Empowering Success Beyond the Program: Explore Additional Resources through Connecting to Success

Welcome to an enriched educational journey that extends far beyond the program’s boundaries. Connecting to Success isn’t just about the initial experience – it’s a gateway to a realm of valuable resources designed to empower you on your path to achievement. As you embark on this next phase, discover a wealth of supplementary tools, insights, and opportunities meticulously curated to enhance your learning, spark creativity, and further your personal and professional growth. Join us in unlocking the door to a world of endless possibilities, as we open the door to additional resources through Connecting to Success.

Navigating Communication and Decision-Making Skills Enhancing Interpersonal Communications:

Developing emotional intelligence for better communication

1. Observe how you react to people. …
2. Look at your work environment. …
3. Do a self-evaluation. …
4. Examine how you react to stressful situations. …
5. Take responsibility for your actions. …
6. Examine how your actions will affect others – before you take those actions.

Assertive communication and conflict resolution
Assertiveness and empathy are two key components of emotional intelligence, and they are essential for effective conflict resolution. Assertiveness means expressing your needs, opinions, and feelings in a clear, respectful, and confident way, without being aggressive or passive.

Building rapport and trust (tie in with Active listening, above)
Listening plays a key role in building rapport. Active listening, or listening to understand, is the practice of focusing on what the other person is saying—instead of thinking about what you’re going to say next. Active listening is a great way to build meaningful connections and invest in deeper conversations. Effective questioning and feedback techniques (Characteristics)

• Has a plan for the topic/idea/concept. …
• Maintains focus on topic/idea/concept. …
• Is meaningful and purposeful. …
• Probes and explores initial responses for greater synthesis, analysis, justification, etc. …
• Is positive and constructive. …
• Allows time for learners to process (7-20 secs)

How to Give Constructive Feedback in the Workplace

1. Establish Trust. …
2. Balance the Positive and the Negative. …
3. Observe, Don’t Interpret. …
4. Be Specific. …
5. Talk Face-to-Face. …
6. Don’t Make it Personal. …
7. Provide Feedback Consistently. …
8. Be Timely.

Decision Making Strategies:

Analytical vs. intuitive decision-making approaches
Analytic decisions are made based on fact and data and usually take more time. Intuitive(gut) decisions are made based on individual experience, are subjective and are fast.

5 Times You’ve Used Your Intuition Without Knowing

1. Making Everyday Decisions
When you’re deciding if you want to attend an event, join your friends for dinner, or say yes to that second date, you’re using your intuition to sense into the future and see if it feels right.

When planning a trip or deciding to visit a new country, your intuition guides you toward the experiences that will be best for your growth and make you feel alive. Your intuition is your soul nudging you to follow that curiosity or hang back until another time.

2. Showing Up in the Same Outfit as a Friend or Colleague
Do you know when you change a million times only to show up wearing the same color as everyone else? This is a fun way your intuition shows you that yes, you have it! How you feel in those clothes indicates how fun it will be when you show up as a twin with your friend. Seriously, watch for the next time this happens.

3. First Impressions
When you first meet someone, their energy field begins to interact with your own, a process that occurs subconsciously. You can typically sense if a stranger is a cheerful person, a wounded spirit, an angry person, or a hopeful heart.

In turn, the other person gets a reading of you, too.

This speaks to that gut feeling that you sometimes get about strangers. Your intuition is always working for you. Have you ever just had a good feeling instinctually about someone, and they turned out to become an essential part of your life? You can thank your intuition for that.

• Examples of Analytical thinking: Identifying patterns: Analytical thinkers excel at identifying patterns in data to predict future trends. …
• Problem decomposition: Breaking down complex problems into smaller, manageable components is a key analytical thinking skill.

4. Changing Your Mind Last Minute
Sometimes your intuition helps you by giving you a forewarning.

Maybe you feel tired and decide to change your plans last minute, only to find out you needed to be home that night, or you avoided a dangerous or uncomfortable encounter. Often, your intuition can sense what your body can’t; perhaps you’re low on high-vibe energy, you’re hungry, or you haven’t had enough sleep. The next time you change your mind if you can’t pinpoint a reason why, tap into your intuition and see what your inner self has to say.

5. Calling or Texting Someone at the Same Time
It’s always fun when you send a friend a text right at the same time you receive a text from them, or you’re thinking about a friend right at the moment they happen to call you.

This is a phenomenon most people brush off as coincidence, but it happens far too often with close friends to write it off as anything less than intuition. You’ve probably called to say hi on a day when someone really needed a friend on multiple occasions.

Are You Using Your Intuition?
Intuition has four main ways of showing up in your life.

• You’ll know something, and you can’t explain how you do.
• You’ll feel what someone else is feeling (you may even confuse it with your own feelings or pain). This type of intuition can be draining, and you may have to retreat from being around others frequently if this is the case.
• Another way you can sense information is by getting an image, a word, a saying, or a song stuck in your head for no discernable reason.
• Dreams can also clue us into things as well. Often people dream of storms before a major weather event or even dream of someone before running into them after not seeing them for years.

Keep in mind that intuition helps you with what you need to understand, not with what you want to see happen in your life. The future is written in stone for no one!

Problem-solving techniques and critical thinking skills

Here are steps you might take when using critical thinking for problem-solving at work:

• Identify a problem or issue.
• Create inferences on why the problem exists and how it can be solved.
• Collect information or data on the issue through research.
• Organize and sort data and findings.
• Develop and execute solutions.

Evaluating risks and weighing alternatives
What are the methods used to evaluate risk?

Some of these most used methods of risk assessment include:
What-if analysis. Fault tree analysis (FTA) Failure mode event
What-if: What-If Analysis is the process of changing the values in cells to see how those changes will affect the outcome of formulas on the worksheet. Three kinds of What-If Analysis tools come with Excel: Scenarios, Goal Seek, and Data Tables. Scenarios and Data tables take sets of input values and determine possible results.

Applying Communication and Decision-Making Skills in the Digital Age:

Leveraging technology for better decision making works best for:

• Workflow Automation
• Cybersecurity Improvements
• Project Management
• Collaboration Apps (Google Drive, etc.)
• Verbal Communication

Your Pathway to Success: Navigate the Job Hunt with ‘Get That Job’

Embarking on the journey towards your dream job is both exciting and challenging. To guide you every step of the way, we present the ‘Get That Job’ – a comprehensive toolkit and presentation designed to transform your aspirations into reality. From networking strategies that uncover hidden opportunities, to crafting the perfect cover letter and resume that captivates employers, and mastering the art of acing interviews, this worksheet and presentation is your trusted companion throughout the job search process. Join us as we empower you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to secure the job you’ve always envisioned.

Your Unique Story, Your Path to Success: Your Personal Statement

In a world where individuality shines bright, your personal statement is your beacon. It’s more than just words on paper – it’s your opportunity to convey your passions, experiences, and aspirations in a way that resonates deeply with institutions and organizations. Whether you’re applying for college, scholarships, or opportunities, the personal statement is your canvas to paint a vivid portrait of who you are and what you bring to the table. Join us as we delve into the importance of the personal statement, uncovering how this powerful tool can shape your journey towards success.