The speaker for the session was Ms. Kshipra Narain, Senior Consultant, Trainer and also the head of HR at TMI (Time Managers International), a Denmark based HR consultancy and training organization. She has extensive experience in consulting for big organizations like TCS, AC Nielson, Unilever, Hewitt Associates and many more. She set the tone of the session by connecting with the audience by talking about the importance of emotions through a small story.
The speaker focussed on the importance of putting heart and mind in your work rather than working mechanically. The motivation to achieve, perform best is the biggest contributor to high performance. It is important to have control on our emotions and it should be used at the right place, for the right purpose, to the right person, at the right time to be efficacious. The essential premise of EQ: to be successful requires the effective awareness, control and management of one’s own emotions, and those of other people. EQ embraces two aspects of intelligence:
* Understanding yourself, your goals, intentions, responses, behaviour and all
* Understanding others, and their feelings
An effective leader differs from manager by channelizing emotions in a better manner and being aware of the emotions of others around him. The speaker involved the students in the some small acts so as to emphasize the importance of the emotions in our behaviour and how does it affect our relationship with people around us. The topic was relevant for the budding business leaders for tomorrow considering the fact that in today’s scenario the interpersonal and intrapersonal skills are gaining importance. It is important to break the stereotypes of traditional management sense of only IQ was the only consideration and let the emotions play their role in a constructive manner when used intelligently.