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While technological changes are taking place at an unprecedented pace, making the impossible seem in our reach, in my view less attention is paid to personald development. The business sector is more concerned about boosting its competitive position in a globalizing world rather than seeking to make their employees happy. Yet, I believe that personal development is of paramount to economic success. Human capital is indeed a very important production factor. It is therefore essential that the organisation, be it a business, is set up and functions in a way that people feel confortable, notably in their inter-relationships and communication. However, this ease of communication entails a clear vision of corporate management that embodies the specific objective of developing the personal skills that are critical to a well functioning organisation. These skills include leardership, motication, team building and others.
Cutesolutions has announced the release of a CD-ROM and an e-learning course on assertiveness. Assertiveness training is offered by Cutesolutions with the release of a CD-Rom and Coffee Cards package that display scenarios to play out while users are guided through the development of skills necessary to constructively maintain their own best interests. The "Assertiveness Coffee Cards" set includes cards and an instruction manual for learning various techniques and practicing in a playful way. Each card contains an example that can guide the learner in imagining situations and constructing conversations he (she) could apply the technique described by the card. The card also describes in a clear, concise and crisp manner how to apply the technique and the rationale behind it. At the end of the course the learner will have mastered the basic techniques for assertiveness and grasped the philosophy behind the course.
Quite often non assertive people are amenable to say, do or accept things against their will or full agreement. When this occurs, they get the feeling, a sickening one at some times, of being betrayed by their own lack of assertiveness. They just feel being pushed over. Yet, assertiveness is a skill that can be learnt. It is a useful skill that can be beneficial not only to yourself, but also to people you deal with in private or professional environments. If you need to be more assertive, to be positive about yourself and about others, the "Assertiveness Coffee Cards (ACCs)" are just for you.
To make your relationships and dealings with others more constructive, equitable, respectful of others and protecting of your own interests, CuteSolutions has development the ACCs. Put quite simply, this is a unique tool of its kind that has been specifically designed to focus not only on how to become more assertive, but also how to adapt to the particular situation. We guarantee that by using our cards you will see yourself becoming a more assertive person while boosting your personal confidence levels in most situations.
This highly practical tool has been specially designed to help you develop the essential skills of assertiveness and confidence. From using our cards you will equip yourself with all the skills, strategies, techniques and secrets that will boost your assertiveness and project an image of credibility and composure.
The use of the ACCs is situation-dependent, meaning that cards suit best a particular situation. Your first task is then to recognise and characterise the situation. Second, you need to identify the path to walk, deploying appropriate techniques. To this effect we use a four quadrant space where the axes point to: (i) results; (ii) thinking or structuring process; (iii)
you; and (iv) people.
Ideally, one should mix the four above mentioned criteria in deciding the type of strategy to take in dealing with someone else. But, in most circumstances, the situation warrants to give prominence to one particular aspect of one's communication strategy. When, for example, achieving a desired result is an overriding objective, no matter what, one should use result-oriented techniques, such fogging, broken record or negative assertion. But, when it come to winning the hearts and minds of people, one has to touch the limblic system and stir emotions by appropriate use of voice, body language, the right vocabulary and empathy.
A demo version of the e-learning course on assertiveness can be accessed from http://cute4u.net:8082 Other courses are also available on the platform, including a course on communication and a course on basic creativity skills. Cutesolutions, an affiliate of I.B.L. Belgium, is a provider of classic training, e-learning and Computer Based Training (CBT). Cutesolutions is determined to make available a wide range of courses on personal development, where e-learning is made effective and enjoyable.
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