Soft Skills Collection

Asking for help can feel uncomfortable. You might worry that people will think you’re incompetent, or that nobody will be willing or able to help you. But we all need help sometimes. Learning how to ask in a way that’s likely to get you the support you need is a useful skill to develop. Often, accessing another person’s knowledge and expertise can help you to achieve your own goals. So, learning how to ask for and accept help from others is an important part of unlocking your own potential. Asking well will boost your confidence and that of the person you’re approaching and can give you the edge in a whole host of different circumstances.

Who would you rather be, Diana Prince or Wonder Woman? Well, duh! They’re the same person. It’s just that when Diana is being her best self, she’s being a superhero. You don’t need to be born an Amazonian warrior princess to become your own superhero, though. Just concentrate on what makes you great. Do you think Wonder Woman could do amazing things by focusing on her weaknesses? You can move forward in both your career and life outside work by becoming your best self. When you feel great, you can do great things. Being your best self will help you achieve the things you want to, bring out the best in others, and feel fulfilled. This course will show you how.

What do you think of puzzles? From children, we’re taught to problem solve; up from shape sorters to jigsaws and then the dreaded maths homework. But sometimes you can spend half an hour staring at the same crossword hint before giving up. Then when you come back to the break room for a coffee, someone else has already solved it: 10 across (13): Working with someone to produce something. COLLABORATION Alright, it’s an obvious answer now you know it. In my defence, I left my glasses on my desk. *cough* See, there are times when coming together to solve a problem can be really beneficial. Hearing other peoples’ opinions and evaluations of a common problem and pooling a wide selection of skill sets can help you come up with a unique solution. This short course is designed to help you make the most of your collaborations.

Do you ever wish you had more confidence? Believing in yourself, walking tall, and winning the day, like a character at the end of an uplifting film? If you’re thinking, ‘But I could never be like Buzz Lightyear’, remember that all successful people have only 1 thing in common: confidence. Luckily, there are things you can do to build up your confidence and achieve your goal – whether that’s being able to fly or just starting a conversation with the new person at work. Once you start working on it, your confidence will continue to grow. This course is here to help you boost that confidence.

Life is full of stressful situations, and your brain is built with a system to deal with them: Fight or flight. This prepares your body to deal with the threat, so it’s great if you’re hiding in a kitchen full of velociraptors or leaping from a building that’s about to explode with a fire hose tied around your waist. But it’s not always so helpful in everyday situations. If stress gets out of control, it can make you mentally and physically ill. If you find yourself wanting to fight or flee when you’re faced with a deadline or with meeting your significant other’s parents, you might need to change the way you handle stressful situations. With preparation and practice, you can learn to manage the fight-or-flight response and tackle stress in a better way. That’s why you need this course.

Remember how you used to spend your weekends? Heading over to Blockbuster to rent the latest movie on tape, and cuddling up on the sofa with overpriced popcorn and snacks? Sure, we’re nostalgic about it, but it was all a bit rubbish really, having to rewind those cassettes and rushing back to the store to try and avoid those late fees. Times change. It’s something that we can’t stop, even if we wanted to. The rapid advances in technology and changes in attitudes and behaviours mean that you have to adapt to survive, or sink. Many businesses fall by the wayside because they weren’t able to manage their change effectively. This short course has been designed to boost your ability to handle change effectively. Spend a few minutes with us and see how you can help your company change with the times.