Session Type: Workshop Accepted by MIG(s): Development, Education Time Allotted: 75 Description: Using a model for basic emotional and social skills, this workshop focuses on the creation of programs for leader social skill assessment and development. Participants will learn about the social skills model, how to administer and score the Social Skills Inventory, and how to develop a social skills training program. Abstract: Using a model for basic emotional and social skills, this workshop focuses on the creation of programs for leader social skill assessment and development. The social skill model, created by Riggio and colleagues (Riggio, 1986, 2005; Riggio & Merlin, in preparation) conceptualizes social skills as consisting of abilities in emotional communication (consistent with some components of emotional intelligence), and skills in verbal/social communication (a representation of social intelligence). The measurement tool for assessing basic social skills in leaders is the self-report Social Skills Inventory (SSI; Riggio & Carney, 2003).
Participants will learn about the social skills model, how to administer and score the SSI, and how to develop a social skills training program that targets the specific dimensions of social skill represented in the SSI and the theoretical model. In essence, the program develops the skills that underlie leaders’ emotional and social intelligence. In addition, possession of extremely high levels of these basic skills is associated with perceptions of a leader’s charisma (Riggio, 1987, 2005). Connections will also be made to transformational leadership behaviors and leader effectiveness. Participants will see how an SSI profile can lead to targeted leader development.
Finally, a variety of exercises will be presented in a hands-on workshop that will demonstrate how to develop specific emotional and social skills, and how these can be incorporated into a leadership social skill development program.
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn:
• The social skills model/framework and understand how the emotional and social skills relate to constructs such as emotional and social intelligences, and how the skills are related to one another.
• How to assess and interpret trainees’ possession of basic social and emotional skills using the on-line Social Skills Inventory (www.mindgarden.com), and other methods.
• How to use and design exercises to develop the different social skills as identified in the theoretical model and SSI assessment tool.
• How these basic social skills relate to leadership and leadership potential, as well as their relationship to models of effective leadership, such as transformational leadership
• How to design a sound program for leader social skills development.
Riggio, R.E. (1986). Assessment of basic social skills. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 649-660.
Riggio, R.E. (1987). The charisma quotient. New York: Dodd, Mead Publishers.
Riggio, R.E. (2005). The Social Skills Inventory (SSI): Measuring nonverbal and social skills. In V. Manusov (Ed.). The sourcebook of nonverbal measures: Going beyond words. (pp. 25-33). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Riggio, R.E., & Carney, D.C. (2003). Manual for the Social Skills Inventory (2nd ed.). Redwood City, CA: MindGarden.
Riggio, R.E. & Merlin R. (in preparation). Resource guide for social skill training and development. Redwood City, CA: Mindgarden.
Ronald Riggio, Kravis Leadership Institute, Claremont McKenna College
Bio: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology and Director of the Kravis Leadership Institute at Claremont McKenna College.
Ryan Merlin, Claremont Graduate University
Bio: Ryan Merlin is a Ph.D. student in Positive Organizational Psychology, studying leadership, leadership development, organizational culture, and entrepreneurship.
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