Essential Abilities for Career Success
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WORK 2022 - 23
ESSENTIAL ABILITIES FOR CAREER SUCCESS
CERTIFICATE COURSE CURRICULUM
Aims and Objectives
x To develop leadership skills for professional growth
x To enhance the public speaking proficiency for a good career path
x To get acquainted with latest presentation aids
x To familiarize with skills need for a good work life balance
Certificate Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the certificate course,
x Participants will demonstrate improved leadership abilities, including effective
communication, decision-making, conflict resolution, and team management,
contributing to their professional growth and success in various roles.
x Graduates of the course will exhibit confident and articulate public speaking skills
x Graduates will have acquired practical skills and strategies to maintain a healthy
work-life balance.
Pedagogy
Offline class and instructor led training
Duration: 32 Hrs
NUMBER AND TITLES OF MODULES
Module 1 Leadership 10 Hours
Module 2 Presentation and Public Speaking 16 Hours
Module 3 Work life balance 6 Hours
MODULE OUTLINE
Module I
Leadership Factors – Advocacy, Vision, drive. CASH- Confidence, Attention, Sincerity, Hard work.
Mastering role of leadership- Administrator, Expert, Strategist, change agentPeople person, Leader
–the team player
Module II
Managing speech, overcoming speech anxiety, listening/speakers, verbal and nonverbal
communication, body language, gestures, eye contact, voice modulation, presentation aids.
Module III
Work life balance –concept of work life balance ,outcomes, signs of imbalance-health risks,
absenteeism, health issues & burn out, stress management, goal setting, time management,
balancing personal and professional life.
References:
1. Anderson, R. J., & Adams, W. A. (2016). Mastering leadership: An integrated
framework for breakthrough performance and Extraordinary Business Results.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
2. Robert Dolan, Effective presentation skills, FEMS Microbiology Letters, Volume 364,
Issue 24, December 2017, fnx235, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnx235
3. Kalliath, T.; Brough, P. (2008) Work-life balance: a review of the meaning of the balance
construct. Journal of Management and Organization,
4. Beebe, S. A., & Beebe, S. J. (1991). Public speaking: An audience-centered approach.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
5. Antonakis, J., M. Fenley, and S. Liechti. 2012. “Learning Charisma. Transform Yourself into
the Person Others Want to Follow.” Harvard Business Review