Course Description:

To know your value, strengths, emotions, thoughts, and how those factors have an impact on your behavior and on the world is called…self-awareness. This one-half hour course packs a big punch. This course explores self-awareness, uses practical application and exercises to increase your ability or develop your knowledge of self-awareness. Research showed that those who demonstrated a more accurate conception of their own skills, abilities, and preferences tended to perform better than those with a less accurate self-conception. Self-awareness is critical to personal development and participation in diverse groups.

Learning Objectives:

You will aim to achieve the following learning objectives:

1. You will learn how to manage behavior in terms of diversity.

2. You will learn how to make better personal and professional connections with others.

3. You will learn how to get better results from social interactions.

4. You will learn how to increase self-awareness to positively impact the world.

Material Aids Used During Training

MS PowerPoint Presentation

Training Course Booklet and Handouts

Quizzes

Role Play

Interactive Exercises

Mindfulness Exercises

Lesson Plan

Lesson 1 – Defining Self-Awareness

What is Self-Awareness

Building Self-Awareness

Mindfulness Techniques

Lesson 1 Quiz

Lesson 2 - The Importance of Self-Awareness

Research on Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness and Diversity

Stereotyping and Differentiation

Adaptability

Lesson 2 Quiz

Lesson 3 - Understanding Your Thoughts and Feelings

I Think; I Feel Exercise

Rational Thoughts

Lesson 3 Quiz

Lesson 4 - Understanding the Feelings of Others

Empathy vs. Sympathy (Video Lecture)

Lesson 4 Quiz

Lesson 5 - Flexibility Matters

Cognitive Flexibility and Behavioral Flexibility

Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset

Lesson 5 Quiz

Lesson 6 - I Talk, You Listen… I Listen, You Talk… Respectfully

Transactional Communication

Hot Button Topics

Lesson 6 Quiz

Lesson 7 - Self-Awareness in Any Situation, Anywhere at Anytime

Situational Awareness – Perception, Comprehension

Projection

Lesson 7 Quiz

Lesson 8 - Perceptions and Bias

Halo Effects

People and Perceptions Exercise

Lesson 8 Quiz

Lesson 9 – Making Better Connections

Transference

Tuning In Exercise

Internal Thoughts and Dialogue

Lesson 9 Quiz

Lesson 10 – Summary and Key Points

Lessons Summary

Choose an Exercise from This Training

How Do you Know You Are Better Self-Aware?