The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development

Developing Personal Effectiveness

 

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About the Course

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Course overview:


Make a profound and positive change to your life within your workplace. Now you can increase your ability to manage yourself and your relationships to improve your overall performance at work.

Course benefits:


You’ll strongly benefit from the essential knowledge and overview to understand your personal style and impact on others. The practical group exercises will help you list your key goals and identify steps to achieve them; you’ll take away the skills to help you analyse different strategies to deal positively with others and build effective working relationships; reduce stress (in yourself and others); increase your self confidence; and plan going forward.

Additional information:


Developing Personal Effectiveness
can be provided in-house, which is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We will also tailor the course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an advisor about your particular requirements call our In-house team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

Dates and Prices

Course title: Developing Personal Effectiveness
Duration: 2 days (Non-residential)
Dates and prices:
1 March 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £880 + VAT
CIPD member price: £790 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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4 October 2012, Londonavailability: Green light
Non-member price: £880 + VAT
CIPD member price: £790 + VAT (find out about CIPD membership)
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In-house training

Developing Personal Effectiveness can be provided in-house, which is a cost-effective approach if you have a number of people who require training. You choose where and when you want our trainers to deliver. We will also tailor the course content to suit your precise organisation needs.

To speak to an advisor about your particular requirements call our In-house team on +44 (0)20 8612 6202.

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Course content

DAY 1


Personal effectiveness


  • what is it?
  • common themes from different models
  • the VITAL model

Visions – identifying individual goals

  • clarifying what is important to you
  • analysing how to succeed
  • changing difficulties into success steps

Interaction – working confidently with others

  • tools to analyse what is happening
  • identifying individual style
  • increasing your flexibility
  • using a range of models including a systematic approach
  • strategies for influencing others

DAY 2

Toughness – maintaining effectiveness in difficult situations

  • the difference between stress and pressure
  • understanding your own current reactions
  • practical ways of staying in charge
  • recognising stress in others and how to assist them

Achievement – moving forward with confidence

  • how to build and maintain confidence
  • how to resource yourself
  • c-zone analysis

Learning – continuous development

  • learning preferences
  • creating the right mix for you

Next steps

  • the outcome ladder

Action planning

 

Course tutors

Mrs Deirdre Tidy
Deirdre Tidy Chartered MCIPD is a training and development consultant who specialises in assisting others to make changes that increase their effectiveness.  Deidre has co-authored two books on communication and is a registered psychotherapist.