According to CIPD definition (2016) Role model is a person that motivates & inspires others to copy their behaviors and set an example to follow either now or in future. My responsibility as a role model began in my family, being the eldest between to other sisters. It is always important to be a good role model because the younger siblings look up to me all the time.
However, in CULC I thought it would be different hence I was the only student in my class that came from a different educational background ‘Accounting & Finance’ therefore, I insisted to be the role model in term 2 Finance module hence I came from a finance background and all my classmates where seeking for my advice and wanted to make use of my knowledge. I enjoyed the experience by participating and encourage them to engage in seminar group activities to emphasize the fun factors in analyzing numbers and financial statements’ since everyone found it the least interesting subject.
In term 3 Employee engagement module, i have learnt that leadership & integrity are two of the four employee engagement enablers. Therefore, i personally find a link between being a role model in taking leadership because all leaders are supposed to be role models to their followers. In addition to that, the second enabler ‘Integrity’ i can also link it to role model’s key traits, in which i believe that all role models must have integrity in their values and actions. For example, in future when i become an HR professional i would like to be a person that my employees look up for example if i ask them to be punctual i must attend on time myself first (Clake, 2010).
To further develop this behavior, i would like to set certain values to my self first, and understand my future organizations values, and be able to communicate them through my behavior not only my orders to my team in the workplace. For example, i can set clear goals and be very transparent with my team, identify my strengths and share them with the employees to motivate them on working to enhance theirs. In addition to that, i would want to take further coaching courses and complete my ILM certificate to be able to develop my staff through demonstrating good values.
As an HR person, my role is not to only communicate values, but also to lead by example, observe their re-action, measure my teams progress, and celebrate and praise their success. Then only being a role model will increase their involvement, happiness, and success (Achor, 2011).
REFERENCE
- Achor, S (2011) The Happiness Advantage 1st Edn Harvard
- CIPD (2016)
- Clake, R. (2010) Be a Mirror to company integrity. People Management [online] 11 November. available from<http://www.cipd.co.uk/pm/peoplemanagement/b/weblog/archive/2013/01/29/be-a-mirror-to-company-integrity-2010-11.aspx> [19 May 2016]
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