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Transferable Skills DevelopmentMGT 495
Lecture - 1
FACILITATORProf. Dr. Mohammad Majid Mahmood Bagram
Course Description
• This course on Transferable Skills Development uses a unique three-pronged approach - theory, application, and skill development - to make key concepts relevant to today's students.
• The course combines traditional theory with cutting-edge today`s Transferable Skills Development issues & Challenges that focuses on key elements.
Course Description
• Packed with real-world examples, the course illustrates how successful managers deal with challenges, as well as provides students with step-by-step guidelines for effectively handling skills development functions.
• Experiential exercises, action learning, individual and group work, role plays, reflective exercises, and self assessment included in this course would help students to immediately apply to their personal and professional lives.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
• Develop skills in managing oneself, other people, groups, and ultimately organizations.
• Develop rich set of softer interpersonal, influencing, team-building, conflict management, and communications skills.
• Understand organizational performance, and career success in modern, dynamic and complex organizations.
Know Yourself
Before You transfer skills to others, You Should……
Know Your Strengths & Weaknesses.Educate & Train Yourself.Be Clear About Your Values.Reflect What You Really Believe.
(James McGregor Burns. Political Scientist)
L E A D E R S H I P
“One of the most observed and least understood phenomena on earth”
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali
Jinnah
Abdul Sattar Edhi
. . . .
Leaders…
Leadership
"Leadership is constantly changing, and survivors learn to change with it."
"Yesterday, natural resources defined power. Today, knowledge is power. Yesterday, leaders commanded and controlled. Today, leaders empower and coach. Yesterday, leaders were warriors. Today, they are facilitators. Yesterday, leaders directed. Today, leaders delegate.
Dr. Denis Waitley The Toastmaster, 2012
“If your actions inspire others
to dream more, learn more,
do more, and become
more, you are a leader”
- John Quincy Adams
Leadership
Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve
organizational objectives through change
Transferable Skills Development is more than getting work
done through people. It is developing people through
work. If you want to improve your workforce
management, then you need to improve the way you
lead people via transferring skills.
Transferable Skills Development
L E A D E R S H I P is about influence…
““ The process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and the process
of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives” (Yuk, 2006).
Leader Effectiveness
What results would we expect to see from a “good” leader:
◦Performance (the job gets done)◦Motivation (followers are energized)◦Effort (followers try hard)◦Satisfaction (followers are happy)
CommunicationCommunication JudgementJudgement
High energyHigh energy FlexibilityFlexibility
DominanceDominance Sensitivity to others
Sensitivity to others
Self-confidentSelf-confident IntelligenceIntelligence
Skills ofEffective
Managers
StabilityStability
Conclusion
• Transferable Skills Development increases individual, group, and organizational performance.
• It also improves efficiency and effectiveness.