COURSE OBJECTIVES :
• Identify, develop and improve key competencies necessary for superior performance
• Improve creative thinking, problem solving and decision making skills
• Develop reading skills and note-making effectiveness
• Learn to use and apply simple memory systems• Be better able to understand personality and behavioural characteristics in order to achieve what they want from other people
• Develop a plan and approach for self-developmentImprove Your Effectiveness at Work: Better Reading and Note-Making
• Your Brain Skills
• How to be a 'Successful' Reader
• How Mastering Note-making Skills Can Help Your Career
• Mind-mapping as a Note-making, Planning, Thinking and Memory Tool
• Mind-mapping SoftwareMemory Magic: How to Remember Things?
• Your Memory Potential (how good is your memory?)• Memory Systems Explained (the power of stories and imagination)
• Remembering Names• Memory at Work
• Remember What You Read (strategies for fast, effective reading)Better Working with Other People
• Barriers to Effective Communications
• Strategies for Improving Communications with “Difficult” People
• The Powerful Influence of ‘Body Language’: Speaking without Words
• Giving and Receiving Feedback: The Risks and the Benefits
• Getting Your Point Across: Know What to Say and When to Say ItResults-oriented Time Management Strategies
• Identifying and Dealing with Time-wasters• Handling Interruptions (how to protect your productive time)
• Planning (what you have to do)
• Prioritisation (what you must do first)
• Save Time When Planning a PresentationUsing Core Skills at Work
• Making a Presentation
• Thinking and Working in Teams
• How We Learn – and What We Need To Do to Avoid Forgetting
• Tips for Handling Information Overload at WorkCompetencies and Time Management
• Assessing Prior Skills and Knowledge
• Competencies Required for Excellence as An Office Professional
• Perceptions, Attitudes and Beliefs – How they affect Performance?
• Learning Styles / Thinking Styles – Your Strengths and Weaknesses
• Time Management Skills