Goals of this Module
- Explore what are your core values and how they influence your behaviour
- Describe a model for understanding that observable (what people can see) behaviour is affected by what is not observable (what people don’t see
- Recognise that being part of different communities and groups is a good source of support and motivation
Your values, your individual qualities, background, culture and experiences make you unique, different but equally valuable as a crew member, to everyone else[1].
What motivates you as an individual can be very different.
It is valuable to know what motivates you, as it will explain some of your automatic behaviours. It might also explain why you become frustrated with others who are not driven by the same values.
Q: Read the below list and circle those that matter the most to you.
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Personal achievement
Happiness
Earning money
Loving someone
Being loved, accepted
Popularity
Competence
Independence
Risking
Being different and still fitting in
Being your best
Reaching your potential
Finding excitement
Being a leader
Learning, gaining wisdom
Freedom
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Having influence over others
Fully expressing yourself
Becoming an expert
Making a positive difference
Developing people or things
Making a worthwhile contribution
Seeing how much you can get away with
Winning
Finding the good in others
Gaining recognition
Building something
Gaining the approval of others
Creating something
Getting things done
Doing good
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Dominating
Being unique
Being the best
Gaining security, safety
Controlling
Having fun
Working hard
Gaining mastery
Connection
Seeking adventure
Power, authority
Prestige
Increasing effectiveness
Experiencing life to its fullest
Waiting until the last minute
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Iceberg Model
Knowing yourself and managing your moods is made easier if you understand what is below the surface of your behaviour.
To begin, our basic human needs are met by food, shelter and being part of a supportive community or family.
Q: Individually, make a list of the groups you identify with. For instance, family groups, ethnic groups, being members of the bridge or engine room teams, the company you work for, clubs or sports teams, and so on.
Being part of a social group can be important for your wellbeing and sense of purpose.
Q: In pairs, discuss what are the benefits of being associated with certain social groups and what are the possible disadvantages?
You have written down groups that you are part of and that therefore go to make up your social identity. You are never ‘just’ a crew member, or ‘just’ a junior officer. You have a much more complex identity that makes you unique.
Sometimes people will try to put you down, or make you feel bad, because their identity is different. Let that be their problem – not yours – and be careful not to put people in boxes by assuming things about people that you don’t know are actually true.
Focus on including others. It is important to realise that if you are not actively including people you may be excluding them, and there is far more that unites us than divides us.
( Inclusion is a separate subject but you could watch this YouTube video after the session as a very powerful reminder https://youtu.be/jD8tjhVO1Tc )
Q: On board a vessel how can you stay connected to some of your most important social groups?
Summary of module 1, volume 3
Q: Take a moment to write down what you will remember from this session and what you want to do as a result.
In this session we have looked at values and how they drive behaviours. We have considered how each of us is a member of different social groups, and how that gives us our identity. We are part of different communities and groups and this is a source of support and motivation.
References for this module include the following sources:
1This session is drawn loosely from Social Identity theory. social identity is a person's knowledge that they belong to a category or social group.