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Personal DevelopmentRiding the Wave: Strategies for ChangeRiding the Wave uses scenarios resulting in ‘mini-dramas’ to show how trying to control the uncontrollable - both situations and co-workers - leaves us feeling powerless and overwhelmed. It also can seriously upset workplace productivity by causing conflict, poor communication and closed-mindedness. ‘Riding the Wave’ goes on to demonstrate how to apply balancing strategies to change your attitude, relax, and open your mind to the ocean of possibilities change can bring. You'll learn all the advantages that come your way when you shift from security-seeking behaviours - a "Security & Control Mindset" - to a "Learning & Discovery Mindset" - a mindset that helps you see problems as opportunities for expanding your potential. Participants will learn to: · Recognise the limitations of a "security & control" mindset · Profit from the future by applying a "Learning & Discovery" mindset · Expand the range of situations in which they can effectively function · Regain their sense of confidence in the face of change
Course PD1 One Day Live Your DreamsThis exciting session explains ways for you to confront your fears head-on with confidence and authority. By learning some very practical skills, you'll overcome the fears that block you from accomplishing the goals and dreams of your life. As a result, you'll want to pursue your dreams like never before. You'll go after them as if your life depended on it -- because it does!
Course PD2 One Day The Power of Attitude – It does make a difference!"Positive attitude. Positive attitude. Positive attitude."...A worn-out anthem? Or is there really power behind a positive attitude? ‘The Power of Attitude - It Does Make a Difference’ shows that there is, and most of what makes us positive is attributed to our own self-image. This event unfolds five steps for developing and projecting a positive attitude in the workplace, and beyond. You'll see how to determine the attitude types of co-workers, how to deal with them and how to keep the hard work of maintaining your own positive attitude in perspective. This also offers general strategies for defusing difficult attitudes before they cause injury to the big and little things we do all day long. Course PD3 One Day
How to De-Junk Your LifeThis revolutionary event offers you powerful strategies and tons of tips on how to regain control of your space, your time, your paperwork and your priorities. Participants will learn easy-to-apply techniques for clearing the clutter that's junking up your personal and professional lives. Strong time, priority and organisational-management skills are a bottom-line requirement for professionals who are on the move up. Apply the principles you learn in ‘How to De-Junk Your Life’ and watch your status soar! You'll Learn How To: · Eliminate the messy piles of paper on your desk - forever · End those frantic searches for misplaced and lost items once and for all · Optimise your work area with secrets from organisational professionals · Save tons of time with a sure-fire system for minimizing interruptions · Say "no" tactfully when your calendar or workload is full and much more!
Course PD4 One Day Self-Esteem: The Power to Be Your BestThe building blocks for a strong, healthy self-image Do you lose productive time worrying about how you appear to other people? Do your relationships suffer because of a weak self-image? Do you want to take new risks. . .and enjoy the rewards? Do you want more self-confidence so you can reach new goals? Learn sound strategies to overcome these and other issues that eat at your self-esteem by attending this highly effective event. Starting today, you can find out just how confident you really are so you can tackle tough situations without hesitation as your self-esteem soars. You'll Learn How To: · Minimise downtime. . .and maximise your potential · Master the techniques that will boost your self confidence. . .overnight · Tap into the self-esteem you've had since birth · Work with strategies that keep "workaholism" from sinking your self-image · And so much more!
Course PD5 Two Days A New AttitudeSmart Strategies to Make You a Peak Performer Would you like to let go of yesterday's problems so you can be more successful today? Do you want to attack unfamiliar challenges ... without letting the fear of change hold you back? Are you ready to leap over obstacles and reach your goals by making your attitude more positive? Throughout this programme you'll learn valuable strategies and techniques that you can use immediately - strategies that will let you create and sustain a go-getter attitude. Here's What You'll Learn: · How to extinguish burnout and grasp the extra energy to succeed · Which natural trait can zap your attitude ... if you don't keep an eye on it · One unexpected strategy to put a smile on your face ... and a zip in your attitude!
Course PD6 Two Days How to Achieve Ultimate SuccessWhat is ultimate success? No one is really sure and for everyone it is surely different. Is it great wealth, good health and true happiness? Or is it some combination of each? Could it be "a win" with the next business deal or an extended vacation with our family that makes us feel successful? No matter what, we are all looking to become more successful than we are. ‘Achieve Ultimate Success’ presents a psychologically sound approach to help you reach the ultimate success you desire in both your business and personal life. The programme looks at the five building blocks to success. They include: Perspective and how we view control; Purpose, clarifying our values and aligning our activities; Personality, determining how assertive and receptive we really are; Planning, setting goals; and, Productivity, beating the time wasters that keep us from success. Plus, you'll learn to evaluate the balance or lack of balance in your life on the wellness wheel and how this directly affects your success. Can anyone guarantee you success? Of course not. However, we can tell you that if you follow this system you can't help but improve your professional and personal life.
Course PD7 Two Days Up Is Not the Only WayUp Is Not the Only Way - Promotions aren’t the only means of achieving job satisfaction. This event dynamically opens participants’ eyes to the fact that a promotion is one of only six moves available for greater job satisfaction and career enhancement. Participants also learn that greater opportunities within their job sometimes involve both the manager and the employee working together to plan a successful future. Key Training Points: · How to understand that career enhancement is not always vertical · How to explore six options for satisfying career moves: vertical, lateral, away, down, exploratory and job enrichment
Course PD8 One Day Life & Work – A managers search for meaningBy attending this Programme, you will learn how to practice the art of caring leadership on a day-to-day, person to person basis. ‘Life & Work: A Manager’s Search for Meaning’ explores with breathtaking insight and sensitivity the emotional and spiritual issues involved in managing a work force. In a pressurised atmosphere of downsizing, restructuring and intense competition, management must be viewed as an act of faith - and every job should reinforce an employees sense of work and dignity. With courageous candour, ‘Life & Work’ addresses the most troublesome challenges that arise in both work and life and offers invaluable guidance toward the successful integration of who we are and how we live with what we do. Key Concepts · Finding your balance within life and work · Learning how to care about yourself · Helping others find balance
Course PD9 Two Days Get Hired: How to Ace the InterviewWith this training Programme, any job applicant can learn how to Get Hired! ‘Get Hired! How to Ace the Interview’ will teach interviewees how to be confident and prepared with the knowledge of key interviewing skills presented in this Programme. The key learning topics focus on teaching job applicants how to develop a profile of their personal characteristics and career skills to help them be better communicators during an interview. Applicants will also learn how to develop skill/benefit statements and SHARE examples, which are both key elements of a successful interview. Basically, it's the interviewee who applies these techniques the best... who will Get Hired! How-To Training Points: · How to develop a profile of your skills · How to develop a realistic, honest description of both the technical skills and performance skills important to the job in question · How to identify someone inside or outside the target organisation who can help sway a hiring decision in your favour · How to use skill/benefit statements to help present a positive, capable image · How to use the SHARE model to develop effective responses to questions · How to successfully answer difficult or strange questions · How to employ a general interviewing strategy that will fit any interviewer's method of interviewing
Course PD10 Three Days Get Ready! Preparing for a Successful Job SearchWhether you’re looking to change jobs, have lost your job due to a merger or downsizing, or are simply just beginning your professional career, the whole prospect of getting started with your job search can be pretty intimidating, especially if you don’t know how to even begin your search. However, if you simply learn and apply specific preparation techniques, your job search can be an effective tool to help you find the right job, no matter what your circumstances are. Key Training Points: · How to convert concerns to actions · How to develop a skills profile and build goal clarity · How to prepare a robust resume and suite of letters · How to develop an advocate network · How to naturalise your telephone approach
Course PD11 One Day Growing in PlaceThis event demonstrates practical ways for employees and managers to foster self-development on the job. It provides a forum for employees and managers to voice their concerns over new development issues, and for our expert in the field to offer their immediate reactions and suggestions for individual case studies. Increased satisfaction with the work itself is the ultimate goal of ‘growing in place’, catalysing fresh energy and new levels of mastery within the necessary parameters of structural plateauing. Key Training Points · Make sure employees continue to use their energies to grow and flourish · Establish staff interchanges that stimulate the use of team planning, communication and new technologies · Learn the secrets behind making the right job fit · Set mutually beneficial objectives for the company and the employee · Assess opportunities for growth
Course PD12 One Day Celebrate What's Right With The World‘Celebrate What’s Right With The World’ teaches what a powerful force having a vision of possibilities can be for you. Do you have a vision for your workplace? More importantly, do you have one for yourself? One that gets you excited every morning and keeps you open to possibilities. This innovative programme raises the questions “do we choose to see possibilities? do we really believe they’re there?” Participants will journey on a route of discovery, which assures us that we will see it only when we believe it - and when we believe it, we connect with a vision that opens us to possibilities and gives us the courage to soar. ‘Celebrate What’s Right With The World’ provides practical guidelines for applying the seven key concepts, even in the face of critics and challenges. Attend this programme and see how we can approach our lives with celebration, confidence and grace. Seven Key Concepts: · Believe it and you'll see it. · Recognise abundance. · Look for possibilities. · Unleash your energy to fix what's wrong. · Ride the changes. · Take yourself to your edge. · Be your best for the world.
Course PD13 Three Days Spirit At WorkHave you ever been connected with a group of people who were faced with an almost impossible task? Perhaps together you put in the extra effort to get the new product out. You pulled together and set aside ego and title, just rolled up your sleeves and got the job done. It felt great. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to connect like this everyday This is easier said than done. Spirit at Work offers a perspective that can help. The concepts covered in this session are down to earth and useful. Spirit at Work contends that it all depends on five ways of being. These five principles will allow us to nurture our own Spirit at Work. Key Concepts · Be Authentic: be your real self. · Be Vulnerable: let go of the myth of control. · Be Accepting: forget about winning and losing. · Be Present: pay attention. · Be Useful: serve others.
Course PD14 Two Days Lateral and Creative Thinking SkillsIf you are interested in learning specific techniques and tools that will significantly enhance your creative thinking then Lateral and Creative Thinking Skills is a must! What You Will Learn: This Workshop will teach you how to solve problems you have not been able to solve, develop a more creative organisation, and to fully utilise the assets you already have – the minds of your employees.
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