Action Planning
This Action Planning course is designed to help learners develop the skills and knowledge needed to create effective action plans to achieve set goals. An action plan is a roadmap that outlines the steps you need to take to accomplish your objectives, and it is an essential tool for achieving success.
Action planning is a critical skill in a wide range of professional roles. It can help to organize thoughts, prioritize actions, and stay on track. This course teaches how to create clear and actionable plans that are focused on achieving specific goals.
This eLearning course has been developed by experienced professionals, based on their expertise. By the end of the course, learners will be able to develop plans that are realistic, achievable, and measurable, and take action towards achieving goals. The course is worth 5 CPD points, taking 2-5 hours to complete.
Learning Objectives
- Understand what action planning is
- Know how to use an action plan in a project
Business Skills Courses
Action Planning
Learning Objectives:
- To understand what action planning is and how to use it in a project
Activity Flow Charts
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the format, construction and use of activity flow charts
Affinity Diagrams
Learning Objectives:
- Become familiar with the process of Affinity Diagrams and how they are used
- Understand the steps to creating an Affinity Diagram
Analysis of Variance
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what ANOVA is and how it works
- Utilise ANOVA to determine significant effects for the means of multiple samples utilising Minitab's Assistant
- Check to see what fundamental assumptions associated with ANOVA are being met
- Check to see if a non-significant result is the result of insufficient power
- Determine how many extra samples would be required to achieve significance.
Brainstorming
Learning Objectives:
- Become familiar with the process of Brainstorming and how to do it correctly
- Understand the steps towards effective Brainstorming sessions with teams
Building High Performance Teams
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the different types of teams
- Define an effective team and how to develop one
- Identify the key elements of trust in a team
- Explore how we can prepare a team for success
- To understand the roles people take in a team
- Explore conflict in teams and learn how to overcome it
- To determine both the strengths and weaknesses of our teams
- Create an effective plan to overcome weaknesses in our teams
Building Your Personal Brand
Learning Objectives:
- To understand personal branding and the impact it can have
- To develop your brand
- To set goals and objectives for your brand
- Learn to live your brand
- Understand the role of social media in establishing your brand
Coaching Skills
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the skills and requirements of a good coach
- Learn about the GROW model
Creative Thinking
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the difference between creativity and innovation
- Recognise your creativity and build your creative environment
- Explain the importance of creativity and innovation in business
- Apply problem-solving steps and tools
- Use a variety of techniques to help generate and implement creative ideas
Emotional Intelligence
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what emotional intelligence means
- Recognise how our emotional health and physical health are related
- Learn techniques to understand, use and appreciate the role of emotional intelligence in the workplace
- Understand the different emotions and how to manage them
- Understand the difference between optimism and pessimism
Essential Problem Solving
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the benefits of team-based problem-solving
- Know how to create an effective team for problem-solving
Kaizen Introduction
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the principles of Kaizen and how it can create organisational change
- Understand how to run a Kaizen event
Pressure Management
Learning Objectives:
- Apply a direct understanding of pressure points and their costs and payoffs
- Speak in terms related to emotional intelligence, optimism, and resilience
- Create a personalised toolkit for managing stressors and anger
- Work on priorities and achieve defined goals
Prioritisation and Problem Solving
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how to move from lots of potential solutions to the best solution
- Learn about and discuss some of the criteria which are relevant when evaluating solutions
- Learn an approach for selecting the most effective solutions
Process Mapping
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the concept of Process Mapping and its role in a Business Improvement environment
- Become familiar with some of the more commonly used types of Process Maps
Self-Esteem and Assertiveness
Learning Objectives:
- Recognise your worth
- Develop techniques for eliminating unhealthy thought patterns and replacing them with supportive patterns
- Learn how to turn negative thoughts into positive ones
- Learn how to get what you want
- Set goals that reflect your dreams and desires and reinforce healthy patterns
- Consider your personal objectives for this course
Stress Management
Learning Objectives:
- Understand that stress is an unavoidable part of everybody's life
- Recognise the symptoms that tell you when you have chronic stress overload
- Change the situations and actions that can be changed
- Deal better with situations and actions that can't be changed
- Create an action plan for work, home, and play to help reduce and manage stress
Visual Management
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how visual management is a great way to impact information clearly and quickly
- Understand how it illustrates the standards you expect
- Understand how it helps prevent mistakes and keep teams on track
- Understand how it can provide an essential warning system