DEVELOPING MY

SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS

by: J Palaad
SOCIAL
CONSCIOUSNESS

VS

AWARENESS
 SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Is defined as being aware
of the problems that
different societies and
communities face on a day-to-day
basis and to be conscious of the
difficulties and hardships of society.
 SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS

Thus, the ability to

understand and respond to
the needs of others.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
by Daniel Goleman

• is a term created by two researchers –

Peter Salavoy and John Mayer – and
popularized by Dan Goleman in his
1996 book of the same name.

• born in 1946 at California, a

psychologist and science journalist
and author of the best-selling book
Emotional Intelligence.
 EMOTIONAL
INTELLIGENCE

Social Relationship
Self Awareness Self Regulation
Awareness Management
 SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
The waiter who suggests
something better from the menu.

The salesperson who

goes the extra mile.
The supportive team leader.

The executive that

remembers your name .
To excel in social consciousness…

Empathy Service

Organizational Awareness
 Understanding = Trust

When you respond to the

needs and feelings of other
people, you gain their trust.
Empathizing with someone -
understanding their point of view -
doesn't mean you have to agree with
their point of view.
TOO MUCH EMPATHY???
 How to build Social Consciousness?

1. Improve your
listening skills.
Take a short course
in effective
communication skills.
2.Pay close attention to
interactions with other people.
Be aware of what they say, how
they say it and what they do.
3. Identify
other people’s
emotional states. Listen carefully
to what they're saying and notice
how they respond to external
events, such as someone greeting
them or asking them to do
something.
4.Think about your feelings.
How does the other
person’s emotion make you
feel?
5. Think
before you answer
and give clear answers.
Sensitivity and diversity

•The starting place

for becoming
socially aware is self
awareness.
Sensitivity and diversity
•An empathic response
requires awareness of
diversity and a
sensitivity to the needs
and emotions of others.
Sensitivity and diversity
•Diversity encompasses
acceptance and respect
while recognising our
individual differences
and uniqueness.
• Open communication plays an
essential role in managing
diversity and building an
awareness of social situations.
Mother Teresa (1910-1997) told us that
empathy has to start with us.

“Do not wait for leaders;

do it alone, person to
person.”
 "Seek first to
understand, then to be
understood".
–Stephen Covey