Personal Empowerment

This course focuses on developing skills that are necessary for personal and professional success. Students will increase their sense of well-being by learning and applying a model for enhancing self-esteem, identifying personal strengths and weaknesses, and identifying self- defeating attitudes. This course will be highly interactive and active participation is expected. Course methodology is experiential with interactive videos, small group sharing, and large group discussions.

Course Objectives

• Identify personal strengths, values, inspirations, and contributions.
• Identify self-defeating beliefs and find multiple paths to realize full personal power.
• Understand and consciously use the power of thoughts.
• Increase emotional intelligence.
• Define life purpose and formulate a life plan.
• Receive feedback from others about own natural talents and opportunities for improvement.
• Identify people, things, and circumstances that provide meaning and life purpose.

Learning Outcomes

• Increased self-esteem and self-confidence.
• Improved performance in achieving professional and personal goals.
• Use techniques to effectively strengthen resilience.
• Being proficient at managing difficult service exchanges and customer complaints.
• Communicate effectively by stating the facts, expressing feelings, identifying needs, and making requests.