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Personal Effectiveness
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What does it take to be personally effective? What do you need - and what do you already have?

Whatever you set out to achieve, effectiveness is the key contributor to the bottom line. Some of the key elements are outside your control, but many of them are down to you - and how effective you are. These three training courses will offer our top 30 tips on being personally effective...

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Personal Effectiveness Workshop Content

Who are you?

This is an issue of identity - the 'personal' side of personal effectiveness. If we're talking about personal effectiveness, then the ultimate regulator is you: not only your values, beliefs, decisions and actions, but what constitutes success for you - so that you can be as effective as you want to be, in whatever areas that matter to you - and then, what you can and need to do to get there...

What does 'effective' mean?

This is the second key word. It isn't the same as effciency, or productivity. So you need to be clear about what effective means, in order to achieve it.

Your two selves

Your internal self - what is going on inside you (and why); and your external self - what others see, and how you interact with the rest of the world. What does each consist of, and how do they influence each other? And how do you score against each of these factors (our self-assessment questionnaire will help you find the answers).

Managing your internal self

We will introduce 3 key models - the Programme Interrupt, Triple S and TEBI - that really help you take ownership of your internal state.

Being personally effective with tasks and time

10 key ways in which you are - more or less - effective with your time, and the way you manage tasks.

Your MSD profile

Do you have the right motivation, strategy and discipline to achieve the effectiveness you want?

Ownership

In any situation, you can move in one of two directions: towards taking ownership and responsibility, or towards blame. And the more responsibility you take, and the less you blame, the more personally effective you are likely to be.

Reflection and learning

We'll examine the issue of fixed versus growth mindset - how the one limits learning, and the other encourages it. And generally speaking, the more open to learning you are, the more likely you are to be effective. And another key part of learning is to take the opportunity to reflect. As someone once said: it's not the experience, but the reflection on that experience, that provides the learning.

The formula for (personal) success: BCPTO

BCTPO covers 5 factors critical to any personal success. They won't guarantee it, but the absence of any will make success very unlikely. And, critically, you own all 5 of these elements...

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Who is personal effectiveness training for?

Our personal effectiveness skills courses are ideal for anyone wanting to increase their own or their team's performance, or to be more effective personally. The courses are particularly helpful to anyone who wants to:

Be more effective with time and tasks - particularly if the workload is busy - too much to do, to little time to do it...

Understand how their internal self, or state, can affect their personal effectiveness - and how to improve such a state...

Use helpful models (such as MSD and BCTPO) that identify and help you with crucial factors that aid personal effectiveness.

Be responsible for more of what happens, and how they react to it.

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Personal Effectiveness Workshop Activities

The shortest course focuses on the two selves, how they inter-relate, and the key issue of ownership and choice. The half day course looks at managing time and tasks in an effective way, and also at key models to use as checklists for high personal effectiveness. The full day provides an afternoon for delivering and testing each person's priorities for development in this area.

Never 'death by powerpoint'

We always provide a variety of learning approaches in each of our workshops.

Each workshop typically includes learning input from the trainer, supported by a range of mixed media, interactive elements, discussion and group work. Most workshops also include case work and practical skill-development activities to apply the learning, with more time dedicated to this in the longer courses.

'Want more?' resource pack

In addition to providing a copy of any slide deck, we always provide a ‘want more’ section, of curated resources including book summaries, podcasts, downloads and articles.

open discussion

core learning input

brainstorm

multimedia learning

‘real life’ casework

reflection & consolidation

My attention can easily wander, but this was never the case here, largely due to the variety of learning approaches used. Never a dull moment!

Workshop Options & Prices

Bitesize

1.5 hours

£475

Fast paced, dynamic, micro learning... the perfect targeted training solution for busy teams.

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Half Day

3 hours

£850

Our most popular option - with good reason - plenty of time to really get to grips with the content, and how to apply it.

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Full Day

6 hours

£1250

Either a deep dive into a single topic, or a great value option for running multiple half day or bitesize workshops.

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Workshops are limited to 30 participants, with a 25% additional charge for groups of more than 15 participants.

What are the benefits of personal effectiveness skills training?

Knowing how and why the internal state affects personal effectiveness

Managing time and tasks more effectively

Being clear about what level and type of personal effectiveness they require

Identifying areas they need to improve to be more personally effective

Personal Effectiveness Training (course) Frequently Asked Quesitons

Surely a lot of anyone's personal effectiveness is not just down to that individual?

That's true - luck, and other people's support and interventions can affect anyone's personal effectiveness - if by that we mean the outcome is effective for that person. But usually personal effectiveness means 'effective due to that person's assets, and action' - things that belong to that individual.

Can't effectiveness vary within the same individual - surely everyone can have an off day?

Absolutely. But if that happens, some people will deal with that better than others, making them more personally effective. For example, if A and B are both equally tired, A may continue to work through their tiredness, and do a poor job as a result, whereas B decides to stop, rest, and tackle the task when more refreshed, leading to a much better outcome.

Can everyone learn to be more effective?

We think so. No one will have the full 'personal effectiveness' set. And where there are gaps, most can be filled, or at least improved.

Which of these personal effectiveness training courses should I take?

We think that depends on your current 'stock take' - and as a result, how many gaps you have that you want to fill. The shortest course will provide the opportunity to stock take; the half day will provide knowledge of the key techniques to aid personal effectiveness, and the full day course allows the participants to practice those particular skills and techniques that matter most to their own development in this area.

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