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Competencies That Build Ccareer Success

The Emotional Competency Framework

from Working With Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., NY, NY, Bantam Books, 1998

Personal Competence Social Competence
Self Awareness = Knowing one’s internal states, preferences and intuitions Empathy = Awareness of others’ feelings, needs, concerns
Self Regulation = Managing one’s internal states, impulses, resources Social Skills = Adeptness at inducing desirable responses in others
Motivation = Emotional tendencies that guide or facilitate reaching goals  

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