Power of You - Elements of First Impression

In the very first lecture of the course, you will begin with a recap of what was done in series II. You will go through the needs of this session and why you must set your course expectations.

In this activity you will begin to set your expectations from yourself. So, lets begin.

Click on the link to watch a fun video to warm up to the course.

This video will set the tone for the need of listening in communication.

This lecture will walk you through what is communication and the importance of listening in communication.

Through this activity I invite you to brainstorm on some reasons why listening is hard to do or the barriers to listening.

In this lecture you will be able to explain the barriers to listening or why listening is hard to do.

Click on the link to watch the video and look out for and identify the different ways we can communicate.

With reference to the video you just saw, list the ways in which we can communicate.

In this lecture you will be able to tell what it means by active listening and how to become an effective listener.

Practice Your Questioning Skills Activity.

In this activity, based on what we learnt in the previous lecture, rephrase the following closed ended questions to make them open ended.

In this lecture you will identify ways to improve your listening skills with simple day to day actions.

Based on what is explained in the previous lecture, we have listed 3 action plans for you to help you improve your listening skills.

Practice each of the activities and note how you fared with each of them.

Re-do the activity after a few minutes and note if you are able to improve upon your listening ability.

Practice daily and see yourself train your mind to listen and get better each day.

In this part of the lecture you will discuss what is etiquette and its importance and how it helps build our confidence. After this lecture, you will go through some of the general etiquette needs with the help of a quiz.

In this lecture you will get a demonstration on the etiquette of shaking hands, how to shake hands effectively and when not to shake hands.

Based on the previous lecture, this activity will help you better your own hand-shake so as to make it confident.

This lecture talks about the need of managing our outer image which includes the elements of first impression i.e. Clothing, Grooming, Etiquette and Communication.

This lecture will take you through the importance or need of managing your outer image to aid confidence building. The outer image includes the elements of first impression i.e. clothing, grooming, etiquette and communication.

You will also check how perceptions are created based on what is visually seen.

In this activity you will be able to identify your perception about stereotypical images.

In this lecture you will be able to discuss how clothing works as a resource in helping us in our achievements.

You will be able to describe how clothing increases self-confidence and the other needs of clothing that help build your outer self.

Just like clothing needs, there are grooming needs. In this lecture you will discuss what is grooming and relate with why it is important to manage your grooming needs.

This is an action plan based on what you heard in the previous lectures.

Use this exercise to help you plan your clothing needs based on your role, goal and occasion so as to bring out your best self and boost your self-confidence.

This lecture will walk you through a quick re-cap of what you went through during this course, Power of You - Series III - Elements of First Impression.