This two-day course is a generic training intervention intended to empower employees, or alternatively, to assist those facing a life change.

It is also ideal in combination with a team building session

The workplace of today is more challenging and demanding than ever before and this trend is here to stay.

Employees can have the technical skills to produce, but without a balance of technical and personal competence, there is no guarantee to achieve results.

It is expected of people to be self-sufficient, self-driven, to work in teams and to move on.

The aim of this training intervention is to provide the foundational skills so that employees can understand that motivation comes from within, that mapping a career is not someone else’s job and that understanding the self, helps to understand and work with others.

The relationship people have with themselves, creates the quality of their interactions with others in the team.

• explore the inner self,

• learn how to be in touch with their internal landscape,

• make decisions based on emotional awareness especially when facing challenges, or when simply interacting with others,

• and to understand that what is happening in the environment, has little to do with who they are, or where they are going.

Self-empowerment starts from the “inside-out” - taking ownership and responsibility, solving problems and understanding that one always has some-or-other degree of control.

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of self as a unique individual

• The inner journey and the essence of self-knowledge and self-assessment

• Understanding my identity: Who am I, who do I want to be and how do I get there?

• Role identity: Reflect on how I am playing my social roles

• What drives me? How to overcome the negative forces that are driving me

Decision-making and control

• I take control: Learn more about the three types of control and how we can always choose how to make life choices

• How values guide decision-making: Determine own core values and areas for development

• Emotional awareness in the decision-making process: Learn how to manage your emotions when facing life-challenges and how to apply the principles of an internal locus of control

• Assess own challenging life/work situations and how our reactions can contribute to increased creativity instead of being a victim of situations, events or circumstances

Generate your future: Self-motivation, goal-setting and achievement

• Goal-setting: Mapping the future and determining your end-destination

• Learn how to write a goal statement

• Comfort zones: Learn how to “get out of the box” and expand your boundaries

• Learn what is motivation and why internal motivation is the only way forward to achieve your goals

• Explore opportunities for career advancement using your toolbox of skills, knowledge and experience in self-assessment activities

The assertive approach

• Understand the three behaviour styles: Aggressiveness, Submissiveness and Assertiveness

• Learn techniques on how to adopt the assertive approach

• Learn how to give and receive criticism effectively

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNERS

Learners who attend this training will receive a “Certificate of Attendance” directly after the training.

Assessment entails the completion of a Portfolio of Evidence and if being assessed as competent, the learner will be awarded 3 credits on NQF Level 2.

In this case, a “Certificate of Competence” will be issued, representing the credit values and NQF Level.

Entry-level requirements for assessment according to the Unit Standard:
It is assumed that learners are competent in Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 1 or equivalent.