Dr. Dimitra Iordanoglou

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Dr. Dimitra Iordanoglou diordan_at_otenet.gr
Department of Communication, Media and
Culture Panteion University, Athens Greece
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Self-confidence
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What is it?

• is the belief in ones own capability to
  accomplish a task and select an effective
  approach to solve a problem.
• It includes confidence in ones ability as
  expressed in increasingly challenging
  circumstances and confidence in ones decisions
  or opinions

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Self confidence in action

• People with low SC
• Avoid confrontation with people
• Do not trust their judgment
• Hesitate to try new things
• Avoid challenges
• Unable to stand up for their rights

• People with high SC
• Trust their opinion even in the face of
  opposition
• Are decisive
• Take risks and try new things
• Have a presence

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Self esteem, Self efficacy, Locus of control

• Self esteem represents a global self evaluation.
  It is the extend to which people like, respect
  and are satisfied with themselves
• Self efficacy A persons belief that she/he has
  the ability, motivation, correct self perception
  to complete a task successfully. People with high
  self efficacy have a can - do attitude.
• Locus of Control a persons general belief about
  the amount of control (s)he has over personal
  life events. Individuals who think that events in
  their life are due to fate or luck have an
  external locus of control whereas those who feel
  that can influence their destiny have an internal
  locus of control. Internal locus of control has
  been associated with better performance and
  leadership positions.

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The role of heredity

• With building self confidence, there are
  two types of influence that are impressed upon us
  in life. There is social heredity and physical
  heredity.
• Physical heredity is a collection of traits,
  physical appearances and habits passed down from
  parents and grandparents that have a likely
  outcome of designed behaviors in an individual.
• Social heredity comes from all sources and places
  through which a person obtains knowledge, such as
  school, church, reading, video, story telling and
  word of mouth conversation.
• Physical heredity is able to be controlled
  more so as it relates to this subject, however
  control of thoughts and action is more likely
  dependent on the effects of social heredity.

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Self confidence, arrogance and fear

• There is a actually a distinct difference
  between self confidence and arrogance.
• Arrogance is almost always a destructive
  behavior, while a nice dose of self
  confidence can take a man or woman to
  heights almost unimaginable.
• If you are going to develop self confidence
  you must start with eliminating fear.
• Fear  antagonizes the human soul. It speaks to
  man telling him, You cant do it -you are not
  strong enough to make the attempt you should
  worry of what others may think you will fail.
• For those people who can master and eliminate
  fear, they will begin immediately developing self
  confidence.
• As you continue to push your yourself and face
  your fear, the confidence within you will grow

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4A Assess your Core Self - Evaluations

• OBJECTIVE To help participants assess the levels
  of their core self-evaluation and set goals for
  improvement
• ESTIMATED TIME 20-30 min.
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• DESCRIPTION Give participants a copy of the Core
  Self-Evaluations Scale and ask them to complete
  it.  

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4B Case studySteve Jobs. An unconventional
leader

• OBJECTIVE To help participants elaborate on
  leadership theories and exchange views and ideas
  about ways to apply leadership skills on their
  work
• ESTIMATED TIME 45 min
• DESCRIPTION Read the case study and discuss the
  following questions as a group
• ? Was Steve Jobs a self - confident leader?
• ? Which of his behaviors demonstrate this skill?
• ? Write a short report analyzing his leadership
  style based on the theories you have learned so
  far

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Steve Jobs motivational speech at Stanford

• His life in 3 stories (15 min.)
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vgO6cFMRqXqU

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4C Brand Yourself

• OBJECTIVE To help participants identify their
  strengths and learn to present themselves in an
  assertive and confident way.
• ESTIMATED TIME 40-45 min.
• MATERIALS A4 sheets for each participant,
  various magazines, scissors and glues.
• DESCRIPTION Think of the following questions and
  then create a collage which describes your
  abilities as a person and as a (future)
  professional. Add a tag line to your personal
  brand. You can use pictures from the magazines,
  drawings or any object that can best describe
  your personality
• Imagine this activity as part of an innovative
  personnel selection process where you apply for a
  leadership position)
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• ? Identify the primary "product" you have to
  offer to others (service, resource, special
  ability, etc.)
• ? Identify your core values. What really matters
  to you?
• ? Identify your passions. What things or ideas do
  you love?
• ? Identify your talents. What have you always
  been recognized for?
• ? What do you do better than most other people?
  What skills do people seem to notice in you?
• (An example of a professional coachs tag line
  A visionary realist to help you discover and
  manifest your dreams)

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Developmental activities

• On the job
• Find a model of self confidence
• Get a mentor to help you demonstrate this skill
  in various situations and give you honest
  feedback
• Further reading
• http//www.slideshare.net/shabbarsuterwala/develop
  ing-self-confidence?from_search2
• http//www.slideshare.net/shabbarsuterwala/self-co
  nfidence-15-tips-to-develop-presentation
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vD1R-jKKp3NA
• Film watching

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