STANDARD COMPETENCIES:

 

 

 1. Create Self-assessment, identify character and skill strengths and weaknesses.

 2. Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence Skills.

 3. Establish Motivational Identifiers.

 4. Demonstrate skills required to acquire cooperation and desirable response from others.

 5. Demonstrate skills of understanding,(appropriate feedback and responses).

 6. Identify Leadership development intended results.

 7. Demonstrate application of critical thinking skills demanded by industry.

 8. Identify sound ethical conduct.

 9. Build and Sustain an Effective Team.

 10. Implement and evaluate assessment tools.

 11. Identify the important components of a professional resume.

 12. Demonstrate interviewing skills with impact.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 

 I. Personal Leadership Skills:  Rate their own personal leadership skills.

  A. Identify strengths foundation and limitations.

  B. Identify emotions and their impact or consequences.

  C. Recognizing conflict and implementing pro-active solutions.

  D. Assess perspective – Education, Experience, Hands-on application of both.

 II. Teamwork Concepts:  Define teaming, assessing team performance, outcome measurements.

  A. Identify disruptive behavior and how to cope with it.

  B. Develop conflict management techniques.

  C. Define commitment and its application in business and personal life.

  D. Recognize initiative value.

        E. Develop accountability skills by:

  1.  Understanding moral and ethical values in the workplace.

  2.  Pro-active listening.

  3.  Taking responsibility for actions.

  4.  Coping with change.

  5.  Accepting new ideas, approaches, and information related to industry, i.e., automotive, welding, HVAC, construction and CAD.

 III. Conflict Resolution:  Dramatizing positive techniques in conflict situations.

  A. Knowledge base

  B. Achievement

  C. Commitment

  D. Initiative

  E. Optimism

  F. Competitive desire

 IV. Communication Skills:  Articulating with successful results.

  A. Influence and skills of persuasion.

  B. Communicating, active listening and articulating convincing messages.

  C. Body language Impact.

  D. Creating inclusive communities (strength and character).

 V. Emotional Intelligence

  A. Empathy vs. sympathy.

  B. Understanding the perspective of others, (priorities vary by industry, i.e. HVAC vs welding or Automotive vs Clean Energy.

  C. Pro-active listening skills.

  D. Recognizing diversity – awareness, challenges, choices.

  E. Problem solving skills.

  F. Political awareness.

 VI. Leadership Development

  A. Types of leadership.

  B. Executing executive power.

  C. Applying critical thinking skills.

  D. Developing relationships and partnerships.

  E. Positive Influence.

        F. Dramatizing positive techniques in conflict situations.

  G. Strategic thinking (planning).

 VII. Team Dynamics (short term and long term impact).

  A. Impact of establishing a team.

  B. Challenges – politics & positioning, barrier labels.

  C. Solutions- knowledge, strengths, well rounded presentation.

  D. Reflections – good practices (acceptable by industry standards.

  E. Increased engagement, increased productivity.

  F. Team relationships, partnerships.

        G. Leadership role within team.

        H. Employer perspective, family, individual well being.

 VIII. Ethical Conduct

  A. Identify individual moral values.

  B. Team ethics and accountability.

 IX. Team structure, utilization and diversity

  A. Defining teamwork.

  B. Utilization of teams in industry.

  C. Types of teams and their application.

  D. Stages of team development – Forming, Norming, Storming, and Performing.

  E. Creating charters and ground rules.

  F. Identifying goals and creating team visions.

        G. Conflict resolution and counseling.

  H. Motivation, inspiration, and affirmation.

  I. Recognition – individuals, teams – when appropriate.

 X. Evaluating success of team goals and interactions

  A. Outcome measurements.

        B. Assessing team performance.

 XI. Creating a resume

        A. Defining essential and appropriate resume content.

        B. Creating a portfolio for future reference.

 XII. Elements of a successful interview

        A. Research before approaching employer.

        B. Preparation before the interview.

        C. Role-play for success.

        D.  Appropriate approach to accepting/declining a position.