Self Awareness & Personal Impact


Self Awareness & Personal Impact - part of the Managing Self domain



Self Awareness & Personal Impact
is about leaders:

  • Understanding our own values, beliefs, preferences, strengths & behaviours and the impact these have on ourselves and on others
  • Taking proactive steps to adapt our approach for a positive personal impact


E-learning 

Below are some useful e-learning modules around this topic:

Understanding yourself e-learning - This programme is about you: discovering yourself and gaining insight into your personality at work.  It will provide lots of opportunities for you to consider how you behave, and the impact that this has on others around you (NB you will need to register for a free account)

Collaboration - Keys to Success E-learning - An exploration of some key approaches and tools for successful collaboration including importance of personal impact.

Leadership & Followership E-learning - You’ll start this course by considering your own leadership experience and learning more about different leadership styles. As you progress, you’ll focus on key leadership skills and how you might develop them yourself, exploring elements of both good and bad leadership and looking at possible solutions to problems that can arise.


Workshops

Below are details of useful workshops around this topic:

Mary Seacole Local Leadership Development Programme - This in-depth six-month programme will provide you with a range of opportunities to explore and understand yourself, your impact & your effectiveness as a leader


Useful Resources

Resources which may be useful for you around this topic include:

ICS Leadership Behaviours Self-assessment – This self-assessment will help you explore  how well you demonstrate effective leadership behaviours when working within and across Herefordshire ad Worcestershire Integrated Care System.

SWOT Analysis - A personal SWOT analysis is a useful planning tool which involves assessing your own Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats, to inform areas of potential development.

360 Feedback Self-Assessment - The Healthcare Leadership Model Self-Assessment Tool is designed to help you explore your leadership behaviours and to highlight areas of strength and areas for development.  

Your Leadership Style - Why Understanding Yourself Matters - This article gives a brief introduction to different leadership ’theories’, leadership ’styles’ and the effect they have on the ’climate’ in organisations. Having an understanding of these different approaches can help leaders be more effective through comprehending how and why they do what they do, as well as helping them identify where and when they need to adapt their style.


Webinars & TED Talks

Your body language may shape who you are - Amy Cuddy

How to speak so that people want to listen - Julian Treasure

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