Acting Proactively course

Do you often wait instead of taking the initiative yourself? With the Acting Proactively course you take control, look ahead and get more out of yourself and your team. Work more efficiently, communicate more strongly and achieve better results.

Description

Do you often wait for others to act, or do you notice that you only respond once something is already under way? In this course you learn how to take control, look ahead and take the initiative.

You gain insight into your own patterns of thinking and behaviour and discover which beliefs are holding you back. You work on your communication, assertiveness and self-confidence, and learn how to enthuse others and get them on board with your approach.

You also receive practical tools for organising your work more intelligently, setting priorities and anticipating what is coming. By practising with recognisable situations from your own work, you translate what you have learnt directly into your daily practice.

The course works with a small group of no more than eight participants, so there is plenty of room for personal attention, practice and feedback. Beforehand, the trainer holds an intake to make sure the content matches your learning objectives.

Topics

During the training course, subjects covered include:

• Communication skills: you gain insight into the communication process, with attention to techniques such as slowing down, allowing silences, probing, summarising, influencing and motivating.
• Challenging limiting beliefs: you analyse limiting situations, thoughts and feelings, so that you understand your own behaviour better and learn to act more effectively.
• Assertiveness, self-confidence and courage: you learn to act with greater self-awareness, with respect for the other person. This helps you present yourself better and builds your self-confidence.
• Taking ownership: you are responsible for your own personal growth. That requires active commitment.
• Giving feedback and asking questions: you strengthen cooperation, increase the sense of responsibility and constructively correct unwanted behaviour. The Johari window, among other things, is covered here.
• Team Effectiveness Model: from mission and vision to mutual relationships. What is your team's contribution to the bigger picture, and how do you deliver it?
• Personal leadership: the basis for effective and productive collaboration. When everyone knows their role and wants to get the best out of themselves, the whole team grows with it.
• Anticipating: you map out your tasks using the Eisenhower model and learn to organise your work on the basis of important/not important and urgent/not urgent.
• Evaluating and reflecting: you deliberately set aside time for this, so that you can adjust course in good time where necessary.

Result

After this course:

you present yourself more proactively and take the initiative more often, you have more insight into your own thinking and actions, you know your strengths and points for attention in the way you communicate and work, you look ahead and anticipate what is coming, and because you have a better view of your tasks and your team's role, you know how to enthuse others and get them on board.

Target audience

This course is intended for anyone who wants to be less passive and take the initiative themselves. You will probably recognise yourself in one or more of the following points:

You want to plan and look ahead better, you want to become more assertive and effective, you find yourself too passive, you want to enthuse others and get them moving.

This list is of course not exhaustive, because everyone is different. What would you like to focus on when it comes to acting proactively?

Teaching method

During the course you work in a small group of no more than eight participants, so there is plenty of room for personal attention and practice. Before the course you have an intake with the trainer. In this you discuss your learning objectives, which are then incorporated into the final programme.

We work on the principle of 'doing and experiencing'. So you actively get to work with exercises, role plays and practical situations from your own job. We alternate theory with reflection, so that you can immediately translate what you have learned into your daily practice.

A safe atmosphere is paramount: you need to feel comfortable experimenting with new behaviour and new skills. The trainer pays deliberate attention to this, so that you can take steps with confidence.

Prior knowledge

You do not need any specific prior knowledge for this course. An open attitude and the willingness to look at your own behaviour are enough. Do you want to stop waiting and start taking the initiative yourself? Then you are very welcome.

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In-company

Would you like to organise this training for a whole group or several groups? This can be cost-effective. For example, we can tailor the content entirely to your organisation, and training a whole group is also cheaper.

Are you looking at large numbers of participants or a complete academy? That involves a great deal. Consider planning and communication, for example, or identifying and agreeing the objectives and content of the training. Or differences in level, feedback mechanisms and safeguarding. Fortunately, Learnit has extensive experience in this field (more than 25 years) and we are happy to help you through this process.

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Language

The training is given in Dutch as standard. The trainer has a good command of English. English-language course material can be used. With a minimum enrolment of 3 participants, the training can also be given entirely in English.