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Graduate School USA

Achieving Personal Effectiveness Course

via Graduate School USA

Overview

Acquire skills and tools to enhance personal and professional effectiveness through accountability, communication, goal-setting, and self-awareness. Learn how to develop a proactive mindset and align your behaviors with your values and goals.

Syllabus

Module 1: Gaining Effectiveness through Analyzing Behaviors, Accountability, Professionalism, Communication Skills, and Mindset

  • Understand the role of professionalism, communication, and mindset in effectiveness
  • Evaluate personal behaviors and how they impact workplace interactions
  • Define and practice self-accountability and effective communication
  • Develop a proactive mindset aligned with personal values

Module 2: Apply Accountability Practices in Personal and Professional Situations

  • Recognize accountable behaviors across various settings
  • Apply effective communication and responsibility strategies
  • Create a culture of accountability in teams and organizations
  • Use lead and lag measures to focus on outcomes

Module 3: Identifying Strengths, Existing Skills, and Areas that Need Developing

  • Use the DiSC profile to assess personality and communication styles
  • Reflect on current strengths and professional competencies
  • Identify personal development areas using OPM competencies

Module 4: Using Effective Language

  • Apply assertive communication styles using SBI (Situation, Behavior, Impact)
  • Adapt communication to DiSC personality styles
  • Resolve conflict using “I” statements and emotional intelligence techniques

Module 5: The Impact of Personal Effectiveness

  • Recognize how personal style and communication affect workplace relationships
  • Use head, heart, and hands strategies to influence others positively
  • Leverage trust, visibility, and clear communication to enhance influence

Module 6: The Steps to Become More Personally Effective

  • Set SMART goals for ongoing growth and improvement
  • Identify professional development resources and learning opportunities
  • Reflect on self-talk and shift to a growth-oriented mindset

Module 7: Strategies for Goal Setting and Planning

  • Develop short- and long-term professional and personal goals
  • Align values with desired career outcomes
  • Create an action plan for continuous self-improvement

Taught by

Alan Zucker, Amy Sareeram, Cindy Morgan-Jaffe, Dr. Le'Angela Ingram, Michele Proctor, Natalya H. Bah, Heather Murphy Capps, Doris McMillon, Bascom Destrehan “Dit” Talley, and Marshall Scantlin

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