Individual Growth Skills

Instructor- Led Virtual/In-person Workshops - 10 Modules / 6 Hours
Self-Paced E-Learning - 5 Modules / 3 hours

  • This workshop will give you an overview of the creative problem-solving process and critical problem-solving tools they can use daily. We will cover skills such as brainstorming, information gathering, analyzing data, and identifying resources throughout the workshop.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Understand problems and the creative problem solving process

    • Indentify types of information to gather and key questions to ask in problem solving

    • Identify the importance of defining a problem correctly

    • Identify and use four different problem definition tools

    • Write concrete problem statements

    • Use basic brainstorming tools to generate ideas for solutions

    • Evaluate potential solutions against criteria, including cost/benefit analysis and group voting

    • Perform a final analysis to select a solution

    • Understand the roles that fact and intuition play in selecting a solution

    • Understand the need to refine the shortlist and redefine it

    • Understand how to identify the tasks and resources necessary to implement solutions

    • Evaluate and adapt solutions to reality

  • This course will provide you with informative tools and practical strategies that will help shape a creative workplace. Creativity plays a big role in building a positive work environment, in which employees will feel confident in expressing their ideas. Be mindful that there is creativity in all of us. When this creativity emerges, powerful opportunities and advancements will happen.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define creativity

    • Differentiate between creativity and innovation

    • Work toward achieving the benefits of creativity for business success

    • Successfully build a creative team and work culture

    • Learn techniques for effective brainstorming

    • Identify the stages of the creative process

    • Understand the barriers of creativity

    • Use tools to help find your creative mind

  • Children have an innate creative ability, but for some reason adults seem to lose it along the way. You will move out of the mundane, be more curious, engage, and explore new ideas.

    With this course you will learn how to remove barriers that block or limit their creativity. You will improve imagination, divergent thinking, and mental flexibility and learn about mind mapping, individual brainstorming, and when to recognize and look for what inspires you to be more creative.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define creativity

    • Act with confidence

    • Engage in curiosity

    • Stop acting out of fear

    • Learn from introspection

    • Take risks

  • This course allows us to appropriately connect, collaborate, and share using technology. We will discuss footprints, best sharing practices, digital security and safety, digital etiquette and a few critical frameworks to utilize the open-source market's safest and most productive tools.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define digital citizenship

    • Use technology appropriately

    • Use social networking to create your brand

    • Protect your reputation online

    • Practice safe use of technology

    • Understand digital etiquette

  • Let our Entrepreneurship workshop help you achieve your dreams. Being an entrepreneur can be full of risks. These risks are minimized through drafting a business plan, knowing your competition, and successful marketing. In this course, you will learn decision-making, types of businesses, market and competition mapping, basics of starting a business, how to get finances, hiring talents and resources, operating the business and growing sustainably.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Understand how to start a business

    • Develop a business plan

    • Get financing for your business

    • Hire and train employees

    • Run your business

    • Grow your business

  • In this course, you will begin to see the importance and usefulness of mLearning in any organization. By absorbing the ins and outs of utilizing mLearning, you will possess the skills to take advantage of this new technology to educate employees and clients more efficiently. We will discuss benefits and challenges, tools and equipment, the FRAME model, the device aspect, the learner aspect and the social aspect of mLearning in this course.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Know the meaning of mLearning

    • Recognize different methods of mLearning

    • Know the benefits/challenges of using mLearning

    • Train other employees regarding mLearning

    • Form an mLearning plan

  • In this course, you will learn to define yourself using some of the successful brand-building methodologies. We will also discuss controlling and developing your image, personal and professional influences, sharpening your brand, the importance of appearance, operating in the world of social media and brand management during a crisis.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define your image

    • Control your image

    • Understand how to sharpen your brand

    • Use social media appropriately

    • Manage your brand in a crisis

    • Develop a professional appearance

  • This course dives deep into the nature of 10 skills and transfers them from common attributes to your core competencies. You will improve on almost every aspect of your career by reflecting on these skills regularly.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Discuss why human skills are important to success in the workplace

    • Understand the 10 key human skills everyone should have

    • Use human skills to relate more effectively to others in the workplace

    • Understand how to use human skills to communicate, problem-solve, and resolve conflict

    • Apply human skills to specific situations

  • This workshop provides several practical frameworks and strategies that successfully show results in today's workplaces. You will learn personal motivation, delegation skills, organization tools, prioritization, action-based triaging, crisis management and more during the session.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Plan and prioritize each day’s activities in a more efficient, productive manner

    • Overcome procrastination quickly and easily

    • Handle crises effectively and quickly

    • Organize your workspace and workflow to make better use of time

    • Delegate more efficiently

    • Use rituals to make your life run smoother

    • Plan meetings more appropriately and effectively

  • In this course, you will learn what initiative is, how to take it on, the advantages of it, and when to know one's place. By enrolling in this class, you will be taking the first step in making something positive happen for yourself. Now that is initiative!

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Identify what initiative looks like

    • Recognize when you can take steps outside the normal

    • Build confidence for themselves

    • Learn to find opportunities

    • Learn good and bad aspects of initiative

    • Balance initiative and restraint

  • Personal Productivity is a goal most of us have. Through this workshop you will be on the right track in achieving that goal. Some people blame everything that goes wrong in their life on something or someone else, but through this workshop you will take ownership and begin to lead a more productive life.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Set and evaluate SMART goals

    • Use routines to maximize their productivity

    • Use scheduling tools to make the most of their time

    • Stay on top of their to-do list

    • Start new tasks and projects on the right foot

    • Use basic project management techniques

    • Organize their physical and virtual workspaces for maximum efficiency

    • Take back time from e-mail and handheld devices

    • Beat procrastination

  • Taking control over the emotions that shape our lives can have powerful effects. Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to recognize and manage our emotions, behaviours, and impulses, as well as apply this knowledge to the world around us. It encourages self-awareness, internal motivation, and the exploration of diverse perspectives. Through effective and authentic communication, emotional intelligence will create positive relationships within any organization.

    Emotional intelligence is a skill that can be developed, in which these skills will help you to maximize your personal and professional success. This course will provide participants with the tools to gain control over emotions, navigate challenging situations, and communicate empathetically.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define emotional intelligence and emotions

    • Identify the components of emotional intelligence

    • Identify tools to gain control over emotions

    • Determine effective verbal and nonverbal communication skills

    • Successfully execute conflict resolution and manage relationships with others

    • Identify the benefits of being emotionally aware

    • Recognize ways to apply emotional intelligence in the workplace

    • Determine ways to make a great impression on others

  • Bloom’s Taxonomy is not just for elementary school teachers. The three domains of the taxonomy apply to adult education as well. In this manual, we will pay attention to the psychomotor domain. This is the domain of action and physicality. It is important to remember that psychomotor works together with the other domains when implementing it.

    In this workshop, you will discover how to better navigate the physical environment. The understanding and coordination of physical skills provides an incredible benefit to everyone.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Understand Bloom’s Taxonomy

    • Explain the psychomotor domain

    • Explore the different psychomotor taxonomies

    • Explain ways to implement training in the psychomotor domain

    • Identify psychomotor activities

  • Bloom’s Taxonomy is not just for elementary school teachers. The three domains of the taxonomy apply to adult education as well. In this manual, we will focus on the cognitive domain. This is the domain of knowledge and intellect, and it is the main focus of most educators.

    With our Adult Learning: Mental Skills workshop, you will discover the specifics of how the cognitive domain increases intellectual capability.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Understand Bloom’s Taxonomy

    • Explain the cognitive domain

    • Explore the two cognitive domains

    • Explain types of knowledge

    • Identify training in the cognitive domain

  • This workshop will cover strategies to help you overcome procrastination. These skills will translate into increased satisfaction in your professional and personal lives. You will learn about the goal setting characteristics of successful people and how you too can become an achiever and more productive individual.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Overcome procrastination

    • Manage time effectively

    • Accomplish important tasks

    • Self-motivate

    • Create SMART goals

  • The Social Intelligence workshop will provide you with ideas they can carry throughout your professional and personal lives. It is a fantastic tool for coaching and development as you discover new “people skills”. Improving social skills through active listening, understanding body language, and being more empathetic will give you advantage in social interactions.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Be aware of our own behaviours

    • Learn to be empathetic with others

    • Learn tools for active listening

    • Effectively communicate interpersonally

    • Recognize various social cues

    • Determine appropriate conversation topics

    • Learn various forms of body language

  • Social Learning is an effective way to train employees through modeling positive behaviours. It is a great way to promote cohesion and involvement as it builds a culture of learning. You will learn the best way to conduct role plays, share best practices, and provide constant and immediate feedback.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define and use social learning

    • Identify social learning tools

    • Manipulate group dynamics and culture

    • Craft and lead role play scenarios

    • Practice being a role model

    • Understand modeling and observation

  • Public speaking is one of the most intimidating things anyone is asked to do. Forget small spaces, darkness, and spiders, standing up in front of a crowd and talking is far more terrifying for most people. Through this workshop your participants will become more confident and relaxed in front of an audience which will translate into a successful speaking event.

    However, mastering this fear and getting comfortable speaking in public can be a great ego booster, not to mention a huge benefit to your career. The Public Speaking workshop will give participants some basic public speaking skills, including in-depth information on developing an engaging program and delivering their presentation with power.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Identify their audience

    • Create a basic outline

    • Organize their ideas

    • Flesh out their presentation

    • Find the right words

    • Prepare all the details

    • Overcome nervousness

    • Deliver a polished, professional speech

    • Handle questions and comments effectively

  • There are millions of American citizens struggling with debt. A lot of debt can be alleviated if you have the right tools. This workshop will provide you with the tools you need to reduce or eliminate debt, and give you the financial stability you need. The guide teaches you the benefits of having a budget and how to build a budget that fits your needs, and lifestyle. You will discover how you can cut costs, pay off debts, and live within your budget.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Discover how to establish financial goals

    • Evaluate where financial cuts can be made

    • Learn the basics about expenses

    • Determine what tools you need to stick with your budget.

  • Searching for a job can be intimidating. How do you know what job you're best suited for? How do you build a winning resume and cover letter? Where can you find job leads? How do you network without feeling nervous? What happens when you land an interview? And most importantly, where do you find help when you need it?

    The Job Search Skills workshop will give you the answers to all these questions, plus a plan to get you to a new job within a month. After completing this program, you'll be more than ready to start your search for your perfect job. Identifying the purpose for working and the assessment of skills can help determine the types of jobs your participants should apply for.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define your objectives and purpose in your search for employment.

    • Help you establish SMART goals in the job-hunting process.

    • Assist you in developing a first month plan of action for your job search.

    • Craft an effective resume.

    • Form an attractive cover letter.

    • Develop and present a portfolio of your prior work.

    • Learn networking skills in finding leads for jobs.

    • Efficiently get interviews and thrive in the interview process.

  • As problems are bound to come up in any organization, it’s important to know how to address these challenges with good reasoning and logic. Utilizing your critical thinking skills will lead you toward being a more rational and disciplined thinker. This workshop will provide you the skills to approach problems critically, as well as recognize the power of open-mindedness and altering your perspective, in order to make the best choices.

    Workshop Objectives -

    • Define critical thinking

    • Understand the critical thinking process

    • Identify the role of logic, and reasoning

    • Recognize benefits and barriers to critical thinking

    • Identify characteristics of a critical thinker

    • Evaluate information using critical thinking skills

    • Recognize ways to improve skills

    • Explore and revise perspective, when necessary

    • Comprehend problem solving abilities