Transformational Personal & Professional Development 1

Programme

Course description

Based on Boyatzis’ intentional change theory and its concept of ideal future self, trainees will create aspirational, transformative personal goals of who they want to become to be reached by the end of the course. They plan key steps, develop self-coaching skills to successfully overcome challenges along the way, regularly reflecting, building increasing self-awareness, learning from mistakes to ultimately reach their goals on the journey of WHO they want to become.

This course will enable the trainees to develop ‘pro-active’ and ‘creative’ skills which will be very beneficial as they prepare for their future. They will also learn how to develop self-awareness, self-coaching and life-long learning skills while laying the foundation for personal or self-leadership.

By gaining a better understanding of themselves trainees will feel more empowered and in control of their professional and personal learning journey.

Course contents

The course deploys proven successful processes adopted from co-active coaching methodology, guided by transformational teaching theory and its underlying concepts and is centred around the 5 key pillars of self-reflection, self-awareness (Values, beliefs, strategies, habits, strengths), self-direction, self-responsibility/regulation and self-efficacy. Participants will capture key revelations in a personal leadership compass template. The course will encompass the following 5 phases.

• Phase 1 : Checking Status/Strengths, Ideal Self Definition and Goal Setting
• Phase 2 : Action Planning, Anticipating & Managing Conflicts 1 on 1 Coaching Session (conditional on completion of requirements)
• Phase 3 : Building Support Structures
• Phase 4 : Strengthening and Creating New Empowering Beliefs
• Phase 5 : Foundational Review & Personal Leadership Compass 1

The design and delivery is 100% online and follows an approach to teaching and learning grounded in interaction, dialogue and reflection. It comprises 5 phases with part released scaffolded lessons available on a weekly basis. The weekly pacing largely shapes the way participants engage with the course. Asynchronous online learning includes lessons and discussion forum interactions as well as reflection. The 1 on 1 coaching session will be online in an in a synchronous manner.

The Transformational Personal and Professional Development 1 be run on via Moodle where grades will be logged. The ongoing program will integrate guided activities for active engagement, a digital workbook for reflection and progress tracking, a digital personal leadership compass to capture key self-awareness progress and outcomes, opportunities for social exchange with peers. Furthermore, trainees who have completed phase 1 and 2 requirements are eligible to benefit from the high-value 1 on 1 coaching session with a personal professional coach to ensure accountability, motivation, personalisation and challenge of thought patterns.

The course concept is aligned with Slavic and Zimbardo’s (2012) call for transformative teaching which in itself is drawing on and combining Bandura’s (1986) social cognitive theory (self-efficacy), Boyatzi’s (2006, 2009) intentional change theory (ideal future self and personal development planning) and Mezirow’s (2000) transformative learning theory (changing frames of reference and habits of mind). Key elements in the realisation are a) active engagement, b) social interactions, c) guided activities for self-discovery, d) instructor/facilitator provocation, and e) personalisation.

To that end trainees need to do more than increase mastery of course concepts. They need to develop as learners and people, engage in instructor guided evaluative self-discoveries to increase their self-awareness, their self-efficacy (shown to also increase academic success), their self-regulatory capabilities, their attitudes towards learning as well as consciously and continually developing transferable soft skills that reflect the type of flexible life-long learner and professional they aim to become.

Type of training

This online course is a combination of e-learning, computer-based learning, group work, videos and self-study.

Objectives and outcomes

Trainees will be able to:

• Acquire Knowledge of Intentional Change and Experiential Learning Theory and apply to own context.
• Develop a conscious definition of personal success
• Demonstrate responsibility for personal development results and a ‘growth mindset’ and an ability to reflect deeply and draw upon nuanced lessons from a wide range of experiences.
• Create, test and evaluate an extended support network
• Apply self-coaching strategies and comprehensive self-knowledge to achieve personal and professional development goals
• Analyse own strengths and areas to improve
• Demonstrate increasing self-awareness about strengths, values, beliefs and leadership preferences
• Appreciate the role of beliefs in shaping personal success and acquire a critical awareness of ‘one-size-fits-all’ personal and professional programs

Language

This course can be held in English, French, Spanish or German.

Requirements

Participants would require their own laptop and a stable high-speed internet connection to take part in this course.

Target Group

This course is designed for Front-line Managers, Middle Managers and Senior Executives wishing to up-skill or refresh their current skill set.