The Importance Of Diplomacy Framework

Diplomat profession

Competency framework

Professor Claire Gubbins

NGM-PCF

16th Oct, 2015

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Diplomacy Diplomacy means that you assert your ideas in a way that will be heard, understood, and accepted it’s not easy, It also means empathizing with others to the best of your ability and working to maintain a positive relationship while effecting change.(business. Diplomacy).

Although diplomacy is mostly linked to politics it is not limited to that genre only. So there is economical diplomacy, political diplomacy, and commercial diplomacy. Therefor it is strongly related to business especially as we live in a globalized world where international trade comes in its

It doesn’t come naturally yet—you have to make a conscious effort to behave in culturally appropriate ways—but you are much more aware of how your behavior is coming across to the local people”.

Level 3:Unconscious competence

“You no longer have to think about what you’re doing in order to do the right thing. Culturally appropriate behavior is now second nature to you; you can trust your instincts because they have been reconditioned by the new culture”.(The Four Levels of Cultural Awareness, pacific.edu, this paradigm is based on work by William Howell.)

Today in a very globalized world intercultural understanding is highly required to avoid and misunderstanding and controversy specially in a trans-national profession like diplomat. for example in negotiations each culture has its own style in negotiation so a diplomat must now these cultural differences, which is a part of the national identity of a nation , to act in the most suitable way

Without it they cannot get under the skin of a country and really understand its people”. As said it is one of the career’s fundamentals plus mastering at least two or three foreign languages is a must for a person to pursue his career further in this field. Also it will give you the ability to access media and directly.

Emotional Intelligence:

Category: Interpersonal competence

“People with higher emotional intelligence can usually use tact and diplomacy more naturally in communication. Emotional intelligence is a measure of how well we understand our own emotions and the emotions of others “(The Art of Tact and Diplomacy 2015)

Level 1: Self Awareness:

Completely related with emotional self-awareness, specific self-evaluation, and high self-confidence.

If emotional intelligence is existed in the diplomatic person; will encourage the diplomatic to deal with the difficulties properly. It will also help to build up leadership and management skills.

Level 3: Relationship management:

Diplomatic need the ability to build up relations with other peoples' emotions. Diplomatic person as a leader when he manages others emotion is to encourage, motivate and involve others. Emotions can control