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Mission Statement

The Empowering Beliefs Workshop focuses on the fact that everyone has limiting beliefs holding us back, keeping us playing small and preventing us from reaching our true potential. By the end of the workshop, the women on your team will be equipped with an empowered belief system and a positive mindset allowing them to reach their goals and show up as powerful and confident leaders with the tools necessary to live their best life.

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Objectives

1. Belief System – It’s all about your belief system. You become what you think and believe. In the first course of the workshop, we take a deep dive into understanding the belief system and how it works and steps on how to re-shape your belief system to be in alignment with your goals.
2. Empowered Beliefs – Limiting beliefs can keep us stuck and can sabotage our success. We take a deep dive understanding where these beliefs come from and how they’re formed. We will go through a transformational process that will allow you to reveal and recognize those blocks and learn how to let them go so you can start living up to your full potential.
3. Attitudes and Behavior – Everything we do at work from our relationships to finding new prospects is influenced by how we act. Our professional reputation and career can be boosted as much by our attitude and behavior as by our talents and expertise. We will learn the ABC Structure of Attitudes by Dr. Saul McLeod and the Four Functions of Attitudes by Daniel Katz. We will also discuss how our attitude is formed. In addition, we will uncover Behavioral Intention and Actual Behavior and learn 10 methods to keep your professional behavior at work.
4. Breakthrough Resistance – Resistance can prevent us from moving ahead in all areas of our lives. We will reveal what resistance is and how to recognize it. We will go through the Letting Go of Resistance Process. We’ll learn 3 Tips to Avoid Resistance along with Strategies to address conflict in the workplace. Resistance can be a major obstacle to having what we want and feeling the way we want to. Possessing the tools, you will learn in this course will allow you to get back into the flow again.
5. Overcoming Fear – Everyone is afraid of failure or the fear of the unknown. We can choose to let fear paralyze us or motivate us. In this course, you will learn 7 important facts about fear and the 5 steps to conquering your fear. The only way to grow as a person, a business professional and a leader is to step outside your comfort zone and face your fears, doubts, and the limiting beliefs you have about yourself. Everything you want is on the other side of fear.
6. Treating Trauma – Trauma may be the culprit when it comes to not reaching our goals. Sometimes a small experience from our childhood or a negative experience we had as an adult can create a traumatic loop that can sabotage our success. There are steps you can take to ensure that your traumas do not define your future. In this course, we will learn how to regain control of our minds and create the story we want to live.
7. Be Consistent – Many of us stop short before reaching our goals. Consistency is the difference between failure and success. The problem is the road to consistency is not easy, as there are numerous distractions along the way. In this course, we discuss the 3 Consistency Pillars, 10 reasons why consistency is essential and 10 strategies for dealing with inconsistency. You will gain all of the tools you need to maintain consistency in your life so your actions will start to drive your results.
8. Power of Focus – Focus has the power to transform our lives. What you focus on grows. Focus is a powerful trait that has served many in various leadership roles. In this course, we will dive deep into examples of success stories of highly successful people in history and how they used focus to succeed. We’ll learn the advantages of being focused, how to improve focus and 4 strategies to bring focus to work.
9. Navigating Transition – Life is full of changes and with those changes comes transition. Certain life events can leave us feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain. These changes cause us to question our beliefs, personal values and even ourselves. In this course, we address the 5 Stages of Change also known as the Transtheoretical Model- this helps us to become aware of and understand each of the 5 stages we go through, so we can achieve sustainable long-term change.
10. Beliefs in Leadership – Belief is the #1 leadership attribute. How we believe in ourselves, our mission, our people, and their belief in us will define your leadership success. In this course, we discuss the 5 Leadership Styles, the 21 Leadership Values and Beliefs and how to implement them into your role as a leader. Bottom line, a great leader not only adds value to others, but through their positive influence they can change the attitude and behavior of others.
11. Empowered Thinking – It’s true, our thoughts influence our actions. Our actions in turn, determine whether or not we succeed in our career, relationships and in life. In this course, we define positive thinking, and the physical and mental advantages of positive thinking. We can actually train ourselves to have a more positive outlook with practice by learning some powerful positive thinking techniques. We will also discuss how we can reap the benefits of positive thinking, so we can begin to change our life and the lives of others for the better.
12. Power Statement – The majority of us have BIG DREAMS for our lives. Unfortunately, most people have no idea how to make their dreams a reality. If you want to transform your life and the lives of others, make an impact on the world, and get paid good money to do it you can. If you BELIEVE you can. In this final course of the workshop, you will discover 8 new Passion Beliefs™ you can adopt to help you create your new and empowered belief system. We will also go through a powerful exercise where you get to create your personal Power Statement which represents the new version of yourself that you’re stepping into.

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Strategies

1. Engage and elicit expectations for the course, introduce the concept of belief systems and why they are important
2. Present Allowing Process to eliminate limiting beliefs
3. Discover a method to establish a work environment that fosters positive attitudes
4. Learn how to breakthrough resistance with the Letting Go Process
5. Identify greatest fears and go through a 5-step process to conquer that fear
6. Practice and learn how to address past trauma begin to re-frame experiences and shift perspectives
7. Create standardized Commitment Process to stay consistent in our actions, so we can reach our goals.
8. Learn powerful focus techniques to reach goals quicker, improve teamwork and communication skills
9. Develop a Job Transition Plan – to demonstrate current role and responsibility to successor and ensure a smooth transition into your new role
10. Increase self-awareness of your leadership traits and styles
11. Access positive thinking techniques and how to can use them while leading others
12. Create a Personal Power Statement representing the new version of ourselves we’re stepping into

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Tasks

1. Go through the Study Guide and Distance Learning lessons first and make notes.
2. Identify the key relationships that need to be managed to ensure project success.
3. Determine needs, critical drivers, concerns, and interests for each relationship.
4. Ensure that these relationships are built and maintained on a regular basis, by soliciting ideas, comments, and assessing value.
5. Schedule a meeting for the participants to meet and discuss the workshop within 30 days
6. Participants to share expectations and feedback during the workshop.
7. Set a deadline for determining and analyzing the time commitment for each of the participants.
8. Participants to demonstrate personal presence, get feedback, and make a plan for further development.
9. Participants to experience the challenges of change and apply learnings to the philosophy of leading change.
10. Participants are to complete each exercise fully, actively participate in all of the group exercises and be willing to discuss the process and results with the group.
11. Participants to complete their project by identifying and implementing changes discussed throughout the workshop.
12. Participants to review resources for inspiration and identify at least one new tool for adoption from the provided list.

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Introduction

The second workshop in our Women Empowerment Program – Empowering Beliefs continues to work on developing a positive shift in our mindset.

Many women professionals have a limited or a negative belief system that prevents them from reaching their desired level of success in their life and their career.

During this workshop, through the impactful training and exercises; we will identify what a belief system is while assessing our own, acknowledge any limiting beliefs we have, and go through a transformational process to let them go. We will take a deep dive into how fear may be keeping us stuck and what we can do to conquer it. We will learn how trauma can also play a role in our lives negatively impacting our mindset and sabotaging our success, we’ll discover how to navigate transition effectively and finally discover powerful positive thinking techniques. By the end of the workshop, the women on your team will be equipped with an empowered belief system allowing them to reach their goals and show up as a powerful and confident leader.

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History

A common self-limiting belief is “Men are simply respected more than women.” Of course, this isn’t always correct, yet it holds some weight. It wasn’t long ago that men were considered breadwinners and women were considered housewives in the United States. Some people who grew up during the period of this mindset are still working. More recently, however, 70% of households have two incomes. As a result, it is clear that the old way of life is fading and that new norms are emerging. According to a 2008 Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends study, women are more honest and intelligent than men. The ability to recognize and control emotions, is what leads to the affective construct of self-worth, which then leads to the cognitive construct. They enable us to make sense of our experiences, believe in our abilities, and develop an authentic identity based on our talents and beliefs when we work together.

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Current Position

We have gained significant benefits from the growing role of women in the economy.

“Women are emotional in a way that men are not.” This stereotype has been heard by many women with professional experience. For a long time, emotions were viewed as a negative in the business world, but many companies are beginning to see the benefits. Because positive emotions are contagious, they are not only beneficial to the workplace environment, but they are also profitable, because happy employees are more productive. Furthermore, many employers seek employees with high levels of emotional intelligence. A person who is emotionally intelligent can sense and interpret the emotions of those around her and use this information wisely. This is extremely useful in a variety of situations, including working with customers to close sales and resolving office conflicts to reduce employee turnover.

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Future Outlook

When one believes in themselves, there is little that can stop them from having or becoming whatever, they want in life. Self-belief empowers us to push forward and defy the odds. We are able to face and overcome any obstacles that arise. We’ll also have the power to brush off the naysayers. When we maintain our self-belief, we will have peace of mind.

When we believe in ourselves, we exude confidence. This is different from arrogance. Self-belief is a calm, quiet, and powerful tool, and others will be drawn to it. They will follow our lead, and we will assist in demonstrating what is possible. When we encounter stumbling blocks and challenges along the way (which we will), our confidence will help us move forward. When necessary, we’ll figure out how to take alternative action. People who follow us will respect us for it as well.

We must also have access to tools that we can use to empower our mindset and to keep us on track. It is essential that the workplace environment supports the empowerment and belief system of each women employee. When they believe in themselves and that they are capable leader, this belief provides the energy and focus required to take action. It assists us in positively moving forward and completing our tasks contributing to the success of the company.

Situations, people, and forces will all attempt to bring us down. It is important to create a healthy environment of supportive team members around us. This kind of support will help us stay strong, moving forward with our journey in life to achieve what we want, both personally, professionally, and collectively.

This training workshop will provide the knowledge and tools to create an empowered belief system. To start we will discover what a belief system actually is and then go through a method of identifying old limiting beliefs. We will then, together, learn a transformational process in how to release the negatives beliefs and replace them with new empowering beliefs, so we can be the leader we’re meant to be and live our best life! We will begin to understand fear and how to overcome it once and for all allowing us to live a life and thrive in our careers without limits. Finally, we will have the opportunity to adopt new healthy and empowered beliefs that will serve us in reaching our goals moving forward.

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Executive Summary

Empowering Beliefs is the second workshop in our Women Empowerment Program. It focuses on the fact that everyone has limiting beliefs holding us back, keeping us playing small and preventing us from reaching our true potential.

Self-limiting beliefs can become self-fulfilling prophecies, affecting not only our career but also our quality of life. As a result, it is critical for women to replace negative, destructive thoughts with positive, empowering thoughts. The first step is to determine which beliefs you accept. Then, to counteract the negativity, by deciding what we do want or create positive self-affirmations and repeat them frequently. Here’s an example; If you’re struggling with a self-limiting belief about your emotions, try saying to yourself, “My positive emotions are good for my coworkers and company.” When I have a bad day, I can control my emotions and continue to make wise decisions.”

We as individuals, have the power to control our thoughts once we understand where the thoughts are coming from. Our thoughts shape our belief system. Our thoughts effect our feelings which dictates our actions and impacts our results. It is essential that we develop a positive and empowered belief system in order to take the necessary actions to reach success in our lives and in our careers.

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There are 12 courses (or focus areas) in the Empowering Beliefs Workshop.

Here they are:

1. Belief System – It’s all about your belief system. You become what you think and believe. In the first course of the workshop, we take a deep dive into understanding the belief system and how it works. We uncover the affects that our belief system can have on our health and the results in our life. Learn simple yet powerful steps we can take to change our belief system. Finally, we will uncover exactly how we can change our thinking to help us get what we want and make our dreams a reality.

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2. Empowered Beliefs – This course module addresses limiting beliefs what they are and how they’re formed. It focuses on what we can do to identify the blocks and barriers that may be holding us back from reaching our true potential. We will go through a transformational process that will allow you to reveal and recognize those blocks and learn how to let them go so you can start living up to your full potential.

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3. Attitudes and Behavior – In this section of the workshop, we discuss how everything we do at work from our relationships to finding new prospects is influenced by how we act. Our professional reputation and career can be boosted as much by our attitude and behavior as by our talents and expertise. We will learn the ABC Structure of Attitudes by Dr. Saul McLeod and the Four Functions of Attitudes by Daniel Katz. We will also discuss how our attitude is formed. In addition, we will uncover Behavioral Intention and Actual Behavior and learn 10 methods to keep your professional behavior at work.

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4. Breakthrough Resistance – Resistance can prevent us from moving ahead in all areas of our lives. In this course, we will reveal what resistance is and how to recognize it. We will go through the Letting Go of Resistance Process. We’ll learn 3 Tips to Avoid Resistance along with Strategies to address conflict in the workplace. Resistance can be a major obstacle to having what we want and feeling the way we want to. Possessing the tools, you will learn in this course will allow you to get back into the flow again.

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5. Overcoming Fear – Everyone is afraid of failure or the fear of the unknown. We can choose to let fear paralyze us or motivate us. In this course, you will learn 7 important facts about fear and the 5 steps to conquering your fear. The only way to grow as a person, a business professional and a leader is to step outside your comfort zone and face your fears, doubts, and the limiting beliefs you have about yourself. Everything you want is on the other side of fear.

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6. Treating Trauma – Trauma may be the culprit when it comes to not reaching our goals. Sometimes a small experience from our childhood or a negative experience we had as an adult can create a traumatic loop that can sabotage our success. There are steps you can take to ensure that your traumas do not define your future. In this course, we will learn how to regain control of our minds and create the story we want to live.

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7. Be Consistent – Many of us stop short before reaching our goals. Consistency is the difference between failure and success. The problem is the road to consistency is not easy, as there are numerous distractions along the way. In this course, we discuss the 3 Consistency Pillars, 10 reasons why consistency is essential and 10 strategies for dealing with inconsistency. You will gain all of the tools you need to maintain consistency in your life so your actions will start to drive your results.

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8. Power of Focus – Focus has the power to transform our lives. What you focus on grows. Focus is a powerful trait that has served many in various leadership roles. In this course, we will dive deep into examples of success stories of highly successful people in history and how they used focus to succeed. We’ll learn the advantages of being focused, how to improve focus and 4 strategies to bring focus to work.

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9. Navigating Transition – Life is full of changes and with those changes comes transition. Certain life events can leave us feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain. These changes cause us to question our beliefs, personal values and even ourselves. In this course, we address the 5 Stages of Change also known as the Transtheoretical Model- this helps us to become aware of and understand each of the 5 stages we go through, so we can achieve sustainable long-term change. In this lesson we also define a new job transition plan and explain how to write one if and when you find your self in a career transition.

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10. Beliefs in Leadership – Belief is the #1 leadership attribute. How we believe in ourselves, our mission, our people, and their belief in us will define your leadership success. In this course, we discuss the 5 Leadership Styles, the 21 Leadership Values and Beliefs and how to implement them into your role as a leader. Bottom line, a great leader not only adds value to others, but through their positive influence they can change the attitude and behavior of others.

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11. Empowered Thinking – It’s true, our thoughts influence our actions. Our actions in turn, determine whether or not we succeed in our career, relationships and in life. In this course, we define positive thinking, and the physical and mental advantages of positive thinking. We can actually train ourselves to have a more positive outlook with practice by learning some powerful positive thinking techniques. We will also discuss how you can reap the benefits of positive thinking, so you can begin to change your life for the better.

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12. Power Statement – The majority of us have BIG DREAMS for our lives. Unfortunately, most people have no idea how to make their dreams a reality. If you want to transform your life and the lives of others, make an impact on the world, and get paid good money to do it you can. If you BELIEVE you can. In this final course of the workshop, you will discover 8 new Passion Beliefs™ you can adopt to help you create your new and empowered belief system. We will also go through a powerful exercise where you get to create your personal Power Statement which represents the new version of yourself that you’re stepping into.

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Impact for Positive Change

At the conclusion of each workshop, we will focus our collective attention on how you, as a leader, will put what we’ve learned into practice in your business. Impact for positive change means putting what you’ve learned into practice and taking action to make a significant difference. That starts with a strong desire to change and reflection on what you’re going to do differently. It’s also crucial to consider how you’ll involve people in your organization in the discussion about what you’ve learnt and make requests for what you need from them in order to succeed. Not only will your formal team be involved, but so will your cross-functional colleagues. How would you collaborate to ensure all the women in your company have everything they need to succeed?

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Curriculum

Women Empowerment – Workshop 2 – Empowering Beliefs

1. Belief System
2. Limiting Beliefs
3. Attitudes and Behavior
4. Breakthrough Resistance
5. Overcoming Fear
6. Treating Trauma
7. Be Consistent
8. Power of Focus
9. Navigating Transition
10. Beliefs in Leadership
11. Empowered Thinking
12. Power Statement

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Distance Learning

Introduction

Welcome to Appleton Greene and thank you for enrolling on the Women Empowerment corporate training program. You will be learning through our unique facilitation via distance-learning method, which will enable you to practically implement everything that you learn academically. The methods and materials used in your program have been designed and developed to ensure that you derive the maximum benefits and enjoyment possible. We hope that you find the program challenging and fun to do. However, if you have never been a distance-learner before, you may be experiencing some trepidation at the task before you. So we will get you started by giving you some basic information and guidance on how you can make the best use of the modules, how you should manage the materials and what you should be doing as you work through them. Thi