Professional Development

Embracing Your Career: Take Control of Your Learning and Development

The story of the Wright brothers is the epitome of self-directed learning. Through collaboration, trial and error, and experimentation, they made an airplane. This course will empower learners to develop a growth mindset, tackle challenges head-on, and evolve from failures. Self-directed learning is also a continuous process and can only be achieved by embracing the ...

Embracing Your Career: Set Your Own Standards of Excellence

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and then worked hard to become one of the greatest players of all time. Everyone has their own way to pursue their career, and creating your own standard of excellence is a personal process. This course will discuss how to proactively create your standards of ...

Embracing Your Career: Create Your Individual Development Plan (IDP)

Roger Bannister, Britain’s best middle-distance runner, finished fourth in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics. Instead of giving up, Bannister set a timeline, with clear goals to be strong enough by the 1954 Commonwealth Games in Vancouver. Similarly, this course focuses on creating a structured Individual Development Plan (IDP) for your career growth and advancement. An IDP ...

Embracing Your Career: Set Personal and Professional Goals

How do you distinguish between professional and personal goals? This course will explore practical goal-setting methodologies like PACT (Purposeful, Actionable, Continuous, Trackable) and teach learners how to align, prioritize, and iteratively refine their goals. Whether it’s embarking on an adventurous hike or proposing innovative ideas in a corporate setting, setting robust, dynamic goals lays the ...

Embracing Your Career: Career Growth Through Collaboration

Did you know the cartoonist Walt Disney was fired from his first job? He was told he wasn’t “creative enough”. This course focuses on the essence of collaboration—listening, empowering, sharing knowledge, and embracing diversity. Through analyzing practical strategies, learners will grasp how to foster a collaborative environment, unlock novel opportunities, and cultivate leadership skills essential ...

Embracing Your Career: Stay Open to Learning

Albert Einstein used to imagine riding on a beam of light through the universe. This wasn’t just a whimsical idea but a curiosity-driven venture that led to groundbreaking revelations. This course underscores the importance of nurturing curiosity and embarking on new experiences to accelerate both personal and professional advancements. By embracing curiosity, you not only ...