Women Empowerment – Workshop 6 (Executive Presence)
The Appleton Greene Corporate Training Program (CTP) for Women Empowerment is provided by Ms. Tull Certified Learning Provider (CLP). Program Specifications: Monthly cost USD$2,500.00; Monthly Workshops 6 hours; Monthly Support 4 hours; Program Duration 12 months; Program orders subject to ongoing availability.
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Learning Provider Profile
Ms. Tull is a Certified Learning Provider (CLP) with Appleton Greene. She has over 25 years of experience in coaching, consulting and training CEO’s and executives. She specializes in the areas of personal and professional development and leadership. She is passionate about empowering women in the workplace equipping them with leadership skills and helping them to reveal their unique value, so they can reach their true potential and make a bigger impact. She has industry experience in the following sectors: Technology, Financial Services, Biomedical, Consultancy and Healthcare. She has commercial experience in the following countries: United States, Canada, England, Mexico and Sweden. More specifically within the following cities: Austin, TX; Houston, TX; Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; New York City NY; St. Louis, MS; Virginia Beach, VA; Chicago IL. Her personal achievements include 17 yrs. as Founder/CEO of Silverlining Concepts, LLC where she empowers business owners and leaders to own their value and earn their worth, Certified Money Breakthrough Method Coach, Best-selling Author of a book about owning your value, so you can earn your worth in the workplace, Executive Contributor to Huffington Post, Biz Journals and Brainz Magazine, featured on the Brainz 500 Global list 2021. She also is a co-host on a national TV show- that focuses on bringing more light and positivity to the world. Her service skills include; leadership development, executive coaching, business strategy, sales and marketing strategies, mindset shifting and advanced communications and presentation skills.
MOST Analysis
Mission Statement
Enhance your Personal Presence and Professional Influence – Who you show up as each and everyday matters. Do people see you as an expert or as a leader? During this training you will learn how you can start showing up as the best version of yourself and as a powerful leader that can successfully guide and influence others. You will learn how to present yourself confidently in any situation by providing value and by being of service with your gifts. You will learn where your area of expertise lies and what you are the “go to” expert for. You will create your own personal power brand on and offline. We will teach you how to up-level your LinkedIn Profile, so that it represents you powerfully and allows you to shine as a leader and expert in your industry.
Objectives
1. Essence of Presence – The Essence of Presence is doing something for yourself that also benefits your community or the world. Learning to believe in yourself and your abilities. Feeling fulfilled simply by doing; put service ahead of ego. Becoming what you bring to the world in every aspect of your life. If you pile up all of your experiences (make a list), you will begin to recognize where you shine, where you belong, where you love to lead, and where you want to help others become like you and achieve An Essence of Presence. In this lesson, you will learn why presence is important in the workplace and in relationships and learn personal and group meditation techniques to help you get into the present moment.
2. Develop Presence – Executive presence is very much about how you control a room, how you make impressions, and how you affect the people around you. It is the way you communicate verbally as well as through your appearance and physicality. It’s not just about how you look, but also about how you communicate with people and convey your intentions. In this lesson you will learn key tips on how to develop your presence helping you to come across more capable, professional, and confident.
3. Online Presence – Having a powerful online presence is necessary in this day and age to be considered professional. Online presence or Web presence is the collective existence online of a company or individual. In this lesson, we explore the importance of online presence, ways to improve yours. We will also cover how to establish your own personal brand, so you can stand out in the professional world and further your career.
4. LinkedIn Makeover – LinkedIn has catapulted into the social media world as an essential means of effective professional networking over the last ten years. It is critical for a professional to maintain a strong online presence and brand. In this course you will learn how to use LinkedIn to brand yourself, 5 keys to building a rocking LI profile and 5 examples of great LI profiles.
5. Workplace Presence – Being more professional and being seen as more professional will definitely benefit your career and position with your organization. It will set you apart from others marking you as a leader. It will help you to develop the confidence you need to achieve results and build a widely respected image. To enhance your professional presence in the workplace starting now, there are some very basic things you can do. In this lesson, we will cover how to make a shift of personal presence in your organization and ways to increase presence in the workplace.
6. Professional Courage – Professional courage is a skill that is often overlooked, but it is essential for career advancement, happiness, and fulfillment. It is a fundamental component of leadership, whether you are in a formal leadership role or not, and it is critical to your professional and personal development. In this course, you will discover the science and nature of courage, the benefits of being courageous as well as, types of courage and how to apply them into your career.
7. Professional Appearance – Gaining respect in the workplace requires proper grooming and a professional appearance. The way you look and carry yourself makes an impression on the people with whom you work. Professional image is the image that a person projects about themselves based on their appearance and reputation. Professionalism can be conveyed through how you dress, how you speak, how you respond to others, and how others speak about you. It also can help in making a good first impression. In this lesson, we will share some great ideas for achieving a great workplace appearance.
8. Professional Values – Professional values are the core values and ethics that you adopt and showcase at work. These characteristics include skills, behaviors, and actions that many employers seek and desire in their employees. There are several professional values that must be demonstrated on the job. During this course, you will learn exactly what professional values are and what workplace values to adopt to further develop your role as a leader.
9. What’s Influence – In today’s workplace, developing personal effectiveness and influencing skills is critical as organizational hierarchies and layers diminish. Only through, with, and from others can success and outcomes be achieved. Influencing without formal authority is a necessary skill, and we cannot do so without confidence, clarity of purpose, and the ability to fully express ourselves. And, as leaders, we must draw on who we are as well as what we do to inspire and engage our followers. True influence is based on an emotional relationship. In this course, we will dive deep in influencing skills, influence styles and share examples of powerful influencers of our time.
10. Social Influence – Psychologists have spent decades researching the power of social influence and how it influences people’s opinions and behavior. Social influence, in particular, refers to how individuals change their ideas and actions to meet the demands of a social group, perceived authority, social role, or a minority within a group wielding influence over the majority. In this course, we will discover the difference between informative and normative social influence and the 5 most common social influence examples and how they impact us daily.
11. Grow Influence – One of the most important skills for leaders at all levels is the ability to influence others. It’s more art than science, and it can be difficult to grasp. However, the bottom line is that influence is important. And it will become more important as we continue to morph (at breakneck speed) into an interconnected, interdependent, increasingly global workplace. The person who wields power wields influence. To be a successful influencer, you must have both substance and style. In this lesson, you will learn the key traits of a powerful influencer and 5 simple steps to grow your influence.
12. Body Language – Did you know that our bodies speak louder than our words? Body language training can help you identify hidden emotions in others and even make you feel more powerful, attractive, and charismatic. In this lesson, you will learn the fundamentals of body language, including how to use it in your daily life, the most common gestures you’ll encounter, body language rules, and more!
Strategies
1. Learn a present moment meditation and how to lead a group meditation to instantly become more present.
2. 14 steps to develop a powerful executive presence.
3. How to create a strong personal brand statement and steps to develop your own unique personal brand.
4. Exact steps to give your LinkedIn Profile a makeover.
5. Tips to increase your workplace presence.
6. Strategies to strengthen your professional courage.
7. Ways to improve your professional appearance.
8. Implementing your professional values in the workplace.
9. How to influence by creating an emotional relationship.
10. Learn 10 key influencing skills.
11. Discover your influencing style.
12. Learn how to use body language to get what you want in life and at work.
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. Schedule a meeting for the participants to meet and discuss the workshop within 30 days.
4. Identify current executive presence within your organization.
5. Participate in group meditation exercise.
6. Create your individual brand statements.
7. Give your LinkedIn Profile a makeover.
8. Participants will review Ted Talks by powerful influencers.
9. Participants will partake in the Feedback: Start, Stop, and Continue Exercise with their team members.
10. Participants will learn how to show courage in front of their fellow team members.
11. Participate the create a Magazine Story exercise to demonstrate influence.
12. Apply the body language techniques revealed in Course Manual 6:12.
Introduction
Executive presence is a dynamic executive’s combination of personality and character traits. It is the ability to inspire others to be assertive in their roles by demonstrating consistent confidence and clear leadership. Executive presence enables leaders to understand the needs of their team members in relation to the needs of the business.
Many individual characteristics that are necessary for good leadership make up an executive presence. When combined, they create an executive who can be the driving force behind a company. As a result, employees with executive presence skills are frequently in positions of leadership.
Individuals with executive presence are difficult to mistake on a factory floor, a construction site, a corner office, a research lab, or an academic institution. They command attention and motivate and inspire others to follow in their footsteps. They are leaders, to be sure, but they may not even have a title. They are regarded as supremely capable, competent, and confident in any situation that may arise. They represent the answer to the question, “Who’s in charge?”
Some experts believe that gravitas, communications, and appearance are the three most important characteristics that indicate strong executive presence. Other researchers have identified ten characteristics, including interpersonal integrity and the ability to put values into action. Other sources define three overarching themes – character, substance, and style – as well as the components that comprise each, such as character, wisdom, and assertiveness.
It all comes down to first impressions:
• Are you trustworthy?
• Do you exude confidence?
• Do you elicit trust?
• Do you exude sincerity?
• Do you show any concern?
• Do you discuss where you fell short and what you learned as a result?
• Do you involve your coworkers and motivate them to effect change?
• Do you have the right appearance?
Executive presence training assists you in identifying and honing your unique skills and talents so that when the opportunity to speak up and influence others arises, everyone pays attention.
According to Sylvia Ann Hewlett, author of Executive Presence: The Missing Link Between Merit and Success, “(Executive presence is) about what you signal about your readiness for the next big chance.” Who wouldn’t want a chance at the next big thing?
Assume you want the next big opportunity, but something is preventing you from taking it. Is it apprehension about public speaking? Do you exude skepticism about your abilities? Do you have great ideas but find it difficult to persuade others to share your vision?
When you have executive presence, it is easier for others to see, hear, and feel the value you can bring to your organization, company, or institution. You exude confidence and credibility, and you are a compelling speaker who can articulate and demonstrate a deep understanding of your expertise in an authentic and engaging manner. On top of that, you motivate others to share your vision.
This powerful executive presence training will help you better understand your unique skills, tap those talents more effectively, and supplement them with strategies and tips that will help you become the leader you’ve always wanted to be.
In the Executive Presence Workshop, you will learn what the essence of presence is, learn how to develop your executive presence in and out of the workplace, as well as your online presence. You will get access to powerful strategies to makeover your LinkedIn profile. You will clarify your professional values and learn how to level up your professional courage and appearance. You will discover what influence is and how you can grow yours. And finally, you will learn how to use body language to get what you desire both personally and professionally.
As a leader, we are constantly scrutinized by others. Executive presence practice allows you to shape the professional environment around you. You have the opportunity to lead with executive presence and build effective and respectful relationships with others no matter where you work. One of the most important building blocks for new opportunities for you as an executive is executive presence.
Executive Summary
Executive presence is one of the key differences between an effective and ineffective leader. Developing an executive presence is critical if you want to be a successful leader.
In essence, executive presence is your capacity to lead a group. This is determined by their willingness to follow you and your direction, as well as how you are perceived by the rest of the team.
Some of the benefits of executive presence are it strengthens company culture, it improves organizational performance, it helps leaders manage their teams, it improves customer relationships, it helps to facilitate leadership development and helps with promotions.
There are 4 key executive presence skills:
• Composure
• Confidence
• Charisma
• Clarity and Communications skills
These skills can be used as a guide to help you develop your own leadership abilities. Alternatively, you can use them to identify employees with potential for leadership within your organization.
The Executive Presence Workshop will uncover how executive presence can help you lead your team more effectively and achieve your organizational goals. We will explore how to be seen as an expert in your industry and how you can use your influence to better lead and inspire your team.
There are 12 courses (or focus areas) in the Executive Presence Workshop.
Here’s what we’ll be covering:
1. Essence of Presence – The Essence of Presence is doing something for yourself that also benefits your community or the world. Learning to believe in yourself and your abilities. Feeling fulfilled simply by doing; put service ahead of ego. Becoming what you bring to the world in every aspect of your life. If you pile up all of your experiences (make a list), you will begin to recognize where you shine, where you belong, where you love to lead, and where you want to help others become like you and achieve An Essence of Presence. In this lesson, you will learn why presence is important in the workplace and in relationships and learn personal and group meditation techniques to help you get into the present moment.
2. Develop Presence – Executive presence is very much about how you control a room, how you make impressions, and how you affect the people around you. It is the way you communicate verbally as well as through your appearance and physicality. It’s not just about how you look, but also about how you communicate with people and convey your intentions. In this lesson you will learn key tips on how to develop your presence helping you to come across more capable, professional, and confident.
3. Online Presence – Having a powerful online presence is necessary in this day and age to be considered professional. Online presence or Web presence is the collective existence online of a company or individual. In this lesson, we explore the importance of online presence, ways to improve yours. We will also cover how to establish your own personal brand, so you can stand out in the professional world and further your career.
4. LinkedIn Makeover – LinkedIn has catapulted into the social media world as an essential means of effective professional networking over the last ten years. It is critical for a professional to maintain a strong online presence and brand. In this course you will learn how to use LinkedIn to brand yourself, 5 keys to building a rocking LI profile and 5 examples of great LI profiles.
5. Workplace Presence – Being more professional and being seen as more professional will definitely benefit your career and position with your organization. It will set you apart from others marking you as a leader. It will help you to develop the confidence you need to achieve results and build a widely respected image. To enhance your professional presence in the workplace starting now, there are some very basic things you can do. In this lesson, we will cover how to make a shift of personal presence in your organization and ways to increase presence in the workplace.
6. Professional Courage – Professional courage is a skill that is often overlooked, but it is essential for career advancement, happiness, and fulfillment. It is a fundamental component of leadership, whether you are in a formal leadership role or not, and it is critical to your professional and personal development. In this course, you will discover the science and nature of courage, the benefits of being courageous as well as, types of courage and how to apply them into your career.
7. Professional Appearance – Gaining respect in the workplace requires proper grooming and a professional appearance. The way you look and carry yourself makes an impression on the people with whom you work. Professional image is the image that a person projects about themselves based on their appearance and reputation. Professionalism can be conveyed through how you dress, how you speak, how you respond to others, and how others speak about you. It also can help in making a good first impression. In this lesson, we will share some great ideas for achieving a great workplace appearance.
8. Professional Values – Professional values are the core values and ethics that you adopt and showcase at work. These characteristics include skills, behaviors, and actions that many employers seek and desire in their employees. There are several professional values that must be demonstrated on the job. During this course, you will learn exactly what professional values are and what workplace values to adopt to further develop your role as a leader.
9. What’s Influence – In today’s workplace, developing personal effectiveness and influencing skills is critical as organizational hierarchies and layers diminish. Only through, with, and from others can success and outcomes be achieved. Influencing without formal authority is a necessary skill, and we cannot do so without confidence, clarity of purpose, and the ability to fully express ourselves. And, as leaders, we must draw on who we are as well as what we do to inspire and engage our followers. True influence is based on an emotional relationship. In this course, we will dive deep in influencing skills, influence styles and share examples of powerful influencers of our time.
10. Social Influence – Psychologists have spent decades researching the power of social influence and how it influences people’s opinions and behavior. Social influence, in particular, refers to how individuals change their ideas and actions to meet the demands of a social group, perceived authority, social role, or a minority within a group wielding influence over the majority. In this course, we will discover the difference between informative and normative social influence and the 5 most common social influence examples and how they impact us daily.
11. Grow Influence – One of the most important skills for leaders at all levels is the ability to influence others. It’s more art than science, and it can be difficult to grasp. However, the bottom line is that influence is important. And it will become more important as we continue to morph (at breakneck speed) into an interconnected, interdependent, increasingly global workplace. The person who wields power wields influence. To be a successful influencer, you must have both substance and style. In this lesson, you will learn the key traits of a powerful influencer and 5 simple steps to grow your influence.
12. Body Language – Did you know that our bodies speak louder than our words? Body language training can help you identify hidden emotions in others and even make you feel more powerful, attractive, and charismatic. In this lesson, you will learn the fundamentals of body language, including how to use it in your daily life, the most common gestures you’ll encounter, body language rules, and more!
Curriculum
Women Empowerment – Workshop 6 – Executive Presence
- Essence of Presence
- Develop Presence
- Online Presence
- Linked In Makeover
- Workplace Presence
- Professional Courage
- Professional Appearance
- Professional Values
- What’s Influence
- Social Influence
- Grow Influence
- Body Language
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 bespoke programs that have been developed.
Distance Learning Guide
The distance learning guide should be your first port of call when starting your training program. It will help you when you are planning how and when to study, how to create the right environment and how to establish the right frame of mind. If you can lay the foundations properly during the planning stage, then it will contribute to your enjoyment and productivity while training later. The guide helps to change your lifestyle in order to accommodate time for study and to cultivate good study habits. It helps you to chart your progress so that you can measure your performance and achieve your goals. It explains the tools that you will need for study and how to make them work. It also explains how to translate academic theory into practical reality. Spend some time now working through your distance learning guide and make sure that you have firm foundations in place so that you can make the most of your distance learning program. There is no requirement for you to attend training workshops or classes at Appleton Greene offices. The entire program is undertaken online, program course manuals and project studies are administered via the Appleton Greene web site and via email, so you are able to study at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home or office as long as you have a computer and access to the internet.
How To Study
The how to study guide provides students with a clear understanding of the Appleton Greene facilitation via distance learning training methods and enables students to obtain a clear overview of the training program content. It enables students to understand the step-by-step training methods used by Appleton Greene and how course manuals are integrated with project studies. It explains the research and development that is required and the need to provide evidence and references to support your statements. It also enables students to understand precisely what will be required of them in order to achieve a pass with merit and a pass with distinction for individual project studies and provides useful guidance on how to be innovative and creative when developing your Unique Program Proposition (UPP).
Tutorial Support
Tutorial support for the Appleton Greene Women Empowerment corporate training program is provided online either through the Appleton Greene Client Support Portal (CSP), or via email. All tutorial support requests are facilitated by a designated Program Administration Manager (PAM). They are responsible for deciding which professor or tutor is the most appropriate option relating to the support required and then the tutorial support request is forwarded onto them. Once the professor or tutor has completed the tutorial support request and answered any questions that have been asked, this communication is then returned to the student via email by the designated Program Administration Manager (PAM). This enables all tutorial support, between students, professors and tutors, to be facilitated by the designated Program Administration Manager (PAM) efficiently and securely through the email account. You will therefore need to allow a period of up to 20 business days for responses to general support queries and up to 30 business days for the evaluation and assessment of project studies, because all tutorial support requests are answered strictly within the order in which they are received. This does not include weekends or public holidays. Consequently you need to put some thought into the management of your tutorial support procedure in order to ensure that your study plan is feasible and to obtain the maximum possible benefit from tutorial support during your period of study. Please retain copies of your tutorial support emails for future reference. Please ensure that ALL of your tutorial support emails are set out using the format as suggested within your guide to tutorial support. Your tutorial support emails need to be referenced clearly to the specific part of the course manual or project study which you are working on at any given time. You also need to list and number any questions that you would like to ask, up to a maximum of five questions within each tutorial support email. Remember the more specific you can be with your questions the more specific your answers will be too and this will help you to avoid any unnecessary misunderstanding, misinterpretation, or duplication. The guide to tutorial support is intended to help you to understand how and when to use support in order to ensure that you get the most out of your training program. Appleton Greene training programs are designed to enable you to do things for yourself. They provide you with a structure or a framework and we use tutorial support to facilitate students while they practical