Where did I come from?
My role at work is office based and as a senior manager I have to deal with people with all types of back grounds. My skills over the years have built up but as time goes on these skills need to develop around the way the business progresses and also what happens during employee’s life.
My reason for this Course are mainly around self development, to get a better understanding of people and their feelings this can be challenging and rewarding. This is also a part of my working day dealing with people is hard but through this course I have developed some skills to tackle and get better results by understanding the person who I’m dealing with, this is also a great tool to motivate and try and give self belief. Part of this self development is to possible change my career but I cannot come to a conclusion on this until I finish this course
I have wanted to get more involved in this type of activity for some time but a little apprehensive because of my age also if I can find time. The group is a good mix of ages and back ground which I would expect from this type of course. I have looked and listened to the group and realise the reason for them taking this course differ. Some of the group are already activity involved in a similar type of work and want to progress this more. The minority of the group have their own issues and wont to understand their past and try and come to terms with it. Like myself most want to change their career
I have started to sit and speak to the same people in our group others have peeled off into their cluster. The few who I have spoken to seem nice and friendly. During the three hours we had the usual formalities but once this was over we did start the session. We are mainly focusing on listening, I thought that counseling was about giving advise and to try and help with problems but from the outset this was not correct. Listening is a fundamental part of the