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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. This guide is designed to point you in the right direction and help you to become an effective distance-learner. Take a few hours or so to study this guide and your guide to tutorial support for students, while making notes, before you start to study in earnest.

Study environment

You will need to locate a quiet and private place to study, preferably a room where you can easily be isolated from external disturbances or distractions. Make sure the room is well-lit and incorporates a relaxed, pleasant feel. If you can spoil yourself within your study environment, you will have much more of a chance to ensure that you are always in the right frame of mind when you do devote time to study. For example, a nice fire, the ability to play soft soothing background music, soft but effective lighting, perhaps a nice view if possible and a good size desk with a comfortable chair. Make sure that your family know when you are studying and understand your study rules. Your study environment is very important. The ideal situation, if at all possible, is to have a separate study, which can be devoted to you. If this is not possible then you will need to pay a lot more attention to developing and managing your study schedule, because it will affect other people as well as yourself. The better your study environment, the more productive you will be.

Study tools & rules

Try and make sure that your study tools are sufficient and in good working order. You will need to have access to a computer, scanner and printer, with access to the internet. You will need a very comfortable chair, which supports your lower back, and you will need a good filing system. It can be very frustrating if you are spending valuable study time trying to fix study tools that are unreliable, or unsuitable for the task. Make sure that your study tools are up to date. You will also need to consider some study rules. Some of these rules will apply to you and will be intended to help you to be more disciplined about when and how you study. This distance-learning guide will help you and after you have read it you can put some thought into what your study rules should be. You will also need to negotiate some study rules for your family, friends or anyone who lives with you. They too will need to be disciplined in order to ensure that they can support you while you study. It is important to ensure that your family and friends are an integral part of your study team. Having their support and encouragement can prove to be a crucial contribution to your successful completion of the program. Involve them in as much as you can.

Successful distance-learning

Distance-learners are freed from the necessity of attending regular classes or workshops, since they can study in their own way, at their own pace and for their own purposes. But unlike traditional internal training courses, it is the student’s responsibility, with a distance-learning program, to ensure that they manage their own study contribution. This requires strong self-discipline and self-motivation skills and there must be a clear will to succeed. Those students who are used to managing themselves, are good at managing others and who enjoy working in isolation, are more likely to be good distance-learners. It is also important to be aware of the main reasons why you are studying and of the main objectives that you are hoping to achieve as a result. You will need to remind yourself of these objectives at times when you need to motivate yourself. Never lose sight of your long-term goals and your short-term objectives. There is nobody available here to pamper you, or to look after you, or to spoon-feed you with information, so you will need to find ways to encourage and appreciate yourself while you are studying. Make sure that you chart your study progress, so that you can be sure of your achievements and re-evaluate your goals and objectives regularly.

Self-assessment

Appleton Greene training programs are in all cases post-graduate programs. Consequently, you should already have obtained a business-related degree and be an experienced learner. You should therefore already be aware of your study strengths and weaknesses. For example, which time of the day are you at your most productive? Are you a lark or an owl? What study methods do you respond to the most? Are you a consistent learner? How do you discipline yourself? How do you ensure that you enjoy yourself while studying? It is important to understand yourself as a learner and so some self-assessment early on will be necessary if you are to apply yourself correctly. Perform a SWOT analysis on yourself as a student. List your internal strengths and weaknesses as a student and your external opportunities and threats. This will help you later on when you are creating a study plan. You can then incorporate features within your study plan that can ensure that you are playing to your strengths, while compensating for your weaknesses. You can also ensure that you make the most of your opportunities, while avoiding the potential threats to your success.

Accepting responsibility as a student

Training programs invariably require a significant investment, both in terms of what they cost and in the time that you need to contribute to study and the responsibility for successful completion of training programs rests entirely with the student. This is never more apparent than when a student is learning via distance-learning. Accepting responsibility as a student is an important step towards ensuring that you can successfully complete your training program. It is easy to instantly blame other people or factors when things go wrong. But the fact of the matter is that if a failure is your failure, then you have the power to do something about it, it is entirely in your own hands. If it is always someone else’s failure, then you are powerless to do anything about it. All students study in entirely different ways, this is because we are all individuals and what is right for one student, is not necessarily right for another. In order to succeed, you will have to accept personal responsibility for finding a way to plan, implement and manage a personal study plan that works for you. If you do not succeed, you only have yourself to blame.

Planning

By far the most critical contribution to stress, is the feeling of not being in control. In the absence of planning we tend to be reactive and can stumble from pillar to post in the hope that things will turn out fine in the end. Invariably they don’t! In order to be in control, we need to have firm ideas about how and when we want to do things. We also need to consider as many possible eventualities as we can, so that we are prepared for them when they happen. Prescriptive Change, is far easier to manage and control, than Emergent Change. The same is true with distance-learning. It is much easier and much more enjoyable, if you feel that you are in control and that things are going to plan. Even when things do go wrong, you are prepared for them and can act accordingly without any unnecessary stress. It is important therefore that you do take time to plan your studies properly.

Management

Once you have developed a clear study plan, it is of equal importance to ensure that you manage the implementation of it. Most of us usually enjoy planning, but it is usually during implementation when things go wrong. Targets are not met and we do not understand why. Sometimes we do not even know if targets are being met. It is not enough for us to conclude that the study plan just failed. If it is failing, you will need to understand what you can do about it. Similarly if your study plan is succeeding, it is still important to understand why, so that you can improve upon your success. You therefore need to have guidelines for self-assessment so that you can be consistent with performance improvement throughout the program. If you manage things correctly, then your performance should constantly improve throughout the program.

Study objectives & tasks

The first place to start is developing your program objectives. These should feature your reasons for undertaking the training program in order of priority. Keep them succinct and to the point in order to avoid confusion. Do not just write the first things that come into your head because they are likely to be too similar to each other. Make a list of possible departmental headings, such as: Customer Service; E-business; Finance; Globalization; Human Resources; Technology; Legal; Management; Marketing and Production. Then brainstorm for ideas by listing as many things that you want to achieve under each heading and later re-arrange these things in order of priority. Finally, select the top item from each department heading and choose these as your program objectives. Try and restrict yourself to five because it will enable you to focus clearly. It is likely that the other things that you listed will be achieved if each of the top objectives are achieved. If this does not prove to be the case, then simply work through the process again.

Study forecast

As a guide, the Appleton Greene Women Empowerment corporate training program should take 12-18 months to complete, depending upon your availability and current commitments. The reason why there is such a variance in time estimates is because every student is an individual, with differing productivity levels and different commitments. These differentiations are then exaggerated by the fact that this is a distance-learning program, which incorporates the practical integration of academic theory as an as a part of the training program. Consequently all of the project studies are real, which means that important decisions and compromises need to be made. You will want to get things right and will need to be patient with your expectations in order to ensure that they are. We would always recommend that you are prudent with your own task and time forecasts, but you still need to develop them and have a clear indication of what are realistic expectations in your case. With reference to your time planning: consider the time that you can realistically dedicate towards study with the program every week; calculate how long it should take you to complete the program, using the guidelines featured here; then break the program down into logical modules and allocate a suitable proportion of time to each of them, these will be your milestones; you can create a time plan by using a spreadsheet on your computer, or a personal organizer such as MS Outlook, you could also use a financial forecasting software; break your time forecasts down into manageable chunks of time, the more specific you can be, the more productive and accurate your time management will be; finally, use formulas where possible to do your time calculations for you, because this will help later on when your forecasts need to change in line with actual performance. With reference to your task planning: refer to your list of tasks that need to be undertaken in order to achieve your program objectives; with reference to your time plan, calculate when each task should be implemented; remember that you are not estimating when your objectives will be achieved, but when you will need to focus upon implementing the corresponding tasks; you also need to ensure that each task is implemented in conjunction with the associated training modules which are relevant; then break each single task down into a list of specific to do’s, say approximately ten to do’s for each task and enter these into your study plan; once again you could use MS Outlook to incorporate both your time and task planning and this could constitute your study plan; you could also use a project management software like MS Project. You should now have a clear and realistic forecast detailing when you can expect to be able to do something about undertaking the tasks to achieve your program objectives.

Performance management

It is one thing to develop your study forecast, it is quite another to monitor your progress. Ultimately it is less important whether you achieve your original study forecast and more important that you update it so that it constantly remains realistic in line with your performance. As you begin to work through the program, you will begin to have more of an idea about your own personal performance and productivity levels as a distance-learner. Once you have completed your first study module, you should re-evaluate your study forecast for both time and tasks, so that they reflect your actual performance level achieved. In order to achieve this you must first time yourself while training by using an alarm clock. Set the alarm for hourly intervals and make a note of how far you have come within that time. You can then make a note of your actual performance on your study plan and then compare your performance against your forecast. Then consider the reasons that have contributed towards your performance level, whether they are positive or negative and make a considered adjustment to your future forecasts as a result. Given time, you should start achieving your forecasts regularly.

With reference to time management: time yourself while you are studying and make a note of the actual time taken in your study plan; consider your successes with time-efficiency and the reasons for the success in each case and take this into consideration when reviewing future time planning; consider your failures with time-efficiency and the reasons for the failures in each case and take this into consideration when reviewing future time planning; re-evaluate your study forecast in relation to time planning for the remainder of your training program to ensure that you continue to be realistic about your time expectations. You need to be consistent with your time management, otherwise you will never complete your studies. This will either be because you are not contributing enough time to your studies, or you will become less efficient with the time that you do allocate to your studies. Remember, if you are not in control of your studies, they can just become yet another cause of stress for you.

With reference to your task management: time yourself while you are studying and make a note of the actual tasks that you have undertaken in your study plan; consider your successes with task-efficiency and the reasons for the success in each case; take this into consideration when reviewing future task planning; consider your failures with task-efficiency and the reasons for the failures in each case and take this into consideration when reviewing future task planning; re-evaluate your study forecast in relation to task planning for the remainder of your training program to ensure that you continue to be realistic about your task expectations. You need to be consistent with your task management, otherwise you will never know whether you are achieving your program objectives or not.

Keeping in touch

You will have access to qualified and experienced professors and tutors who are responsible for providing tutorial support for your particular training program. So don’t be shy about letting them know how you are getting on. We keep electronic records of all tutorial support emails so that professors and tutors can review previous correspondence before considering an individual response. It also means that there is a record of all communications between you and your professors and tutors and this helps to avoid any unnecessary duplication, misunderstanding, or misinterpretation. If you have a problem relating to the program, share it with them via email. It is likely that they have come across the same problem before and are usually able to make helpful suggestions and steer you in the right direction. To learn more about when and how to use tutorial support, please refer to the Tutorial Support section of this student information guide. This will help you to ensure that you are making the most of tutorial support that is available to you and will ultimately contribute towards your success and enjoyment with your training program.

Work colleagues and family

You should certainly discuss your program study progress with your colleagues, friends and your family. Appleton Greene training programs are very practical. They require you to seek information from other people, to plan, develop and implement processes with other people and to achieve feedback from other people in relation to viability and productivity. You will therefore have plenty of opportunities to test your ideas and enlist the views of others. People tend to be sympathetic towards distance-learners, so don’t bottle it all up in yourself. Get out there and share it! It is also likely that your family and colleagues are going to benefit from your labors with the program, so they are likely to be much more interested in being involved than you might think. Be bold about delegating work to those who might benefit themselves. This is a great way to achieve understanding and commitment from people who you may later rely upon for process implementation. Share your experiences with your friends and family.

Making it relevant

The key to successful learning is to make it relevant to your own individual circumstances. At all times you should be trying to make bridges between the content of the program and your own situation. Whether you achieve this through quiet reflection or through interactive discussion with your colleagues, client partners or your family, remember that it is the most important and rewarding aspect of translating your studies into real self-improvement. You should be clear about how you want the program to benefit you. This involves setting clear study objectives in relation to the content of the course in terms of understanding, concepts, completing research or reviewing activities and relating the content of the modules to your own situation. Your objectives may understandably change as you work through the program, in which case you should enter the revised objectives on your study plan so that you have a permanent reminder of what you are trying to achieve, when and why.

Distance-learning check-list

Prepare your study environment, your study tools and rules.
Undertake detailed self-assessment in terms of your ability as a learner.
Create a format for your study plan.
Consider your study objectives and tasks.
Create a study forecast.
Assess your study performance.
Re-evaluate your study forecast.
Be consistent when managing your study plan.
Use your Appleton Greene Certified Learning Provider (CLP) for tutorial support.
Make sure you keep in touch with those around you.

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Tutorial Support

Programs

Appleton Greene uses standard and bespoke corporate training programs as vessels to transfer business process improvement knowledge into the heart of our clients’ organizations. Each individual program focuses upon the implementation of a specific business process, which enables clients to easily quantify their return on investment. There are hundreds of established Appleton Greene corporate training products now available to clients within customer services, e-business, finance, globalization, human resources, information technology, legal, management, marketing and production. It does not matter whether a client’s employees are located within one office, or an unlimited number of international offices, we can still bring them together to learn and implement specific business processes collectively. Our approach to global localization enables us to provide clients with a truly international service with that all important personal touch. Appleton Greene corporate training programs can be provided virtually or locally and they are all unique in that they individually focus upon a specific business function. They are implemented over a sustainable period of time and professional support is consistently provided by qualified learning providers and specialist consultants.

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Support available

You will have a designated Certified Learning Provider (CLP) and an Accredited Consultant and we encourage you to communicate with them as much as possible. In all cases tutorial support is provided online because we can then keep a record of all communications to ensure that tutorial support remains consistent. You would also be forwarding your work to the tutorial support unit for evaluation and assessment. You will receive individual feedback on all of the work that you undertake on a one-to-one basis, together with specific recommendations for anything that may need to be changed in order to achieve a pass with merit or a pass with distinction and you then have as many opportunities as you may need to re-submit project studies until they meet with the required standard. Consequently the only reason that you should really fail (CLP) is if you do not do the work. It makes no difference to us whether a student takes 12 months or 18 months to complete the program, what matters is that in all cases the same quality standard will have been achieved.

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Support Process

Please forward all of your future emails to the designated (CLP) Tutorial Support Unit email address that has been provided and please do not duplicate or copy your emails to other AGC email accounts as this will just cause unnecessary administration. Please note that emails are always answered as quickly as possible but you will need to allow a period of up to 20 business days for responses to general tutorial support emails during busy periods, because emails are answered strictly within the order in which they are received. You will also need to allow a period of up to 30 business days for the evaluation and assessment of project studies. This does not include weekends or public holidays. Please therefore kindly allow for this within your time planning. All communications are managed online via email because it enables tutorial service support managers to review other communications which have been received before responding and it ensures that there is a copy of all communications retained on file for future reference. All communications will be stored within your personal (CLP) study file here at Appleton Greene throughout your designated study period. If you need any assistance or clarification at any time, please do not hesitate to contact us by forwarding an email and remember that we are here to help. If you have any questions, please list and number your questions succinctly and you can then be sure of receiving specific answers to each and every query.

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Time Management

It takes approximately 1 Year to complete the Women Empowerment corporate training program, incorporating 12 x 6-hour monthly workshops. Each student will also need to contribute approximately 4 hours per week over 1 Year of their personal time. Students can study from home or work at their own pace and are responsible for managing their own study plan. There are no formal examinations and students are evaluated and assessed based upon their project study submissions, together with the quality of their internal analysis and supporting documents. They can contribute more time towards study when they have the time to do so and can contribute less time when they are busy. All students tend to be in full time employment while studying and the Women Empowerment program is purposely designed to accommodate this, so there is plenty of flexibility in terms of time management. It makes no difference to us at Appleton Greene, whether individuals take 12-18 months to complete this program. What matters is that in all cases the same standard of quality will have been achieved with the standard and