Personal Development

Personal DevelopmentPersonal DevelopmentPresented by:Presented by:

POLICE RECORDS and INFORMATION Management Group

Ed ClaughtonEd Claughtoned@policerecordsmanagement.comed@policerecordsmanagement.com

305-460-0096305-460-0096Law enforcement records and information management consulting services:

Records management consulting

RMS/CAD project management

Report writing/UCR/public records training

Who controls your personal Who controls your personal progress?progress?

11stst step to understanding personal step to understanding personal

development is realizing it’s about development is realizing it’s about

understandingunderstanding yourself first before yourself first before working working

to develop others.to develop others.

4 Key Elements:4 Key Elements:

1)1) Knowing your emotionsKnowing your emotions

2)2) Managing your emotionsManaging your emotions

3)3) Recognizing emotions in othersRecognizing emotions in others

4)4) Relationship managementRelationship management

Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence

Emotional IntelligenceEmotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence BenefitsBenefits

Effective leadership skillsEffective leadership skills

Improved communicationImproved communication

Less workplace conflictLess workplace conflict

Better problem solving skillsBetter problem solving skills

Stronger personal relationshipsStronger personal relationships

ConfidenceConfidence

Characteristics of People Characteristics of People with Emotional Intelligencewith Emotional Intelligence

TransparentTransparent RespectableRespectable HonestHonest StraightforwardStraightforward ReliableReliable TrustworthyTrustworthy

Equity TheoryEquity Theory

Equity is our sense of justice andEquity is our sense of justice and

evenhandedness; it is entirely perceptual and evenhandedness; it is entirely perceptual and

is based on comparing.is based on comparing.

Everyone compares themselves to othersEveryone compares themselves to others The “others” we compare with depends on the situation!The “others” we compare with depends on the situation! Our feelings of success based on perception of efforts & rewardsOur feelings of success based on perception of efforts & rewards

People dislike feelings of inequity and People dislike feelings of inequity and seek seek

to restore balance.to restore balance.

Feeling of inequity causes Feeling of inequity causes tension/anxiety. tension/anxiety.

We use We use resolution strategiesresolution strategies to restore to restore

balance and equity.balance and equity.

Resolution Strategies:Resolution Strategies: Alter inputs: work harder or work lessAlter inputs: work harder or work less Alter outcomes: try to get more for what we doAlter outcomes: try to get more for what we do Distort inputs and outcomes: “I didn’t really want Distort inputs and outcomes: “I didn’t really want

that anyway” or “I wasn’t really trying”.that anyway” or “I wasn’t really trying”.

Balance!Balance!

Balance in everything we do is crucial to Balance in everything we do is crucial to success!success!

Balance means achieving the “ideal Balance means achieving the “ideal performance state”.performance state”.

““Self-awareness” is the 1Self-awareness” is the 1stst step toward step toward achieving it.achieving it.Agency Employee AgencyEmployee Agency Employ

ee

BalanceBalance

Balance in your personal life.Balance in your personal life.

--an extreme view of anything is bad.an extreme view of anything is bad.

-don’t mess with core values!-don’t mess with core values!

Balance in the workplace.Balance in the workplace.

--balance task orientation with people orientationbalance task orientation with people orientation

Is your picture window clean or Is your picture window clean or dirty?dirty?