Q 1: What Characteristics Do You Believe a Positive Role Model in the Workplace Should Demonstrate?

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Q 1: What Characteristics do you believe a positive role model in the workplace should demonstrate? Personally I agree with the article as described by Cox (2002) and believe that the characteristics that should be demonstrated in the workplace by a positive role model are: Integrity High Energy Can Prioritise Courageous Committed and hardworking Unorthodox and creative Goal Oriented Inspired Level Headed Assists others to grow & succeed I also feel “Understanding” and “Fairness” should be added to this list as well. Q 2: Describe a person you have looked up to as a positive role model. What qualities in them did you admire? What made them a suitable role model? What did you learn from them? The person I think of as a successful business person and displayed many of the characteristics of a positive role model was a Pharmacist I worked for. The qualities I admired in him were he led by example. He would arrive for work either very early or would stay back late after closing hours. He conducted himself and grew his business displaying integrity and honesty, possessing the ability to be truthful and trustworthy, always acting in the best interests of the customer while operating within the company and pharmaceutical guidelines and protocols. He had a very high standard of customer service which is something that was instilled in all of the staff. He was a person who was fair, performed all tasks as required including those tasks performed by the employees enabling him to have a greater understanding of the tasks and situations faced by the staff. He would take the time to get to know each employee, was very supportive of training staff to ensure they could perform their tasks with confidence and competence and would ask them for their input into the business so the employee has a sense of ownership, camaraderie, felt valued and an important part
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