Problem Solving & Decision Making
2 days
This two day workshop will help participants develop their problem solving and decision making skills.
This course includes exercises and skill development in:
- Learning to apply problem solving steps and tools
- Analysing information to clearly describe problems
- Thinking creatively
- Being a contributing member of a problem solving team
- Selecting the best approach for making decisions
- Creating a plan for implementing, evaluating, and following up on decisions
- Avoid common decision making mistakes.
Critical Thinking
2 days
Every day we are bombarded with messages to believe various ideas, purchase things, support causes, and to live our lives in a particular way. People need to develop critical thinking skills to effectively reason through problems and to present arguments in a logical, compelling way. This two day training course will give participants some practical tools and hands-on experience with critical thinking and problem solving.
Participants learn how to:
- Define critical and non-critical thinking
- Identify their critical thinking style(s), including areas of strength and improvement
- Work through the critical thinking process to build or analyse arguments
- Improve key critical thinking skills, including active listening and questioning
- Use analytical thought systems and creative thinking techniques
- Prepare and present powerful arguments
Managing Pressure & Maintaining Balance
1 day
This one-day course will help participants understand the causes and costs of workplace pressure, the benefits of creating balance, and how to identify pressure points. They will also learn how to apply emotional intelligence, increase optimism and resilience, and develop strategies for getting ahead. Through interactive exercises participants will learn skills in
- Recognising pressure points
- Defining what they want
- Managing stressors
- Setting goals
- Recognising and validating emotions
Creative Thinking & Innovation
2 days
Many people think that they lack creativity. In reality most of us do not recognise that we are creative on a daily basis. Whether it’s stretching a tight budget at work or deciding who to invite to a project launch, there is a great deal of creativity involved in achieving success in business. Boosting creativity and innovation takes practice, and honing creative skills is a process.
In this two-day training course participants will learn to:
- Recognise their own creativity
- Develop their own creative environment
- Explain the importance of creativity and innovation in business
- Apply problem-solving steps and tools
- Use individual and group techniques to help generate creative ideas
- Implement creative ideas
Influence & Persuasion
1 day
Some people don’t realise how much influence they have, despite using it much of the time: they persuade in sales, negotiating a raise, getting people to adopt a change, or deciding where a group will go for lunch. This one day workshop will help participants apply influence and persuasion in a variety of areas.
In this course participants will learn:
- How persuasion differs from manipulation
- How to apply techniques of persuasion and influence
- Getting persuasive conversations and presentations underway
- Using storytelling techniques to extend influence
- And much more.
Getting Stuff Done
2 days
This ‘Getting Stuff Done’ course is designed to help people to effectively manage their time, to be efficient, and to be organised. This course is founded in the principle that knowing what we want and setting concrete, clear, and motivating goals are essential steps to success.
In this two day training course, participants will learn:
- How to create a personal vision statement and goals
- The building blocks of a strong organisational system
- Overcoming procrastination and developing effective habits
- What personal efficiency means, and the skills and attitudes that make it possible
- Systems for being more organised
Self Leadership
1 day
Self-leadership puts together taking responsibility for our outcomes, setting direction for our lives, and having tools to manage priorities. Motivated participants in this one day course will internalise the four pillars of self-leadership to make meaningful, empowered choices, while taking action.
Sessions include:
- Using techniques for adjusting to change
- Cultivating optimism
- Developing good habits
Emotional Intelligence
1 day
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a pivotal factor in personal and professional success. In this one day introductory course participants will develop skills to understand the characteristics of extraordinary people who can inspire, make a difference, and connect with others.
This course will have participants exploring:
- What emotional intelligence means
- How our emotional health and physical health are related
- How to develop skills to understand, use, and appreciate the role of emotional intelligence in the workplace
- How to recognise their different emotions and how to manage them
- The value of creating a personal vision statement
- How to validate the emotions of other people