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COURSE OUTLINE

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"# $in Introduction"ntroduction and setting expectation or the training. Thistraining uses experiential lessons to teach various lessonsrelated to

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Ice 'rea(ing)ctivities

"cebreaking - exciting, ast moving activity to energise

and to get participants to get to know each other beyondthe normal hello.

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Logics+Reasoning,

/easoning is considered to be a characteristic o humannature. "t is the capacity or consciously making sense othings, or establishing and veriying acts, and changingor 0ustiying practices and belies based on new orexisting inormation. )ut aulting reasoning is generallythe result o aulty logics.

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CriticalThin(ing

The intellectually disciplined process o actively andskillully conceptuali1ing, applying, analy1ing,synthesi1ing, and2or evaluating inormation gatheredrom, or generated by, observation, experience, reection,reasoning, or communication, as a guide to belie andaction

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E$otionalIntelligenceand a//lying

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!ogics and logical reasoning alone is not enough whendealing with human emotions. "n this module, we willexplore why it is important to use critical thinking toproduce results when dealing with people.

nderstanding and dealing with the various aspects omotional "ntelligence - sel 2social awareness, sel2socialcontrol and motivation.

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CriticalThin(ing andManage$ent

Science

(pplying critical thinking into an aspect o managementscience - ()* classi#cation, +areto analysis

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nderstand how a negative thought creates problems.These thoughts get converted into negative action,

causing team breakdown, inducing stress and preventsyou rom achieving your goal. (n interesting activity that


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identi#es people who are prone to negative thoughts. Thebrie#ng at the end o the activity challenges participantsto examine the values that bring about the negativeattitudes and behaviours to help them begin the 0ourneyto #x them. The rest o the training will ofer urther

opportunities to learn to be positive thinking.

Learning, Identi0ying 1here the /roble$originates2 3nger /ointing creates /roble$s4 notsolves /roble$s2 identi0ying the /roble$s !


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(ctivity to get participants to see that competitivenessamong them can be detrimental. 6lexibility is critical orsuccess.

Learning, Identi0ying /roble$s and $ental bloc(s2re$oving $ental bloc(s2 sti$ulatingcreativity2 necessity creates creativityleading to 1ining strategies2 coo/eratingbet1een $e$bers builds /o1er0ul tea$20avouring the tea$ $ay a//ear li(e/ersonal sacri3ce but every tea$ $e$ber1ins 1hen the tea$ succeeds

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)uilding an agreement on most important team sharedvalues. This could be used as a baseline to drive andevaluate the perormance at work and that o teamswithin the organisation.

Learning, -enerating solutions to /roble$s bybrainstor$ing2 'rain71riting and $ind7$a//ing2 Overco$e /roble$s such asindi8erence to /ut in /lace a 1inningattitude2 /roactively build /olicies to

/revent /roble$s occurring in the 3rst/lace9 :ractice $acro to $icro /roble$solving a//roach

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Tea$ Leaders

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!earn how to work as high perorming teams. 7ow toselect Team !eaders. &et &8+ or team leaders.

Learning, Creatively generate solutions to/roble$s by brainstor$ing2 develo/ingcriteria4 1ants and needs2 co$$unicatingsubordinates< e=/ectation to leaders to

/roactively lessen /roble$s unintentionallyintroduced into the 1or(ing environ$ent2creatively build /ositive reci/rocalrelationshi/s9 :ractice $acro to $icro/roble$ solving a//roach

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Learning, Creatively build a sense o0 belonginga$ongst sta8 and to /ro$ote the loo(ing


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Creativity

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( creative activity that uels resourceulness andingenuity. "t$s a ul#lled brainstorming game that will bean eye-opener or everyone to learn how to becomecreative.

Learning, Negativity can hinder creativity asthe saying goes4 i0 you /ut u/ 0ences4 youget shee/? Creativity ha//ens in an o/enenviron$ent 1here /eo/le are notrestricted but are recognised 0or theircontribution9 The $ost i$/ortant lessonhere is that everybody is creative?

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( ully unctioning multimedia ;ui1, hosted by theinstructor, entitled anaging +eople?. @ealing with diAcult behaviourB. "mpressing Cour bossD. !earning to listenE. >anaging >eetingsF. *oping with stressG. "mproving your personal pro#le9H.Iorking efectively99.)eing creative9:.)eing persuasive93.Jegotiating efectively

Learning, To test and to beco$e a1are o0 thei$/ortant 0actors that allo1 us to get 1hat1e 1ant at 1or(

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6isioningIndooractivity!

"nstructor lead visioning session - personal andorganisation in B, 9H,9B years in the uture

Learning, :lanning the ne=t ste/ to identi0y tas(sand 0ocus the resource on and to celebrate

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