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Leadership Skills

Gaining Self-Awareness

The processes and practices of journalism can create a culture that views stress and pressure as just part of the job. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Journalists need to develop self-awareness so they can proactively manage their stress, perform their best at work and maximize their personal well-being.

What You'll Learn:

An understanding of why self-awareness is vital to well-being.
How to identify, analyze and develop your own strengths and capabilities.
How to identify and understand your personal values and how they influence your everyday choices.
An understanding of how group memberships influence our own perceptions, experiences and assumptions, and those of others about us.

For Instructors:

Gaining Self-Awareness: Objectives, Overview, Teaching Notes, and Sample Assignments/Activities

Introductory Readings

Introduction: Gaining Self-Awareness

Videos

Dan Harris on Managing Stress

Module Overview

Module Overview: Gaining Self-Awareness

Readings

Mark Brayne

Trauma & Journalism: A Guide for Journalists, Editors & Managers

Kenneth W. Thomas and Ralph H. Kilmann

The Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument

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