is more adaptable to short-term …show more content…
The goal of emotional intelligence is to find the balance between these two human needs. The balance is achieved when “you know who you are” and are open to others ideas and feelings, “where you are present and engaged and value the feelings of others while . . .being aware of your own feelings” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 84). At this point, Weis and colleagues say you will know who you are authentically, and have the ability to be your most valuable and productive self (2009). Therefore, self-awareness which begins with self-acceptance is the foundation to emotional intelligence. Thus, self-acceptance is an influential requirement to change (Weis et al., 2009). To obtain self-acceptance you have to be truthful with yourself and embrace the fact that, who you are, is who you are (Weis et al., 2009). The sum of who you are is the product of the set of choices you have made over your lifetime, and that set of choices is in constant change (Weis et al., 2009). “Who you are right now, is only the final word on your life if you want it to be and choose it to be” (Weis et al., 2009, p. 88). To embrace self-acceptance, it is necessary to embrace “personal fundamentalism” with a sense of