Corporate
Interventions and Training Courses
Affirmative
Therapy works in partnership with companies in three ways:
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Facilitating
short training courses
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Group
Coaching / Therapy
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Individual
Coaching / Therapy
1:
Training Courses
A wide range of beneficial, practical and
interesting courses are available.
These programs would typically be
tailor-made to suit the particular needs and requirements of
the group, as well as being aligned with the company’s
culture. Therefore they are not to be seen as being
off-the-shelf packages.
As may be expected these programs are in
line with the services offered by ATCS and as such are related
to making better use of the resources of the human mind.
The
programs are designed so that attendees learn real skills and
techniques that will enhance not only their work performance,
but will also impact on their overall lives.
This
demonstrates to the staff that the company they work for is
not just thinking of the workplace, but is considering them as
a person and not just an employee.
Our
experience has been that when this is the case the training
content tends to be actually used and applied. Because the
material has both a professional and personal application, it
becomes integrated into daily use.
As
a general rule the courses are more practically orientated
then theoretically orientated. What this means is that actual
working techniques are interwoven with principles that can be
easily applied. As an example, in the Memory Improvement
module, each attendee would be able to memorise and repeat a
list of 25 words effortlessly within about an hour.
The
following is an example of some of the courses available:
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Body
Language: understanding and applying this knowledge is a powerful
way to improve communications at all levels of an
organisation. Such skills can be applied to such diverse
areas as Conflict Management to Sales.
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Memory
Improvement: up
to quite recently it was thought that our memories were
like a huge filing cabinet that everything was stored in.
Latest scanning techniques have shown that in reality our
memories are more like a process then a storage system.
Our minds “recreate” memories, rather like a collage,
from many different experiences and then present the final
memory to our consciousness. It is very possible to
utilise this process to greatly improve your memory. It is
also known now that stress plays a huge role in the memory
process so this would also be addressed as part of a
program
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Thinking
Patterns:
knowing how to maximise thinking resources can
change the way that challenges in work and life are
approached and managed. It is only through the latest
scanning technology that a real understanding of how the
brain actually operates is becoming clear, and such
knowledge is offering new ways to maximise thinking
potential
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Goals: setting and achieving goals in a fun and systematic manner
is a fundamental element of success. Indeed, many authors
on the topic would suggest that it is the most important
element! And yet if you asked 10 people for their top 5
goals and their plan to achieve them it is highly unlikely
they could provide clear information. This module shows
people how to set and achieve goals in a clear and easy
way
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Neuro
Linguistic Programming (NLP): the scope of NLP, and its application, has grown into an
enormous subject matter. NLP is used in every imaginable
field from Psychotherapy to Entertainment. NLP is the
study of how humans interpret and process sensory data
from their environment, and how they subsequently react to
it. Even a rudimentary knowledge of NLP can help a person
enormously.
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Language
Patterns:
understanding and applying the effect that words can have
when used in a conscious way should be a fundamental skill
for all people. Every word we speak starts off as a
thought, but most of these thoughts are unconscious.
Learning to understand and apply language in a conscious
manner will have a massive impact on the effect of
communications at all levels and in all roles
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Motivation: it is only over the past few years that real understanding
about what truly motivates humans has began to emerge. It
is now being scientifically studied as a separate part of
human behaviour with renewed interest, and some startling
results. An understanding of this is of immense value to
anyone
The
above are a sample of the types of modules that are developed
and presented. Any combination of these can be linked together
to form a program to suit your company needs.
Each
of the above would typically be a one-day course. Class sizes
of 5 – 10 have proven to be the most effective.
2:
Group Coaching/Therapy
Coaching
is as effective with groups as it is with individuals.
Coaching is about achievement. Its about balance and success.
The
application of coaching techniques to a group is useful and
beneficial, especially when there are some overarching plans
or strategies being developed.
The
group coaching session would tend to take place once a week
for about a 3-month period. Over this period the effectiveness
of that group would demonstrate a noticeable change for the
better.
Other
interventions with groups would typically be areas such as
Workplace Pressure Management. Although no company wants to be
seen as contributing to stress, the fact remains that stress
as part of today’s lifestyle is becoming a reality – work
pressure is just one part of this.
However,
when a company instigates a Stress Management program for its
staff, it is showing that it is aware of this reality, and
that it is being proactive in addressing it. This is a
positive intervention by a caring company. Again the
techniques that are taught can be applied to all aspects of a
person’s life.
Other
interventions might typically be a Stop Smoking Program or a Healthy Eating Program.
3:
Individual Coaching/Therapy
In
this case, the company sponsors the employee for a number of
1:1 sessions.
For
issues such as Depression, Anger or Grief the company might
consider this as part of a "wellness" program. Such
interventions could be carried out on-site or off-site.
Alternatively,
a department manager might allocate funding to have one of his/her
staff become involved in a series of 1:1 coaching sessions. |