Cambridge
Academy
In London

Course Duration: Five Training Days

Course Language: Arabic or English

Include:

-Scientific material with TAB

-Workshops

-Reception and farewell at the airport

-Daily lunch

Introduction:

When did you last stop to think about how you work at work – and whether the way you work could be changed to help you be more successful? The Business Brain Train Seminar provides a thoroughly enjoyable environment for you to explore these questions. It shows how to make yourself more effective using mind mapping; teaches techniques for faster, more effective reading, and shows how to use memory systems to remember information. It examines techniques for idea generation, creativity and problem solving; planning; time management; and inter-personal communication skills (including making a speech and how to improve meetings. It focuses on the core skills required for success in any enterprise. 

Targeted Groups:

-Managers, Supervisors, and Team leaders

-Human Resources

-Employees among all departments

Course Objectives:

At the end of this course the participants will be able to:

-Read faster and more efficiently.

-Tackle reading tasks with more confidence

-Combine fast reading, mind-mapping and memory skills with time management techniques to help handle “information overload”

-Develop effective strategies for managing time, priorities and pressure

-Explore and develop new ideas and approaches

-Be more confident in your ability to work in groups, to contribute ideas and to take initiative and responsibility

-Understand how to create a “success culture” using “business brain skills”

-Learn how to use mind mapping for planning, note-making and clearer-thinking

-Learn the secrets of memory systems – and how to use them to remember information

-Generate ideas and use problem-solving techniques

-Develop strategies for managing time, priorities and pressure

-Understand the importance of the whole brain effect on business effectiveness

Targeted Competencies:

-NLP & Emotional Intelligence

-Brain skills

-Reading strategies

-Mind mapping

-Problem-solving

-Time management

-Communication skills

Course Content:

Unit 1: Brain Skills, Fast Reading and Mind Mapping:

-Thinking about reading - and challenging your existing assumptions

-Check current reading speed and understanding of the reading process

-How the brain works and its relevance for reading more effectively and remembering more

-The mechanics of how the eye works in tandem with the brain

-Breaking delusions: challenging beliefs and assumptions about reading

-Reading environment

-How to be a 'successful' reader

-Different approaches to note-making

-How to mind map

Unit 2: Reading Strategies and Memory Systems:

-Reading strategies: the theory

-Successful reading: increasing reading speed and effectiveness

-Reading practice

-Thinking about remembering

-Memory systems introduced (Memory magic?)

-Remembering numbers

-Using mind mapping to help you remember what you have read

Unit 3: Reading at Work, Memory Rhythms, and Thinking in Groups:

-More memory magic

-Different approaches for reading documents, textbooks, emails and the web

-Getting control (how to read a book in a hurry)

-How we remember - and how we forget (and what to do about it!)

-Using mind mapping and reading strategies together

-Thinking and working in groups

-Project: mind mapping in teams

Unit 4: Time Management and Outcome Planning For Better Results:

-Team mind mapping presentations

-Outcome planning for better results

-Better time management as a tool for handling information overload

-Reading: understanding an article and extracting key points

-Mind mapping software (e.g. Mind Manager, iMindMap, NovaMind)

-Mind mapping: when to use the software, when to use paper

-Developing listening skills as part of the note-making process

-Revision in context

Unit 5: Problem Solving, Meetings and Planning for Success:

-Putting it All Together: Your Toolkit for Handling Information Overload

-Reading, remembering

-Communicating in working life

-Preparing for and participating in meetings

-Reflective review (what have you learned and how can you apply it in the real world?)

-Planning for success and planning to practice

Unit 6: Planning for Success:

-Tools for Handling Information Overload: review

-Using the tools during the week

-The 4 Steps to Successful Time management

-Getting control of your in-tray

-Tackling time stealers

-Planning to succeed

-Reading research project

-Barriers to communication

Unit 7: Creativity Unplugged:

-Creativity: what is it, why is it important and can it be learned?

-Great modern thinkers

-Creativity unplugged: approaches to problem-solving

-Creative thinking tools

-Balancing information and creativity to get results

-The power of perception - a business brain tool

-Silo thinking versus other people’s views

-Using Memory Systems for business?

Unit 8: Understanding Groups and Organizations:

-How organizations work (understanding the OTHER parts!)

-Proper housekeeping: why money matters in your job and your organization

-Getting to grips with numbers

-Being better at business

-Memorize a speech (plus tips for speaking in public)

-Thinking and working in groups

-Group mind mapping project: ‘Dilemma’

-Results planning (the ORCA strategy)

Unit 9: Creating a Success Culture:

-Self-confidence and initiative

-Assertiveness, fluff-busting and attentive listening

-Getting your point across (outcome planning)

-Body language: speaking without words

-Making a presentation

-The whole brain effect in leadership and management

-Working with multiple stakeholders to get results

-Creating a success culture

Unit 10: Managing Personal Effectiveness to Get Results:

-Manage time and pressure

-Open thinking and learning

-Understanding meetings: hats, humor and how to get out of a hole

-Teamwork: your role and job in the context of any organization

-Perceptual positions

-Managing Personal Effectiveness to Get Results

-Planning for success and planning to practice

-Feedback and final presentations