Personal Skills for Professional Excellence
| Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 10 May 2026 | 14 May 2026 | Istanbul, Turkey | $ 4,500 | Register |
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 16 Aug 2026 | 20 Aug 2026 | Riyadh, KSA | $ 3,900 | Register |
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 13 Dec 2026 | 17 Dec 2026 | Dubai, UAE | $ 3,900 | Register |
Personal Skills for Professional Excellence
| Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 10 May 2026 | 14 May 2026 | Istanbul, Turkey | $ 4,500 |
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 16 Aug 2026 | 20 Aug 2026 | Riyadh, KSA | $ 3,900 |
| Personal Skills for Professional Excellence | 13 Dec 2026 | 17 Dec 2026 | Dubai, UAE | $ 3,900 |
Introduction
Today's organizations place great emphasis on personal responsibility and initiative. Managing yourself effectively and working productively with others is critical to both your professional success and the success of your organization. In this course, you gain a comprehensive and proven set of professional skills that helps you stay focused, work effectively with colleagues, develop your networks and expertise, and build your reputation for delivering results.
Objectives
- Achieve maximum productivity and effectiveness in your organization
- Build and leverage your professional reputation
- Get results working with different and difficult personality types
- Maintain focus in pressure situations
- Work productively within the political environment of your organization
- Make a balanced choice between professional and personal commitments
You will learn how to :
Training Methodology
This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.
Who Should Attend?
Those who want to maximize their personal effectiveness, build their professional reputation and credibility and work successfully with a wide range of people.
Course Outline
Introduction
- Key characteristics of professional people
- What do we mean by effective?
- The components of personal effectiveness
Realizing Your Strengths and Fulfilling Your Potential
Evaluating your Aptitudes, Styles, and Potential Growth Areas
- Applying the Multiple Intelligences Model
- Compiling a personal strengths inventory
- Uncovering the talent paradox
The Core Elements of Professional Excellence
- The three Rs of effectiveness
- Building your professional reputation
Developing your Professional Power
- Analyzing sources of professional authority
- Strategies for building influence
Managing yourself Effectively
- Creating powerful goals to maintain focus
- The secret of productive relaxation
- Scheduling your time effectively
- Maximizing your attention to tasks
Enhancing Your Thinking Tool Set
Understanding Thinking Processes
- Refining your mental models
- Revealing limiting mental frameworks
The Core of Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Recognizing the core process of human interaction
- Enhancing your emotional intelligence
- Analyzing language to identify and understand motives and intentions
Achieving Results in Pressure Situations
Working Productively with Colleagues
- Identifying important players in your work environment
- Working with difficult coworkers
- Handling corporate game playing
- Being assertive without aggression
- Building productive relationships with upper management
Making Meetings Work for you
- Determining when a meeting is needed
- Keeping your meetings productive and professional
Managing Stress Productively
- Effective stress management techniques
- Learning from setbacks
- Developing mental toughness
Building Your Professional Reputation
Amplifying your Effectiveness by Networking
- The benefits of networking
- Networking dos and don'ts
- Contributing to physical and virtual networks
Demonstrating Political Intelligence
- Creating and considering your political intelligence profile
- Prioritizing key areas for skills development
- Being political with integrity
Preparing and Presenting Winning Proposals
Secrets of Successful Proposal Writing
- Identifying what your audience needs
- The psychology of successful proposals
- Structuring your points in a logical and compelling order
Compiling an Effective Business Case
- Identifying your true target
- Distinguishing hard and soft benefits
Presenting your Proposal
- Selecting the best medium for messages
- Matching your presentation approach to audience needs and mood
Creating the Results You Want
Assembling a Personal Success Strategy
- Mapping and evaluating your situation
- Identifying your long-term choices and goals
- Achieving balance with the Wheel of Life
Controlling your Work Environment
- Why desks get cluttered—and how to solve this
- Handling interruptions and time wasters
- Analyzing the choke points in your personal processes
Reducing e-mail Domination

