Personal Skills Training for Professional Excellence

In this Personal Skills Training course, you will learn how to make the best use of your strengths and talents to manage challenging situations and add value to your organisation. You will also learn how to:

• Develop behaviors and competencies that help you focus on your purpose
• Further develop your networks and expertise
• Build a reputation for delivering optimal results

Personal Skills Training for Professional Excellence Delivery Methods

• In-Person

• Online

Personal Skills Training for Professional Excellence Course Benefits

• Work effectively with different personality types

• Maintain focus under pressure

• Build your professional reputation

• Work productively within your organisation's political environment

• Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching

Personal Skills Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction

In this module, you will learn about:

• Key characteristics of professional people
• The components of personal effectiveness

Module 2: Realising Your Strengths and Fulfilling Your Potential

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Evaluate your aptitudes, personal style, and development areas
• Apply the Multiple Intelligences Model
• Assess your natural talents and personal values

Module 3: Building Your Professional Effectiveness

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Operate with ethics and integrity
• Understand the core elements of professional excellence
• Recognise the source of your professional power and further develop it
• Adapt a proactive approach to building your power

Module 4: Working Productively with Others

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Recognize limiting beliefs and personal restrictors
• Enhance your emotional intelligence (EI)

• Understand the dynamics of human interaction
• Interpret language and behavior to understand motives and intentions
• Manage different personal styles

Module 5: Achieving Results in Pressure Situations

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Collaborate with difficult coworkers
• Keep your meetings constructive and professional
• Understand different personal styles and adopt a collaborative approach

Module 6: Building Your Professional Reputation

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Network to enhance your influence
• Craft your personal brand
• Demonstrate political intelligence
• Navigate the power and politics in your organisation
• Be assertive without aggression
• Defuse disagreement with active listening

Module 7: Creating the Results You Want

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Harness the power of positive psychology
• Develop short-term coping mechanisms for stress
• Align your strengths with your purpose
• Find a balance and become the best version of yourself

Module 8: Setting the Framework for Success

In this module, you will learn how to:

• Choose your personal and professional future
• Look at the big picture and create goals for the future
• Address resistance and established patterns that might be getting in the way of your goals
• Commit to a plan of action to achieve your goals