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Free To Grow Lifeskills

To achieve personal success and make a positive contribution in the workplace, people require more than IQ or technical knowledge and skills.

 

To achieve you must have:

  • A sense of personal purpose.
  • Strong self-esteem: belief in their own value.
  • Emotional maturity.
  • Adaptability: Openness to new ideas and experiences.
  • Self-efficacy: confidence in own ability to succeed and handle challenges.
  • Achievement orientation: Ability to push oneself and grow continuously.
  • Interpersonal competence: Ability to build and maintain meaningful
  • relationships with diverse people.

When the above characteristics are not sufficiently developed, people tend to get stuck in the comfort zone of not taking ownership of their own growth and development and blaming others for their mistakes or lack of progress. They often lag, not utilising the opportunities their organisation offers them and also
find it difficult to adapt to change. In short, they tend to stagnate, not realising their potential. This is often the case amongst entry level employees who seldom get the opportunity to attend EQ or personal mastery training.

Free To Grow Lifeskills was developed to create the climate and provide the tools for proactive self-development and accelerated growth. It helps people accept ownership of their lives and take positive action to improve the quality of their personal and work lives. The programme goes beyond traditional EQ to also address the underlying values, beliefs and attitudes that shape choices and behaviour. It inspires people to be and give their best.
Having acquired the knowledge and skills of personal mastery and self-management, employees are assisted to go one step further to develop the basic attitudes and skills required to build and maintain healthy relationships in their work and personal lives.
This enables them to experience greater personal empowerment, productivity and success.

Expected outcomes

  • A decrease in destructive conflict and confrontation
  • Better utilisation of learning opportunities
  • An increase in enthusiasm, commitment and initiative
  • A more positive work climate and team spirit based on shared values and open communication
  • Less prejudice, greater tolerance for and acceptance of diversity
  • Increased productivity.

Benefits

Long-term impact: Long-term impact has been validated by an independent PhD study.
Management support: A detailed management support guide is provided to give management insight into the process and help them support learners to apply in the workplace what they have learned.
Alignment to the NQF: The course is aligned to unit standard: 120308 (Apply knowledge of self in order to make a personal decision) on NQF 2 – 3 credits.

Target group

Shop and factory floor workers, sales, admin and front line personnel, supervisors.

Versions

The course is available in three versions and nine languages to cater for the different learning needs and capabilities of learners from ABET 1 to NQF 5.

Duration

Four days, ideally spaced over four or eight weeks to encourage application of what has been learned between sessions.

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Impact

Client Feedback

“The programme made a huge impact and people are queuing to attend. Many people who were experiencing difficulty in managing themselves e.g. having an aggressive approach, have made a 180 degree turnaround. We've seen the programme help people take BIG stretches in their careers.”
Eleanor Ford, EAP Manager, Western Cape, Woolworths 
 
“Since the programme our production has improved from 96% to 98% and our absenteeism has dropped from 4.75% to 2.75%.”
Emmerich Domingo, Manager of Kuilsriver Distribution Center, PEP Stores
 
“Staff involvement and participation in daily meetings has improved dramatically.  A continuous improvement project implemented and managed by staff has resulted in shrinkage reducing from 350 trays per week to 7 trays per week.”
Lynn Brookes, General Manager UPN, Maxmead Foods Distribution
 
“Our ABET pass rate has increased from 42% to 95% since introducing Free To Grow Lifeskills.”
Coral Wheelock, Training Superintendent, De Beers Kimberley Mine
 
“Last year was remarkable, we achieved results like never before in the history of SEF. I will be wrong to give all the credit to Free To Grow Lifeskills, but it has played a big role in the performance of SEF and deserves a fair share of this achievement. Free To Grow was like a magic prescription!”
Reuben Ngobeni, HR Manager, Small Enterprise Foundation
 
“I have found that the employees who attended the programme, have somewhat matured and have fewer ‘issues’ to complain about.”
Sageri Naidu, HR Manager PPS
 
“It has been inspiring to witness our employees hold themselves and each other accountable for their own development and for taking charge of their lives.”
Finette Britz, PPS Training Consultant