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Self-Awareness

Boosting your personal and professional development

The In Business module on Self-awareness and personal development is a specialized training for participants to improve their self-awareness and assist them in assessing their own professional and personal progress throughout the training program with regards to personal goals and vision developed at the start of the program.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Improved their self-awareness and;
2. Assessed their personal and professional progress and determined how to further their personal development.

Time Management

Developing skills for addressing challenges at work

The In Business module on Time management and self-organization is a specialized training for participants to improve their ability to manage their time and structure their work for increased productivity and efficiency. This module will address topics such as planning, prioritizing, scheduling, and organizing, while enabling participants to think about and discuss their ability to manage their time, be self-organized, and further improve these skills.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Developed more self-awareness and; 
2. Understood better how to manage time and organize their tasks to optimize their time while at work.

Starting to manage

Developing managerial skills

The In Business module on Starting to manage is a specialized training for participants aiming to advance to positions of supervisors or managers within the company. The session will cover important supervisory and managerial skills such as delegating, coaching, accountability and providing feedback.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Understood the roles and duties of a supervisor or manager;
2. Understood their own supervisory or managerial style, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, and; 
3. Identified how they can concretely apply their new skills and knowledge to their work life to perform well in a supervisory or managerial position and benefit their subordinates and the company.

Reaching consensus

Strategies for reaching win-win solutions in the workplace

The In Business module on Reaching consensus in the workplace is a specialized training for participants to understand how to communicate and negotiate effectively with others. During the training, participants will work together to discuss effective communication and negotiation methods and strategize to engage in negotiation.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1.  Understood the reason and method for reaching agreements at a workplace;
2.  Developed a new skill set and confidence to think about others’ needs, come up with negotiation strategies, and apply these with people in and outside their workplace, and;
3.  Identified how they can concretely apply their new skills and knowledge to their work life to benefit their performance, co-workers, and the company.

Interpersonal Communication

Developing skills for communication effectively

The In Business module on Interpersonal communication is a specialized training for participants to improve their ability to communicate effectively.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Learned the basic principles of interpersonal communication;
2. Practiced effective verbal and non-verbal skills, and; 
3. Identified concrete applications of the new learnings that can benefit their performance, their co-workers, and the company.

Creative thinking

Strategies for boosting creativity

The In Business module on Creative thinking is a specialized training to help participants look at and solve problems from different perspectives, adapt to changes, explore different connections, and seek new solutions.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Understood the importance of the ability to think creatively and generate new ideas at work;
2. Developed a familiarity with basic techniques that can be utilized to boost creativity, and;
3. Identified how they can concretely apply their new skills and knowledge to their work life to benefit their performance, co-workers, and the company.

Critical thinking and reasoning

Thinking clearly through challenges

The In Business module on Critical thinking & reasoning is a specialized training for participants to improve their ability to think clearly and rationally and evaluate different types of situations. The session includes exercises to enhance skills of participants so that they can easily understand logical connections, construct, and evaluate arguments, and detect inconsistencies in reasoning.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Understood better the method of engaging in reflective and rational thinking, and;
2. Understood better the importance of critical thinking for business.

Leadership

Becoming a leader

The In Business module on Leadership is an introductory leadership training session that will encourage participants to reflect on different types of styles and the skills required to be a good leader. In this module, participants will be introduced to exercises that will enable them to discuss leadership in different settings and describe the role of a leader in an organization.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Familiarized themselves with different types of leadership styles,
2. Been introduced to a methodology to reflect over and develop their own unique leadership skills, and;
3. Familiarized themselves with different types of leadership styles.

Managing upwards

Building your relationship with your manager

The In Business module on Managing upwards is a specialized training to support participants looking to advance their career within the company by focusing on different strategies important to consider when handling the relationship with a manager.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have

1. Understood the importance of having a good relationship with their manager for the efficiency of the teams as well as for their own career advancement, and;
2. Familiarized themselves with different strategies that they will need to consider to proactively manage upwards for them to build a good relationship with their manager.

Problem solving

Developing skills for addressing challenges at work

The In Business module on Problem solving trains participants to analyze problems, develop alternatives, and evaluate solutions. Through a series of interactive sessions, participants will learn new tools and apply them to a realistic case study. Group discussions will take into consideration real-life barriers to identifying problems and implementing solutions.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Learned a problem-solving methodology that would help to clarify problems and evaluate solutions, 
2. Developed problem solving skills that would help in successfully taking on greater responsibility in the workplace, and;
3.  Identified how they can apply their new skills and knowledge to their work life in a concrete manner to eventually benefit their performance, teammates, and company.

Working in a team

Becoming a better team player

The In Business module on Working in a team is a specialized training for participants to work effectively as group members with the ability to communicate clearly and contribute to building successful and well-functioning teams. During the training, participants will discuss and reflect over previous group work experiences to reinforce and further develop critical teamwork skills.

Upon completion of the training, participants should have:

1. Understood better why a team is dependent on the individual performance and behavior of its team members, 
2. Developed a greater awareness of different roles in a team and the important characteristics of a good team player, and;
3. Identified how to concretely apply new knowledge at the workplace to improve individual performance, as well as that of the team and the company.