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Turning Point Saturday Night Sessions
The talks will start at 8pm at WELcafe Turning Point. Entrance fee is RM20 per person (inclusive of a drink). Please pre-register at 03-80638981
Download the July Newsletter for details
CAREER CROSS ROAD: What should I do?
Am I wasting my life away with my work? How come I have no passion inmy work? Where am I heading in my career? If any of these questions strike you, do join us in these series of classes. The aim of these classes is to facilitate and enhance your awareness and insight towards your own career interests, abilities and personality using an established and globally used career assessment tool, SDS® (Self Directed Search). These classes encourage you to explore your career options through psychological test, sharing, discussion and experiential learning. Download brochure
Essential Management Skills:
COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR WORKPLACE
Leadership does not happen in a vacuum. Leaders only achieve results by working with others which requires communication, the life-blood of an organization. Leaders’ communication shortcomings often have more far-reaching impact as misunderstandings, mixed messages and unclear meanings will result in negative impact to the business. Several reasons why managers/supervisors fail to communicate:-
- Undervaluing the importance of communication – Too many managers/supervisors “fail” to communicate because they think communication will just take care of itself.
- Misunderstanding the nature of communication – Some managers/supervisors make mistake of thinking communication is about the sender. Download brochure
Essential Management Skills: HANDLING CHALLENGING EMPLOYEES
Why does management need to understand and handle “challenging” employee? Because the most effective way to ensure workplace effectiveness and productivity is to address employees’ concerns and troubled behaviors as soon as possible. Decreased productivity usually results from these factors:-
- Loss of Employees – temporary/permanent replacement, recruiting & training costs
- Absenteeism/Presenteeism – missed days, present at work but not fully engaged in their work etc
- Medical expenses – disability, sick leave, medical claims
- Accidents on the job – due to substance abuse or emotional distress
- Managerial/Supervisory Time – to handle grievances/problems and deterioration of staff moral Download brochure
Essential Management Skills:
STRESS MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR WORKPLACE
Averaging our life span, most of us are spending nearly 80 thousand hours of our whole life in our “work”. Today’s average employee is expected to accomplish more tasks in less time. At the same time they want and need to have a fulfilling personal life. Achieving work-life balance always point to how each of us manage the demands in our personal life and workplace concurrently. The pull between professional and personal demands can create various types of stresses and with the increased competitiveness at workplace, experiencing stress become more inevitable and can be overwhelming. The challenge to managing our stress is making changes to improve our coping skills. Identifying warning signs and taking active steps to manage stress is critical to our personal life and professional survival at workplace. Download brochure
M-STAR (Mindfulness-based Stress & Anxiety Reduction)
M-STAR (Mindfulness-based Stress & Anxiety Reduction) is a mindfulness-based stress management program specially tailored for relaxation and wellness. It is based on state-of-the-art research in mindfulness and positive psychology. The program will be conducted in didactic and experiential approach to ensure maximum learning and benefits. It is divided in two parts - M-STAR I (4 weeks) and M-STAR II (4 weeks), with weekly 2-hour meetings and daily exercises and a month break in between M-STAR I and M_STRAR II for practice. Download brochure
For a full list of WELCafe for 2010 and registration, please download the following:
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