The Concept of Self Esteem
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An overview of part of the OPRA Develop programme. Self-esteem is one of the non-negotiables to performing to the best of your ability. Nathaniel Branden's seminal work is as relevant today as it was when first released in the late 60's. We hope you enjoy this brief overview.
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The Concept of Self Esteem
- 1. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Concept of Self Esteem OPRA Consulting Group
- 2. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Quote: Melissa Christino Your true potential lies way, way down in the depths of your soul … in the pit of your stomach, past your knowledge, beyond your nervousness, and buried under your fears and anxieties. As hidden as it may be, it is still there. I know it’s there because I’ve felt it before, and I know it’s there in others too because I’ve seen others perform miracles. There is a faint glow of unparalleled potential in all of us, and when we find it – it shines.
- 3. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Popularisation of self-esteem
- 4. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Self Esteem in Today’s Economy
- 5. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Self Esteem: A Definition Self esteem is the “disposition to experience oneself as being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and of being worthy of happiness”. The reputation we acquire with ourselves. • Confidence in the efficacy of our mind, in our ability to think (Self efficacy) • Confidence in our ability to learn, make appropriate choices and decisions, and respond effectively to change. • Experience that success, achievement and fulfilment are right and natural for us (Self respect)
- 6. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. GENERAL • Mental Health • Quality of Relationships • Success • Social Effectiveness • Happiness ORGANISATIONAL • Intrinsic motivation • Work related attitudes (e.g. turnover attentions, job satisfaction, org commitment) • Behaviours (e.g. performance, citizenship behaviour, turnover)
- 7. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. High vs. Low Self Esteem High Self Esteem • Seeks challenge and stimulation • Ambitious • Strong desire to express self • Open, honest and appropriate communications • Form nourishing relationships • Willingness to admit mistakes Low Self Esteem • Seeks the safety of familiar and undemanding • Aspire and achieve less • Urgent need to “prove” self • Lack of clarity and honesty in communications • Form destructive relationships • Hostility, blame and defensive mind set
- 8. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People.
- 9. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Branden: The Six Pillars “Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is as important as the one we pass on ourselves” • Living Consciously • Self Acceptance • Self Responsibility • Self Assertiveness • Living Purposefully • Personal Integrity
- 10. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Living Consciously • Respect for facts • Being in the moment • A concern to understand the world around me • A commitment to learning • To seek clarity • Awareness of values that motivate • Distinguish between facts and feelings
- 11. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Living Consciously Sentence Completions as a tool for raising self understanding, self esteem, and personal effectiveness (accessing and activating hidden resources) • If I bring 5% more awareness to my activities today … • If I pay more attention to how I deal with people today … • If I bring 5% more awareness to my priorities then … • Living consciously to me means …
- 12. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Self Acceptance Are you accepting your own greatness? If we are self-accepting we do not experience ourselves as always “on trial”. What this leads to is non-defensiveness and willingness to hear critical feedback or different ideas without becoming hostile or adversarial. • Willingness to own, experience, and take responsibility for our thoughts, feelings, and actions without evasion, denial or disowning. • Giving oneself permission to think one’s thoughts, experience one’s emotions, and look at one’s actions without necessarily liking, endorsing or condoning them. • The virtue of realism applied to self.
- 13. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Self Responsibility • Realising that we are the authors of our choices and actions • Each one of us is responsible for our life and well being and for attainment of our goals • The question is not “Who’s to blame?” but always “What needs to be done?” “I am responsible for my choices and actions. To be responsible in this context means responsible not as the recipient of moral blame or guilt, but responsible as the causal agent in my life and behaviour”
- 14. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Self Assertiveness To live authentically, to speak and act from innermost convictions and feelings. “Their work is clearly a vehicle for self actualization. Their desire is to bring ‘who they are’ into the world, into reality, which I speak of as the practice of self assertiveness”
- 15. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Living Purposefully “It’s not that achievements prove our worth but rather that the process of achieving is the means by which we develop our effectiveness, our competence at living”
- 16. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. The Practice of Personal Integrity Integrity is the integration of ideals, convictions, beliefs and behaviour. When our behaviour is congruent with our professed values, when ideals and practice match up, we have integrity.
- 17. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People.
- 18. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. •Attempts to compensate for deficiencies • Conscious: A pretence at self confidence and self respect we do not actually feel • Unconscious: Denial and evasion of behaviour/actions Ultimately serves to undermine self esteem Pseudo – Self Esteem
- 19. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Applications • 1 to 1 Coaching • Leadership Development • Team Development • Culture Change
- 20. Excellence in Business. Excellence in People. Thinking Points • Relationship to other models / concepts e.g. self efficacy, strengths based coaching? • Acceptance of Self Esteem / Self Leadership? • Application in the Workplace? • Long Term Impact?