Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Differentiate between internal and external self-awareness and their relative importance.
• Identify their core personal and professional values and use them as a decision-making filter.
• Accurately map their strengths, weaknesses, and habitual behavioural patterns.
• Recognise their emotional states, triggers, and the immediate impact of their moods on others.
• Proactively seek and integrate constructive, candid feedback to close the perception gap (Johari Window).
• Understand their preferred working style, communication style, and conflict response profile.
• Align their daily actions and career choices with their authentic identity and purpose.
• Develop daily reflective practices (e.g., journaling, mindfulness) to sustain high self-awareness.

Target Audience

• Aspiring Leaders and High-Potential Employees preparing for increased responsibilities.
• Individuals seeking to align their career with their passion and core values.
• Professionals struggling with emotional regulation or persistent interpersonal conflict.
• Anyone seeking to improve decision-making and reduce stress from conflicting priorities.
• Team members working to improve collaboration and communication clarity.

• Guided reflective journaling and introspection exercises.
• Interpretation and discussion of optional personality or behavioural assessments.
• Role-playing and video feedback on non-verbal communication and presence.
• Structured peer-coaching and feedback sessions to explore external awareness.
• Group work on values identification and decision-making alignment.

Unit 1: Defining and Assessing Self-Awareness

• Introduction to the Self-Awareness framework: Internal (The 'Who') and External (The 'What').
• The importance of balancing both internal and external views for effectiveness.
• Identifying the barriers to honest self-reflection (e.g., self-delusion, confirmation bias).
• Introduction to the Johari Window model and the goal of expanding the "Arena."

• Guided exercises to identify and rank core personal and professional values.
• Understanding how unconscious values drive decisions and conflict with others.
• Identifying your motivators: What truly drives your effort and satisfaction.
• The cost of inauthenticity: When actions conflict with core values.

Unit 2: Understanding Your Inner World

• Developing a robust "Emotional Vocabulary" to label feelings precisely.
• Tracking emotional triggers and the chain of events that leads to a reaction.
• The link between physical sensations and underlying emotional states.
• Techniques for "checking in" with yourself multiple times throughout the day.

• Utilising assessment tools (e.g., personality profiles, 360 feedback) for objective insight.
• Identifying signature strengths and how to leverage them for maximum impact.
• Distinguishing between a 'development area' and a 'permanent weakness'.
• Strategies for managing limitations by building complementary teams.

Unit 3: External Awareness and Feedback

• Techniques for proactively soliciting candid and constructive feedback from diverse sources.
• Strategies for receiving tough feedback non-defensively and with genuine curiosity.
• Identifying the impact of your non-verbal communication and physical presence.
• Analysing your communication style and how it is perceived by others.

• Introduction to common behavioural models (e.g., DISC, MBTI) and their application.
• Identifying your natural conflict response style (e.g., avoiding, accommodating).
• Recognising the communication and work style preferences of others.
• Strategies for flexing your style to communicate more effectively with different personalities.

Unit 4: Awareness into Action

• Developing a clear, concise personal mission or purpose statement.
• Using self-awareness to make better career and resource-allocation decisions.
• The role of self-awareness in preventing burnout and maintaining boundaries.
• Strategies for consciously shifting from a reactive to a proactive state.

• Implementing a daily journaling and reflection routine.
• The use of "stop, challenge, choose" for behaviour modification.
• Building a personal board of advisors or mentors for external feedback.
• Commitment to regular "deep dive" reflection sessions on performance and goals.

Unit 5: Personal Effectiveness Blueprint

• Developing a personalised "Effectiveness Blueprint" based on values, strengths, and awareness gaps.
• Role-playing scenarios focused on receiving difficult feedback assertively.
• Peer-coaching sessions to challenge assumptions and clarify external perception.
• Setting specific, measurable goals for increasing both internal and external awareness.