Personal Development Training

Personal Development Training



Day One AM




The first principle of professional development:

A clear sense of purpose



• Create a definite “Goal focus”

• Define your standards

• Decide how you want to be perceived and act accordingly



Training notes and then practice



Day Two Time Management and Positive Mental Attitude



Time management training Ask “What is the most valuable use of your time? “Deadline pressure” and “value” are key indicators.



Use the two principles of “deadline pressure” and “value” as key indicators



Distinguish “Busy” from “Productive”

Handle the three time wasters



1. Other people’s interruptions

2. Your own bad habits

3. Poor or non-existent management systems

Delegate lower value tasks

Prioritise tasks according to value Manage your priorities by means of a decision matrix.


What is the most valuable use of my time right now?



Manage Interruptions: The 80/20 principle



1. The Pareto time management principle states that 80% of the value comes from 20% of the causes

2. 80% of the value of the interruption will be in 20% or less of what they say

3. Manage the interruption using the “Pareto question”



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Day Two PM Create and sustain a Positive Mental Attitude Positive Mental Attitude: How it affects tangible results



1. Positive mental attitude. How it works

2. Positive mental attitude techniques

3. Manage your own mind. (Do not allow your thoughts or language to be become destructive)

4. The language of a leader



Learn the EDISON success formula



1. Know your outcome

2. Formulate your best plan in writing

3. Take decisive action

4. Gather and evaluate the feedback. Both positive and negative

5. Make progress by continually adapting and evolving



Recognise that the success formula is a continuous process



Avoid the opposite: Failure formula



1. Indecision or unclear targets

2. No written plan - wing it

3. Procrastination – put it off

4. Become disheartened in the face of setbacks and disappointments

5. Stand still. Do the same thing this year as you did last year



Learn the value of “Critical feedback”



1. The role of criticism in success

2. Forms of feedback. Constructive and destructive


Change negative situations into positive



1. Four steps to an emotion

2. Beware asking “killer questions”

3. Instead; ask intelligent “Problem solving questions”



Final summary

How will this training help you to get the best from yourself and others?



Summary / action planning / close



Second principle of professional development:

Communicate with clarity



How to communicate with clarity



• Use only accurate language

• Define the meaning of key ideas

• Define your standards

• Develop the art of listening



Professional development training - Day One PM



Conflict Management Training

How to handle conflict according to proper principles



• Get the timing right

• Prepare your message in advance

• Be factual not emotional

• Prepare a solution

• When to negotiate

• Distinguish between reason and excuses

• Notes on body language

• Practice session



Action plan