Be Resourceful
Being able to do more with less is a highly valued skill in any organization, and not just in down times. In this course, Dr. Todd Dewett helps you assess your resourcefulness by first evaluating your professional resources (personal network, expertise, information, and access to finances) and explains how to decide when and how to use them. He also provides advice on developing habits to cultivate resourcefulness, such as asking the right questions and building your network across a broad spectrum.
Building Resilience
- Define the term resilience.
- Identify strategies for facing rejection in your day to day life.
- Recognize the skills you can practice to increase your resilience.
- Explore reflection strategies you can use during a situation in order to build resilience.
- Examine five post-event resilience building strategies using real-world examples.
Gaining a productive mindset
- Name one useful tip concerning low-value activities.
- Explain how to avoid the crowd mindset.
- Recall how a gathering point is used to handle interruptive ideas.
- List three tips that can help you prepare for unexpected setbacks.
- Identify techniques used to deal with negative experiences.
Managing stress for positive change
- Define “stress” and explain why it often occurs in the workplace.
- Recognize the differences between acute and chronic stress.
- List the three steps for managing stress.
- Name three things the brain craves.
- Identify the differences between primary stress reactions.
- Recall the benefits of rhythmic breathing.
Managing Virtual Teams
- Providing consistency and structure in a remote team
- Managing mixed remote and onsite teams
- Fostering equality and transparency
- Creating opportunities for in-person interactions
- Maintaining regular contact with remote team members
- Managing workloads and deliverables
The Value of Working Remotely
- Describe the ideal home setup for working remotely.
- Summarize the process of onboarding a remote worker.
- Explain the importance of work-life balance and how to maintain it while working remotely.
- Cite the tools remote workers can use to stay connected to the home office.
- Describe how to manage conflict with teammates while working remotely.
- Explain how to build culture in a remote team.
Thriving work leveraging the connection between well being and productivity
Live a life filled with less stress, greater well-being, and enhanced productivity by learning how to make transformational changes. Continue your Thrive journey and discover how to go from coping and surviving to actually thriving. In this course, Arianna Huffington and Joey Hubbard—the director of training's at Thrive Global—discuss how well-being can contribute to your productivity and success at work.
Time Management Working From Home
- Create a productive environment by limiting distractions.
- Evaluate and choose the best technology to increase your productivity.
- Differentiate between constant effort and a healthy working rhythm.
- Define expectations around communication while remaining responsive.
- Identify the benefits of relationship building.
- Learn how to manage interruptions and emergencies at home.
Your video conference presence
- Recall the characteristics of an effective PowerPoint used during a video conference call.
- Explain why you might look at the screen, rather than the camera lens, during a video conference call.
- Recognize the best strategy for positioning a laptop and its camera for the most flattering and engaging look.
- Tell why a salesperson might use a pull-down backdrop screen during video conferencing.
- Summarize the leadership skill used to make sure all attendees are on the same page after a video conference.