Developing Social Intelligence with the NBI™

1. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO Developing Social Intelligence with the NBI™ ½ Day Workshop

2. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Learning Objectives • Understand the business case for why individuals, leaders, teams and organizations should invest in building social intelligence. • Learn four primary and eight secondary ways we prefer to think using the General Adult NBI™ Assessment and how your personal thinking preferences impact interpersonal effectiveness. • Gain insights into both the strengths and the potential blind spots of your thinking preferences. • Receive practical suggestions and action steps for how to leverage your social intelligence in a number of settings and roles.

3. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Workshop Roadmap

4. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Introductions Find a partner and briefly interview each other. Be prepared to introduce your partner to the group: Name & role. A hobby or interest. What motivated the person to attend the workshop. One thing they have learned about the brain.

5. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO THE BUSINESS CASE FOR SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

6. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – The Business Case: Brain Quiz • Question 1:Human brains are the most complex of any living organism on earth? • Question 2:The brain accounts for 2% of the body’s mass and burns what % of the body’s energy? • Question 3:What percentage of the brain is made up of water? • Question 4:How much does your brain weigh? • Question 5:At what age does your brain stop growing & changing? Answer: True Answer: 20% Answer: 80% Answer: 3 pounds Answer: Reaches max size in late teens, but changes your whole life

7. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – The Business Case: Brain Quiz • Question 6:It is estimated that humans are born with 100 billion brains cells. What % die off in early childhood? • Question 7:Researchers believe that the Corpus Callosum is larger in males than females? True or False • Question 8:Women have 9 times the amount of white matter in areas of the brain associated with intelligence than men while men have six times the amount of grey matter in areas of the brain associated with intelligence. True or False? • Question 9:Using your brain can strengthen the trillions of connections between brain synapses? • Question 10:Your brain generates enough watts of power when you are awake to illuminate a light bulb? Answer: 10% Answer: False. It is larger in females Answer: True Answer: True Answer: True

8. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – The Business Case: 5 Reasons Five Reasons Why you Should Learn about your Brain… • The “creative economy” is overtaking the “knowledge economy” as the key driver of economic opportunity and development. (A Whole New Mind, Daniel Pink, 2006; The Creative Economy: Which companies will thrive in the coming years? Those that value ideas above all else, Business Week, August 2000) • It is estimated that 58% of leader performance is explained by social intelligence.(The Business Case for Emotional Intelligence – 2006 Update, www.talentsmart.com) • The U.S. workplace is becoming increasingly diverse requiring greater social, emotional and cultural intelligence.(Tomorrow’s Jobs, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003) • Service occupations will account for the largest amount of new job openings followed by Professional occupations while goods-producing jobs will continue to decrease.(Tomorrow’s Jobs, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2003) • Our relationships mold not only our experience but also our biology. Neuroscience has discovered that the brain’s design is wired to be social.(Social Intelligence, Daniel Goleman, 2006)

9. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO INTRODUCTION TO THE NBI™ MODEL

10. “We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.” – Anais Nin Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Worldview Each of us has unique way of seeing the world. Our worldview is made up of the collection of our personal philosophies, beliefs, perspectives and life experiences. Your thinking preferences are one important source among many that inform your worldview.

11. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – The Human Brain Frontal Lobe (Motor Control, Executive Function) Parietal Lobe (Sensory Integration) Occipital Lobe (Vision) (Wikimedia) Temporal Lobe (Emotion, Memory)

12. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Left and Right Hemispheres Left Side Cognition Sequential Analytical Verbal Logical Preferences Counting / Measuring Present and Past Grammar Right Side Cognition Simultaneous Holistic Imagistic Intuitive Preferences Shapes / Motion Present and Future Intonation / Emphasis (Wikimedia)

13. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – “High Road” and “Low Road” Processes CEREBRAL CORTEX LOBES Frontal Cortex: Motor Behavior (planning and regulation) Parietal Cortex: Touch, pain, integration of sensory info Temporal Cortex: Emotions, memory, recognizing speech Occipital Cortex Visual perception DEEPER BRAIN STRUCTURES LIMBIC SYSTEM Hippocampus: Learning and memory Amygdala: Emotions, response to stress and threat Basal Ganglia: Motor control, emotion, cognition

14. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Whole Brain Research • Metaphor: Four Quadrants of the Brain • Paul Torrance, Ph.D. • Ned Herrmann • Beverly Moore • Jaquelyn Wonder & Priscilla Donovan • Mary-Anne Smorra, Ed.D. • Kobus Neethling, Ph.D.

15. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Whole Brain Research: Koobus Neethling, Ph.D. • Post-Doctoral Fellowship with distinction- Torrance Laboratory, University of Georgia • Recipient of "The Distinguished Leader Award" from the International Creative Problem Solving Institute: (The most prestigious creativity award in the world) • Founder and Director of the South African Creativity Foundation • Consultant, Trainer, Coach, Speaker, Author • “Kobus Neethling has taken wholebrain research way beyond the paradigms of the past ---I know of no one else who has taken wholebrain thinking to these levels.” • (Professor Paul Torrance)

16. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – What Your Assessment Measures • The General Adult Assessment Measures… • * The extent to which an individual prefers certain types of thinking / mental processes over other types of thinking / mental processes. • The tool does not measure skill or ability, although we often end up being more skilled at those things which we strongly prefer.

17. Skill • Strength of preference • Combination with other preferences • Culture • Environment and context • 8 dimensions • Demographics Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – What To Take Into Account ALL PROFILES ARE MODERATED BY…

18. Your profile is divided into four sections. The two sections on the left (L1 and L2) correspond with left brain thinking preferences while the two on the right (R1 and R2) correspond with right brain thinking preferences. The “1” in L1 and R1 relates to high road thinking while the “2” in L2 and R2 relates to low road thinking. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Thinking Preferences: 4 Dimensions L1 REALIST ANALYST “What?” R1 STRATEGIST IMAGINEER “Why?” L2 ORGANIZER PRESERVER “How?” R2 EMPATHIZER SOCIALIZER “Who?”

19. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – L1 Realist & Analyst WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE… CLEAR RATIONAL LOGICAL OBJECTIVE CRITICAL REALISTIC CONCRETE FOCUSED SENSIBLE ACCURATE COHERENT CALCULATING GOALS PERFORMANCE BOTTOM-LINE

20. VALUES: Performance Sensible rationale Succinct information (data/ facts) ORIENTED TOWARDS: Goals Performance Bottom-line USUALLY ASKS: What is the point? What does this mean? What is the objective? KNOWN FOR: Liking to be right Liking things to be clear Drawing conclusions PREFERS THAT DECISIONS BE MADE: In accordance with planned objectives/ goals Based upon accurate information and data Definitively PREFERS COMMUNICATION THAT IS: Clear / Sensible / Accurate Coherent / Calculating / Probing ALL ABOUT L1s

21. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – R1: Strategist and Imagineer WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE… CURIOUS STRATEGIC IMAGINATIVE INTUITIVE RISK-TAKING VISIONARY CREATIVE SIMULTANEOUS VISUAL THINKER UNCONVENTIONAL EXPERIMENTING BIG-PICTURE CHALLENGES STATUS QUO OPPORTUNITY- ORIENTED

22. VALUES: Freedom to experiment with ideas Ability to take risks Challenging the status-quo Opportunity ORIENTED TOWARDS: Future Ideas Big picture USUALLY ASKS: Why not? What if? Can we try? KNOWN FOR: Being unconventional Experimenting Taking risks Imagination PREFERS THAT DECISIONS BE MADE: According to future possibilities At the conceptual level Instinctively PREFERS COMMUNICATION THAT IS: Challenging / Visionary / Imaginative Filled with metaphors/images Focused on synthesizing ideas ALL ABOUT R1s

23. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – R2: Empathizer & Socializer WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE… SOCIABLE APPROACHABLE PERCEPTIVE EMPATHETIC UNDERSTANDING SUPPORTIVE HARMONY RELATIONAL LOYAL TOLERANT SENSITIVE AFFECTIONATE FEELING EMOTIONALLY COHESION EXPRESSIVE

24. ORIENTED TOWARDS: Relationships People Feelings PREFERS COMMUNICATION THAT IS: Encouraging / Understanding Emotionally Expressive / Meaningful / Frequent USUALLY ASKS: How does everyone feel about that? Who will be involved? Who will be effected/ affected? KNOWN FOR: Understanding others’ perspective Comfortable with multiple realities Connecting well with others Being empathetic Being sensitive VALUES: Quality of relationships Interpersonal connections Mood and sentiment Loyalty / Harmony / Cohesion PREFERS THAT DECISIONS BE MADE: After considering the best interests of those involved Based on what feels right With consensus ALL ABOUT R2s

25. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – L2: Empathizer & Socializer WORDS USED TO DESCRIBE… ORDERLY NEAT STRUCTURED RELIABLE CONSISTENT DILIGENT METHODICAL DETAIL-ORIENTED PREPARED SYSTEMATIC HABITUAL ROUTINE PUNCTUAL EFFICIENT ORGANIZED

26. VALUES: Consistency Efficiency Punctuality Quality Thoroughness KNOWN FOR BEING: on time an excellent implementer well organized focused on the process USUALLY ASKS: How should we do it? What is the plan? What should be done first? ORIENTED TOWARDS: Process Details Routine PREFERS THAT DECISIONS BE MADE: After considering all the relevant information and data According to a structured decision making process Thoroughly and when well-informed PREFERS COMMUNICATION THAT IS: Correct / Prepared Detailed / Planned / Systematic ALL ABOUT L2s

27. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Dominance Statistics • APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY? • Most people have 2 dominant quadrants (80 %) • Some have 1 dominant quadrant ( 7 %) • Fewer have 3 dominant quadrants (10 %) • Even fewer have equal dominance amongst their quadrants (3 %) • WHICH ONES? • Most people have adjacent dominances (95%) • (i.e. left /right dominance or cerebral/limbic dominance) • Very few have diagonally opposite dominances (5%)

28. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO PROFILES IN MOTION

29. Example Profile –A

30. Example Profile –B

31. What Might their Collaboration Be Like? Profile B Profile A

32. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – A Closer Look at Your Profile • How accurate does your profile feel in terms of how you see and know yourself? • Were any of the findings unexpected or new for you? • What are some of the implications of your profile in terms of how you work and relate to others?

33. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Group Process Activity As a group, spend 15 minutes creating a poster that includes: • A slogan about your preference group • Images illustrating your group • Some strengths of your preference • Some ways in which you could be misunderstood or stereotyped • Some ways your thinking preferences add value in your various roles in your organization (e.g. team member, leader, manager, consultant, etc…)

34. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO EIGHT DIMENSIONS

35. 8 Dimensions –Neethling & Torrance L1 R1 Realist Strategist Analyst Imagineer Organizer Socializer Preserver Empathizer R2 L2

36. R1 – Strategists & Imagineers

37. R1 – Strategists & Imagineers

38. R2 – Socializers and Empathizers

39. R2 – Socializers and Empathizers

40. L2 – Preservers and Organizers

41. L2 – Preservers and Organizers

42. L1 – Realists and Analysts

43. L1 – Realists and Analysts

44. REPLACE WITH YOUR LOGO SOLO & DUET

45. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Action Planning In pairs identify some practical ways you can apply insights about your Thinking Preferences to the following roles and situations:

46. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Action Planning Examples Following are some examples of potential applications:

47. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Action Planning Examples Following are some examples of potential applications:

48. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Action Planning Examples Following are some examples of potential applications:

49. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Resources for Further Learning For a range of additional learning resources such additional training workshops, e-learning programs, executive coaching, podcasts, blogs as well as reading bibliographies please visit: www.globalinsightsconsulting.com

50. Developing Social Intelligence Workshop – Closing !!! Thank You!!! For Participating Contact Information: <<insert name>> <<insert email>> <<insert phone #>> <<insert website>>