Before you get started, we’d love to ask you a few quick questions. These will explore four key skills that will shape your learning journey:
Self-Management – how you set goals, manage emotions, and take action.
Resilience – how you handle challenges and bounce back from setbacks.
Communication – how you express ideas, listen actively, and connect with others.
Self-Awareness – how well you understand your strengths, areas for growth, and impact on those around you.
This isn’t a test — just a simple way to see where you’re starting from, so we can celebrate your progress by the end of the course.
Note: Your responses will remain confidential. Aggregated data may be used for monitoring and evaluation to help us improve the course experience for all learners.
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1. What is self-management?
Working independently to achieve your goalsTaking control of your behaviour and emotions to help you achieve your goalsHelping others to manage their time effectivelyTaking steps to improve your physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
2. Which of the following is an example of someone demonstrating self-management?
Someone listening to other people's worries and being supportiveSomeone who never gets emotional in a challenging situationSomeone completes an important task that was left until the last minuteSomeone controls their anger during a confrontation with a friend
3. You are in a work group meeting and a colleague keeps interrupting you. Which step would you take?
Respond angrily by shoutingDo a deep breathing exercise to stay calmStop trying to share ideasLeave the meeting
4. What is resilience?
Avoiding challenges to prevent setbacksTurning challenges into opportunities to learn, recover, adapt, and become strongerTeaching others how to turn failure into opportunitiesBeing aware of how your brain processes information
5. Which is an example of being resilient?
A student struggles with their workload and becomes overwhelmedSomeone avoids dangerous situations to keep safeSomeone fails at a job interview and stops applyingAn athlete breaks their leg and does exercises to recover
6. You are not getting good feedback about your performance/grades. Which step would you take?
Ignore the feedback and hope for better next timeReflect on the feedback and take steps to improveComplain to friends about how difficult it isBlame the manager/teacher for not giving enough guidance
7. What is communication?
The part of the brain that enables people to understandListening to and sharing thoughts, feelings and ideas with othersCreating environments where people feel safe to shareUsing words only to share information
8. Which of the following is communication?
Someone listens to their favourite musicSomeone watches an inspiring speechSomeone reads a book silentlySomeone emails their colleague/friend about a task
9. You have been asked to do a 5-minute presentation. Which step would you take?
Rely on my slides instead of engaging the audienceIdentify key points and express them clearlyAvoid non-verbal cuesSpeak quickly to fit in everything
10. What is self-awareness?
Believing in your ability to achieve your goalsRecognising and learning from your thoughts, feelings, actions, behaviours, strengths and weaknesses, and how they can impact yourself and othersUnderstanding how you can support and help others to achieve their goalsIdentifying ways to respond to challenges effectively in order to improve yourself
11. Which of the following is an example of self-awareness?
Someone is confident in their ability to save moneySomeone stays focused when writing a job applicationSomeone remains positive when bad news is shared with themSomeone reflects on their weaknesses to improve their performance at work
12. You are about to join a new team at work and want to understand yourself better to help you work with the team effectively. Which of the following steps would you take to improve your self-awareness?
Do some research to identify the characteristics of someone who can work with others effectivelyIdentify colleagues who are good at working with others in your workplace and copy their behaviourDo a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis on myselfSet myself goals, focusing on the skills I think I need to improve, to work with others more effectively