Roles and responsibilities
The examples of Jade, Janet and Dean show how we have different roles in life. In fact we all have many roles in which we use a variety of skills, qualities and attributes.
As you work through the course, you can begin to think about how you would support Jade, Janet and Dean if you were managing them. You may already manage people who have similar caring roles. In Sessions 4 and 5 we will look at ways you can identify and support carers in your workforce, and the skills, qualities and attributes they bring to the job.
Activity 1.1 Thinking about myself
The next stage is to start thinking about yourself and your role as a manager. A good way to do this is to ask yourself four questions:
- How do I see myself now? For example how well do I engage with the people I manage?
- What are my strengths?
- What am I most proud of within my management role?
- How would I like to see myself in the future?
You can fill in the boxes for yourself in the table we have provided for you below or, if you prefer, you could take a different approach and use a visual way to sum yourself up, as described in the previous section, Thinking about myself. You can do this at any point during the course if you’d like to.
Open your Reflection Log [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] and go to Activity 1.1. Once you have completed the activity make sure you save the document again. Or you can do the activity in the table we have provided for you.
By reflecting on your own role as a manager you have started to consider your own skills and qualities. You may also have come to understand that you too may have a caring role.
Thinking about myself