The Keys To Success In The Business World

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This training will be for new employees and trainees

Throughout this program, you will become efficient in the top 4 skills you need to succeed in business: Creativity, Team Building, Communication, and Problem Solving.

Introduction

You need these important skills to work well in the workplace.

You need to be creative with creating projects and meetings.

You need to have team building skills to accomplish team projects.

You need to be able to communicate with your co-workers to accomplish tasks.

And very importantly, you need to be able to problem solve with others to get through your disagreements.

Why do you need these skills?

This program is designed specifically for you.

To work on your weak areas of these 4 important skills, and improve them to the standard they should be at.

Throughout this 4 week course, we will meet every Thursday and do a different exercise every week. Every week being one of the 4 skills.

Overview

This week we will work on creativity. Creativity is the ability to “think outside of

the box,” and come up with ideas and thoughts others don’t think of.

Why creativity is important in the workplace is because it is needed to make projects and meetings more interesting. I know I sure don’t want to sit through a boring two hour meeting!

Week 1: Creativity

To work on your creativity skills, we’ve created a situation for you to take part in.

In this two hour meeting, you will be separated in groups of five and having to create a skit in an hour and a half.

Throughout your skit, you need to incorporate an apple, a bike, and a soccer ball. Having the skit last no longer than five minutes.

You will all present your skits the last half hour.

Creativity continued…

Our desired outcome of this exercise is for you to become more creative and imaginative.

The skit makes you think of a creative idea right on the spot, really forcing you to think hard and quick about a creative idea.

Creativity continued…

This week we will work on team building. Team building is being able to work as a

team to accomplish a project, but cooperatively and efficiently.

Team building is vital in the workplace because you need this skill to collaborate together to accomplish tasks.

Week 2:Team Building

To build your team building skills, you will all participate in this activity.

In this 20 minute activity, you will be put in groups of six with the task of all holding a rope and progressing to the other side of the room and back.

We will discuss the directions, give you the rope, and then the rest is up to you!

Team building continued…

Our desired outcome of this exercise is for you to become a better team player.

This exercise is designed so that you have to work together in a competitive environment, as a team.

Team building continued…

Communication skills are the skills people use to communicate and interact with one another.

Communication is one the most important skills you need in the workplace.

You need to be able to communicate with one another to conduct meetings, work on projects, and to just talk!

Without communication skills, we would all be mimes!

Week 3: Communication

To work on your communication skills everyone will complete a Communication Skills Self-Assessment Exercise, having the “best answers” previously removed.

First go to, http://spot.pcc.edu/~rjacobs/career/effective_communication_skills.htm and complete the online assessment.

After 15 minutes we will go over the answers and the various styles of learning.

Communication continued…

Our desired outcome of this exercise is for you to have chosen more “best answers” than not “best answers”.

In doing so, it will show us that you have great communication skills.

Communication continued…

Problem solving skills are crucial to the success of your business.

Problem solving skills are the skills you use to solve conflicts and problems with others.

Problem solving skills are so important because they are used to solve the conflicts or disagreements you run into when working with others.

Week 4: Problem Solving

To work on your problem solving skills, you will meet for this two hour exercise and complete it.

You will be split into two large groups with the task of creating a package to keep an egg safe from an eight foot drop.

We’ll give you the supplies, and the rest is up to you!

Problem Solving continued…

Our desired outcome of this exercise is for you to enhance your problem solving skills.

In doing this exercise, I’m sure you will run into conflicts with others about your ideas.

By using your problem solving skills, you can solve the issue quickly, and get back to work.

Problem solved!

Problem Solving continued…

The workers that graduated from this program really say that it helped them prepare for the workplace.

What you should’ve gained throughout your time here is how to work with others in a serious, competitive environment.

We hope you learned a lot with us, and good luck in you career!

Conclusion