Self-management for personal and organisational success
 
 
Learning at work often takes the form of training courses that take the learner away from work. This isn’t always the best way. Learning works very well in bite size chunks. As proof of this, many people become expert at their hobbies, by doing it, as and when they can. This is because they are learning at the peak of their interest and their energy. They may learn more in their weekends of leisure than in their weeks of work.
 
Golden Nuggets are short high-impact courses to replicate this high energy learning. Delegates only attend for three hours, but they get as much practical learning as in longer courses. We also provide comprehensive back up user manuals.




Key 150-minute training events


1. Sharpen your thinking – we may be what we eat but we are certainly what we think
  
Sharpening your thinking is an ongoing process that needs practice and reinforcement. Every day at work we need to solve problems, make choices and decisions, and reflect on why we are successful or not, so we can capitalise on that learning. The quality of our thinking will have a major impact on whether we achieve value for our organisation and ourselves.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to make the best choices when working under time pressure.
•  How to analyse large amounts of information quickly.
•  How to be a more creative thinker when new ideas are required.
•  How use your intuition when there are no obvious answers.
•  How to set about solving the toughest of problems.
•  How to think systemically.
 
 
2. Self-motivation – setting yourself on fire
   
Motivation is not about being pushed into something. It comes from you wanting to achieve something and believing you can do it. Motivated people are a joy to be around and to have around, and you can, and should, be one of these people.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to be energetic - “motivated” - keen. It’s as much physical as psychological.
•  How to keep optimistic in times of adversity.
•  How to find and keep your focus.
•  How to bounce back from failure.
•  Getting a good ‘fit’ - how to find something you are motivated to do.
•  How to renew your energy when your stores feel depleted.
 
 
3. Making every conversation count
   
Good conversations can make a difference in changing things for the better. Unfortunately too many conversations don’t seem to lead anywhere. This half day course will show you how to get the best from any conversation in any setting.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to connect with the person you are talking to.
•  How to build on the best of what is so both of you gain something.
•  How to talk about the real and sometimes difficult issues.
•  How to turn a brief conversation into a ‘coachable moment’.
•  How to have a purposeful conversation that’s also enjoyable.
 
 
4. Mastering your time – lessen your load and accomplish more
   
Forget traditional time management. Too often we try to fit as much as we can in the time we have. This doesn’t make us more effective or fulfilled. We only develop an urgency mindset that eventually burns us out. Time mastery is about lightening your load whilst accomplishing more.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to use quiet reflection and mindfulness to discern the things that matter.
•  How to replace have to with want to and make your time more meaningful.
•  How to get into the zone.
•  How to look beyond the moment to long term strategic thinking.
•  How to use time to energise not tyrannise.
 
 
5. Emotional control – feelings are like waves, we may not stop them coming but we can choose which one to surf
   
Emotions often seem to take over beyond our conscious control. They influence how we think and behave in ways that we sometimes regret. You can greatly increase your personal power by learning to consciously your emotions.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to monitor your feelings.
•  How to control negative emotional thoughts.
•  How to use coping self-talk to manage stressful situations.
•  How to turn pessimistic thinking and feeling into feelings of optimism.
•  How to restructure your thought processes so you feel more self-motivated
   and confident.
 
 
6. Learning for continuous improvement – it’s what you learn after you know it all that matters
   
With the pace of change ever quickening, the need to develop mechanisms for continuous learning and innovation is greater than ever. Learning isn’t just attending a training course. We can learn from countless learning opportunities, both planned and unplanned.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to quickly assess your preferred ways of learning.
•  How to overcome barriers to learning.
•  How to learn from mistakes.
•  How to accelerate your learning.
•  How to review learning by yourself and with others.
 
 
7. Setting and achieving your goals – if you don’t know where you’re going you’ll probably end up somewhere else
 
People who set their own goals are in control of their lives. They achieve more than those who wait to be told. This course will show you how to make your own plans for your future.
  
You will use all your senses, communicate in new ways, and find new energy to get your best aspirations into a viable plan.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  How to identify your important goals that will work for you.
•  How to prioritise your goals.
•  How to plan to achieve your goals.
•  How to ensure you keep on track.
•  How to align your goals with the organisation’s goals.
 
 
8. Developing your personal impact – chasing your passion not your pension
   
Non-assertion has little impact. Aggression has a bad impact. Assertion has a good impact. This course will show you how to tell which is which, and how to stay assertive at difficult times. You will also learn how to listen, be assertive, and to manage conflict. These are vital elements of effective communication. If you don’t make the time to do all of these, situations tend to get worse. This course demonstrates techniques that will work, and prevent time being lost by miscommunication.
  
This half day course covers the following:
  
•  Why the world would be a better place if everyone was more assertive.
•  How to use your own temperament to have more impact.
•  How to use assertion skills when appropriate.
•  How to persuade others.
•  How to inspire others.
 
 
9. Decision-making – the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing
   
In a world of increasing information we have to make choices, and live with the decisions we’ve made. So it is important we are able to analyse the pros and cons of options in an efficient way and make the most well considered decisions.
  
This nugget covers the following:
  
•  How to choose what to change.
•  Working out the relative importance of different options.
•  Making a choice taking into account many factors.
•  Analysing the pressures for and against chance.
•  Looking at a decision from different perspectives.
 
 
10. Develop personal networks – the worst time for developing a network is when you need it now
   
In order to get things done we need to develop informal relationships of trust both inside and outside the organisation. The problem is that when we’ve got our jobs to do it seems difficult to find the time to contact people and build networks. But there is a lot we can do during the course of our day to day work when we are inevitably attending meetings, seeing individuals, and sending communications to various people.
  
This nugget covers the following:
  
•  How to identify who is currently in your network and the quality and importance
   of those relationships.
•  How to build strong networks through day to day interactions.
•  How to mobilise support from your network
•  How to identify and build useful new relationships in your network.