Importance of moods and emotions in the workplace

 This is a reflective writing assignment and requires analysis of your current natural tendencies and behaviors. Your submission has no minimum or maximum page limit and should conform to APA standards. It should reflect both a scholarly exploration of the theories and models you choose plus your insights about what you could do differently and better to over deliver for your employer and grow in your ability as a leader. A way to frame this learning opportunity is to ask yourself, “why and how must I change if I want to be considered first for the next promotion in my department or area of responsibility?” 

With this assignment students will evaluate the importance of their moods and emotions in the workplace. 

• Learn more about yourself! Go to http://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/. There you will find a variety of personality tests such as “Are you a Type A?”, DiSC, MBTI, TKI, the “Stress O Meter,” and other IQ and personality tests. Most are free and often fun to take. Take two or three of your choice. Print the results you get on yourself and bring them to class where we will discuss the validity of your findings and what you can do to improve how others perceive you
• What is EQ? Visit the Internet’s leading site on EQ: http://www.eq.org. There you will find a wide variety of resources to assist you in researching this interesting topic. 
• Bring five new facts you learned from at least two of the above websites into your analysis of your moods and emotions in the workplace. Based on what you have learned about yourself, how will you apply this new learning to your role as an employee? That is, what behaviors will you change? Explain how and explain why. Be sure to provide examples with your explanations.