Thinking of myself as
a leader:
I initially found it really strange thinking about myself in
a leadership role. As a RQT I hadn’t considered my leadership qualities but
since beginning the course I have become more conscious of how I approach
different stakeholders and how I respond to delegation. I now know how I need
to move forward in trusting others and not being too resistant to change.
The intervention
strategy:
I initially found choosing an appropriate intervention
strategy a daunting thing to do. I didn’t want to just pick something small or
random for the sake of the programme I wanted to implement something that was
worthwhile, had potential and sustainability for the future. When my
intervention began to mould and evolve it was rewarding to see it work and to
see the PP students feel at ease and even enjoy themselves. At the end of the
intervention I only had soft data to analyse the impact, however, I am
confident that if the strategy was rolled out in a larger-scale it would have a
positive impact.
The presentation:
Pre-presentation I wasn’t nervous. I had already given a
literacy lecture at a local university and conducted it confidently. However,
within a few minutes of presenting I began tripping over my data, I missed out
information I had planned to include and also began heading on tangents. I think
it was due to perhaps lacking in confidence with relaying data and also
feelings of inadequacies when it came to presenting to my experienced and
successful peers. As I drew towards the end of the presentation I eased into
it; the experience has been the steepest learning curve as it has highlighted
to me where my insecurities lie and this will be one of my next aims to
overcome.
My next steps:
In the long-term I like the idea of moving down the
departmental route and so my next step is looking at moving into a second in
department role; after completing the DLP I feel as though I have begun taking
the first steps in the right direction.
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