Self Efficacy Paper

1. If a fellow team member had high self-esteem, but low self-efficacy toward a task that you felt he/she could accomplish, what would you do?

The interaction between self-concept and self-efficacy IS about how a person sees him or herself tackling a specific task they may not be comfortable with. An example of the dynamic between these two could be compared to the New Year’s resolutions people make. Many people are very outgoing and high energy about many aspects in their lives, but when it comes to sticking to a workout regimen or a new diet their low-efficacy may be what determines a negative outcome. I would even venture to guess that tolerance for ambiguity might be what drives their inner fears. If they perceive the work that is to be undertaking as a great degree of discomfort, they may not even attempt it.

In the military, I learned to think about solutions in “black or white”, or the “it’s either this or that,” or “there’s a right way or a wrong way of doing something.” Once I left the military, I learned to let go of this style of thinking when it came to getting solutions to a problem. Because in the civilian world, there is very little “this or that” for every problem our staff face. …show more content…
If fear is driving them, then I would focus on showing them why focusing on something that hasn’t happened yet is keeping them from succeeding. I would break the task into smaller parts so they can focus on one part at a time until they complete the end goal. If they’re not motivated to try it because they do not like it, then I would suggest them completing the hardest parts of the project first so they can end up with the easy parts towards the end. It’s about changing their past views on something by changing their typical