We talk a lot about “own your potency” at Next Element. If you are familiar with the 10 permissions that we teach, that were developed by Dr. Eric Berne, then you may be familiar with this concept. Potency is defined as: efficacy; effectiveness; and strengths. There are a number of things that our parents told us [...]
Posted in White Papers | Tagged Leadership, Life Balance, Managing Conflict, Personality, Self Efficacy | 4 CommentsRan across this article and thought we’d share. (Remember, we do training that increases self-efficacy, and we train other trainers how to do it too!) Efficacy vs. Esteem
Posted in Blog | Tagged Emotional Intelligence, Leadership, Personality, Social Intelligence, soft-skills | 1 CommentIn his book “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us,” New York Times best-selling author Daniel Pink describes three core drivers of human performance: autonomy, mastery and purpose. Each of these is necessary, but not alone sufficient, to drive maximum performance. And these drivers look different for different personality types.
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Personality, Process Communication Model, soft-skills | Leave a commentIn a remote area in the Calabasas hills, there is a stone building, an outdoor amphitheater, a tree house and a garden. Children come here each day, ages preschool through 5th grade, to follow their passion. The lessons are based on what they want to learn that day. A simple question to a teacher like, “How does a robot work?” can turn into months of instruction and international Skyping to engineer and build a working robot, just to see how it is done.
Posted in News | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Effective Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Engagement, Leverage Diversity, Motivating Youth, Personality, Process Communication Model, School Behavior Problems, Social Intelligence, soft-skills, student engagement | Leave a commentThe entitled PCM user seeks special treatment because of their personality, or expects others to tolerate them without accountability. “Hey, as a Rebel, I need a hands-off management style, so back off and leave me alone.” This is entitled, selfish behavior, and it’s a misuse of PCM.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Emotional Intelligence, Employee Motivation, Leadership, Personality, Personality Assessment, Process Communication Model, Social Intelligence, soft-skills, Trust In the Workplace | 2 CommentsIt is my perception that the definitive guide on mental health disorders, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV, American Psychological Association) discriminates against certain personality types and leads practitioners and the general pubic to pathologize otherwise natural, healthy behavior.
Posted in White Papers | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Motivating Youth, Personality, Process Communication Model, School Behavior Problems, student engagement | Comments OffConduct Disorder is characterized by Ego-Syntonic behavior, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder is characterized by Ego-Dystonic behavior. Those who are familiar with the Kahler Personality Types (Process Communication Model, PCM®), will recognize…
Posted in White Papers | Tagged Communication Skills, Effective Relationships, Motivating Youth, Personality, Process Communication Model, School Behavior Problems, student engagement | Comments OffOur friend, Andrea Naef helped us avoid a rabbit trail. PCM is in a category of it’s own, there is no comparison.
Posted in Blog | Tagged Communication Skills, Personality, Personality Assessment, Process Communication Model | 3 CommentsNext Element and MUSE Elementary collaborate to study student learning.
Posted in Blog, News | Tagged Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Emotional Intelligence, Motivating Youth, Personality, Process Communication Model, School Behavior Problems, Social Intelligence, student engagement | Leave a comment