Personal Branding and Reputation Management in the Modern Workplace

Date: 11th June, 2021  / ADMISSION: Free

Webinar Overview

Course Overview

Participants will design their own personal brand and learn how to manage their reputation for ongoing success in the workplace. Individuals need to design and manage their corporate brand and reputation the same way companies do.

Learning Outcome

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Discover your own personal brand
• Understand the concept of reputation management
• Explain the importance of feedback
• Understand the foundation and building blocks of designing a personal brand
• Provide guidance on managing your reputation

Course Outline 

• Definition of a brand
• What is a personal brand?
• Why is it important to design your own brand?
• Brands in a disrupted workplace
• Self-Awareness: The Input into your brand
• Design your own personal brand
• The world around us
• Manage your reputation

Strategic Organisational Development

Date: 18th June, 2021  / ADMISSION: Free

Webinar Overview

Course Overview

An organization is only as good as its people, and the people are only as good as the training and development they receive.  Main focus of Human Resources is to ensure that development fits in with the organizational requirements to ensure competitive advantage.  This course will outline the strategic importance of organisational development, identify and develop key personnel, as well as increase overall performance in your organization. Having highly developed people in line with a clear business strategy becomes a unique differentiator in the ever competitive and demanding market.

Learning Outcome

At the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand the strategic role of training and development in an organisation
• Define and develop key personnel and talent in the organisation
• Understand methods to employ to ensure sustainable development whilst ensuring value for money and ROI (Return on Investment)
• Understand methodologies/ techniques to develop people for increased performance
• Understand key areas to communicate to ensure business alignment and buy-in is achieved.
• Understand strategic succession plans

Course Outline

• The Strategic role of Organisational Development (OD)
• Aligning Training and Development to Meet Business Objectives
• Developing Key Personnel
• Managing Organisational and Individual Performance
• Measuring ROI
• Strategic Succession Planning

Business Writing Skills

Date: 24th June, 2021  / ADMISSION: Free

Webinar Overview

Course Overview

As the title connotes, business writing is inevitable in the business environment. At every point in time and in every situation we find ourselves in communication with colleagues, partners and clients. As professionals we are expected to maintain certain style and standard in our communication. Many competent, articulate business people experience a moment of panic when they are asked to write a report, memo or letter. Faced with putting their thoughts in writing, they become confused about what to say, how to say it, and how to manage the mechanics of grammar, spelling, and format.

Like any business task, writing is manageable once broken down into a series of smaller steps. Good writing is the result of good planning and clear thinking. This course will help participants identify purpose in writing any type of business communication, clarify their thinking about what they want to say, and show how to go about the actual process of getting their message to the reader.

Learning Outcome

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Learn the three steps to writing effectively
• Learn to choose and use the proper vocabulary for their business writings
• Be educated on the standard parts of a business letter
• Be exposed to various formats for business letters
• Learn business writing styles and to organize their writings
• Take revision on use of parts of speech, punctuation, capitalization etc.

Outline

• Business Writing Today
• The Three Steps to Effective Writing
  • Prewriting: preparation and background research
  • Writing: organizing and outlining
  • Revising: revision checklist and proofread
• Choosing the Right word
  • Business Vocabulary
  • Gender-Inclusive Language
• Effective Business Letters
• Business Letter Format
• Functions of Business Letters
• Parts of a Business Letter
• Formats for Business Letters
• Style in Business Letters
• Watch your Language
• Clarity
• Brevity
• Accuracy
• Tone
• Sentences
• Paragraphs
• Organizing and Writing Business Letters
• Prewriting: state purpose; know the reader; determine the scope, and research the subject
• Writing: organizing with letter formula; outlining, and writing the first draft
• Revising: Proofreading
• Review of Business Grammar and Style
• Parts of Speech
• Sentences and Sentence Patterns
• Punctuation and Punctuation Style
• Capitalization, Abbreviations and Numbers
• Spelling