Leadership Skills for the Global Corporate Series - The Monk with wheat flour - By Seema Anand

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10 Jul 2021

Leadership Skills for the Global Corporate Series - The Monk with wheat flour - By Seema Anand Remixed - Myth and Management series Storyteller Researcher Seema Anand Seema Anand is an expert on Narrative Practices working with the uses and the implications of Oralness specialising in Story telling Seema specialises in global mythologies - comparing and retelling stories through different cultural nuances to give everyone ownership of the tales info seema anand gmail com Film Maker Creative Head Bineeta Mitra Videographer Shozeb Haider Management Consultant Smita Tharoor Blog a http 3A 2F 2Fwww tharoorassociates com 2F 3Fq 3Dblog a Copyright Bineeta Mitra and Seema Anand Production The learning Actions speak louder than dreams Do it rather than dream it This competency is Dealing with People -SocialIntelligence SI Social Intelligence is one of the best predictors of effective leadership but it is poorly understood and under-researched Social intelligence is the ability to understand social situations to play social roles and to influence others It involves being able to see others perspectives and to understand the complex and abstract social norms or informal rules that govern all types of social situations Social intelligence is quite broad but can best be seen in terms of understanding of social situations and dynamics and ability to operate effectively in a variety of social situations Click here for more about empathy and how it works How to develop SI Expose yourself to different people different social situations Work to develop your social perceptiveness Improve your ability to engage others in conversation Social intelligence is what some refer to as street smarts or everyday intelligence I think daydreams are great so long as that is not all you do The learning that I take from this story is that although it s wonderful to think big it is important to keep your feet in the ground There is a very fine line between thinking big and over reaching yourself to your own destruction In our thoughts we can take giant steps we can leap over mountains and reach the next level In reality we must put one foot in front of the other to move forward otherwise we will trip up and fall The young monk was unable to divorce reality from fantasy so he comes a cropper Was it wrong for him to daydream No it wasn t So I would like you to ask yourselves what could he have done differently for a happier outcome