. Suspend judgment until all ideas are expressed and refine interpretation and synthesis of ideas.
. Present personal ideas as well as those of others in a clear, concise, and effective manner.
. personal expression with others’ contributions.
. Distinguish between fact and opinion.
. Work toward consensus in heterogeneous groups and facilitate the mediation of conflict.
. Motivate team members individually and collectively to collaborate to achieve a common purpose.
. Implementing, monitoring progress toward, and evaluating solutions.
. Support group decisions and learning to adjust group decisions according to changes within or outside the group.
. Learning and demonstrating skills in parliamentaryprocedure to facilitate meetings or discussions.
. Presenting one’s personal vision to a group, using persuasive techniques.
. Comparing one’s personal vision with that of a group and recognizing the necessity for compromise in various leadership situations.
. Motivating others to act according to the group’s vision.
. Identifying the needs of communities within the school, locality, state, nation, and world.
. Recognizing that good citizens strengthen a community through tolerance of ideas and respect for the freedoms and civil rights of others.
. Setting the priorities by which needs are addressed in a community.
. Knowing that citizenship requires gathering information, making informed choices, and acting responsibly.
. Recognizing the importance of volunteering for additional duties in class, school, locality, state, nation, and world, and leading a group.
. Knowing the methods that leaders use to take care of and preserve their school, local, state, national, and world communities.
. Making and justifying decisions in situations where society or any community needs are more important than individual benefits.
. Understanding the importance of selflessness.
. Importance of encouraging others to volunteer for community service.
. Identify the concept of budget and value of planning the budget
. Prepare their monthly budget and plan monthly saving
. Construct a barter community andpromote it
. Track and prepare monthly report of your barter community
. Define trade off and discuss the benefits of trade off
. Demonstrate ways where tradeoff is practiced in everyday life
. Identify inflated goods and services
. Plan and practice how to fight inflation using basic economic formula
. Identify the problems associated with organizing and managing teams.
. Realize the importance of providing an instructional framework to nurture teamwork.
Collaboration/Conflict Management
. Team Development: Basic principles of group development and interpersonal dynamics.
. Interpersonal Style: Recognizing and capitalizing on differences in style and perspective.
. Conflict Management: Principles of problem-based conflict management.
. Participation: Understanding of and willingness to be fully involved in team efforts.
Team Communication
. Active Listening: Conveying understanding and using listening skills to move a conversation forward.
. Feedback: Giving and receiving constructive criticism.
. Influencing others: Persuading others through well-reasoned use of facts and clear conveyance of ideas.
. Sharing Information: Providing and reviewing information in a timely manner.
Team Decision-making
. Defining a Problem: Identifying and articulating the problem to be solved.
. Innovation/Idea generation: .
Generating creative and viable solutions
. Judgment/Using facts: Reaching conclusions based upon clear analysis of facts and ideas.
. Reaching Consensus: Ensuring buy-in and commitment to decisions reached.
Self-Management
. Establishing directions and standards: Helping create plans and structure for the team.
. Managing meetings: Using principles of effective team meetings
. Personal conduct: Demonstrating personal responsibility to the team and respect for team members.
. Leadership: Being proactive and moving
How to delegating effectively: Part 1
. Be sure about your own abilities
. Be sure about your staff and their abilities
. Know your job role and the job roles being delegated
How to delegating effectively: Part 2
. Trust your staff and theirabilities
. Communicate the requirements of work
. Empower
Identifying factors for Work Pressure and Stress
Identifying the symptoms of Stress
o Low self esteem
o Drug or alcohol abuse
o Tiredness
o Anxiety
o Anger
o Headaches
o Irritability
o Apathy
o Irrationality
o Blood pressure
o Depression
Identifying types of pressures causing stress
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Change
. Overwork
. Lack of responsibility
. Poor work/life balance
. Inappropriate deadlines
. Jobs that ask for more skills than the staff has
. Job insecurity
. Poor relationships
. Financial insecurity
Emotional aspect of negotiation
. Ethics in Negotiation
. Cross Cultural Negotiation
Identifying the negotiation power through the negotiation point
. Conflict resolution in negotiation
. Disputes and third party help
. Applying the tips and tricks of negotiation
PLANNING and ORGANIZATION
. Staffing –actions necessary for hiring, training, and compensating employees
. Implementing –carrying out leadership activities in an organization
. Controlling –determining the status of whether or not goals from the planning stage have been met
. Opportunity costs –what is given up to make a choice
. Strategic planning –long term planning with broad goals for a company as a whole
. Operational planning –short term planning with more specific goals for departments or groups within a company
. SWOT analysis –an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats affecting an organization internally and externally.
. To develop students’ understanding on credit, debit and credit/debit cards.
. To enable them to perform online commerce.
. To help them identify fraud in finance.
. To help students make career choices with the help of a career plan.
. To teach them job skills and conceptualize entrepreneurship.
. To make them realize the consequences of gambling.
. Credit and Debit Card
. Online buying
. Career selection and Entrepreneurship
. Frauds and Gambling
. Defining Religion
. Understanding Religious Ethics
. Understanding relation between spirituality and religious ethics
. Devising a method used to solve an Ethical Problem
. Collaborating and working with Critical Thinking, Decision Making and Problem Solving for a better Society
. Revising professional Ethics
. Understanding the meaning of White Collar Crime
. Understanding IPR-Intellectual Property Rights
Understanding the essential elements of IPR
. Patents
. Copyrights
. Trade marks
. Trade secrets
Understanding S.M.A.R.T goals: Part 2
. To know what is S.MA.R.T Goals.
. To understand why SMART Goals is the way to success.
. To know which is and which is not a SMART Goal.
. How to Prioritize Goals
. Keeping a track of Progress
. Rewarding yourself
Facts about personal branding
. Discuss hard facts about personal branding.
o Brands take time to develop.
o Brands grow organically.
o Brands are not rational.
o Brands demand consistency and clarity.
o Branding never doesn’t work.
Personal branding Toolkit
. Discuss the eight principles for successful selfbranding by Peter Montoya.
Demonstrate how to brand oneself.
o Compile a master list of contacts
o Create a networking wish list
o Schedule one networking activity per week
o Follow up with a personal touch
o Feed your relationships
o Keep better track of your relationships
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o Connect online
o Broaden your thinking
o Go the extra mile to maintain your personal network
o Share your news
o Change your online profile
o Monitor your reputation in social network
. Who are you?
. What makes you unique?
. What do you do?
. Why should I care?
RESEARCH and ANALYTICAL THINKING
Analyzing data
. The shape of your data
. The nature of data and Managing it
. The process of analysis :Analyzing documents, interviews ,observations and questionnaires
. Interpretation
Writing up
. Drafting and redrafting
.How to argue (how to put forward reasons for your argument)
. How to criticize
. Whom am I writing for? Target audience
. Grammar, punctuation and spelling
. Using tables, diagrams and other illustrations
Finishing off
. Planning to finish?
. The penultimate and final drafts
. Added extras
. The process of assessment
. What do I do now?
RESEARCH and ANALYTICAL THINKING
Analyzing data
. The shape of your data
. The nature of data and Managing it
. The process of analysis :Analyzing documents, interviews ,observations and questionnaires
. Interpretation
Writing up
. Drafting and redrafting
.How to argue (how to put forward reasons for your argument)
. How to criticize
. Whom am I writing for ? Target audience
. Grammar, punctuation and spelling
. Using tables, diagrams and other illustrations
Finishing off
. Planning to finish?
. The penultimate and final drafts
. Added extras
. The process of assessment
. What do I do now?
Knowing different styles of Communication
. Systematic (Low Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness)
. Direct (Low Expressiveness + High Assertiveness)
. Spirited (High Expressiveness + High Assertiveness)
. Considerate (High Expressiveness + Low Assertiveness)
. Introduction to Listening Skills
. Knowing how to be a Good Listener
. Knowing the importance of Listening Skills
o To build relationships
o To understand others
o To be entertained
o To learn
o To show empathy
o To gather information
Knowing Self or Self Awareness
. Body Language –Tense, relaxed, standing, sitting
. Eye Contact – Do you make it? Look away? Look down? Turn your eyes to other people?
. Following every word –Distracted? Wandering somewhere else?
. To say in return –Are you planning what to say in return?
. Understanding Active listening
. How to becomean Active Listener o Pay Close Attention – Look the speaker in the eyes , Stop any mental chatter , Avoid preparing your response or rebuttal when the other person is speaking , Make sure environment does not distract ,Notice the speaker’s body language and tone of voice , Notice the non-verbal messages , If in a group , avoid side conversations o Demonstrate physically that you are listening – Use non-verbal and verbal signals that you are listening, nod from time to time when appropriate, use appropriate facial expressions, Monitor your own body language. Be sure you remain open and relaxed rather than closed and tense o Check for understanding o Don’t Interrupt o Respond Appropriately
. Actions speak louder than words.
. Do not detract from others nor be overbearing in giving orders.
. Do not go where you are not wanted. Do not give unasked-for advice.
. Do not be quick to talk about something when you don’t have all the facts.
. Do not speak badly of those who are not present.
. Show interest in others conversation, but don’t talk with your mouth full.
Global Change Begins With Me
. How can global citizens take thoughtful, informed, and responsible action locally to bring about global change?
. Identify characteristics and examples of global citizenship.
. Write a comprehensive definition of global citizenship.(explain in easy to understand words
. Articulate how their unique personalities and specific talents can be used to make a positive difference in their communities.
.Design and implement an action project based on research to address a global issue.
To improve your ability as a decision-maker: Part 1
. Be aware of your own and your family’s values. Review what you want to accomplish before you begin comparing alternatives.
. Get the facts. Look at the situation in an unbiased way. Review your information clearly and evaluate it objectively.
. Consider both emotions and facts.
