Empowering Youth For Employability and
Productivity
Realities Worth Facing• According to a World Bank report, 2012, young
people aged 15-29 contribute to the largest population (62%) of inactive people.
• Two-sided problem: Young people are out of work, and employers are short of skilled employees
• Of the above 20-24 year-olds are the majority (42%)
• You can’t just stand there and read the statistics
• There is a growing need for PERSONAL PROFFESSIONAL SKILLS
Personal Professional Skills• Personal strengths and potential fulfillment
• Effective relationships with others
• Confidence inspiration for professional excellence
• Effective communication
• Emotional intelligence
• Interpreting behavior, motives and intentions
• Decision making and critical thinking
• Goal setting and envisioning
You have to name it before you can claim it
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Clear personal professional path
Losers let it happen. Winners make it happen
Effective Personal Life Balancing
Call to Take Responsibility Take responsibility for the circumstances of life
Seek to respond non defensively
Attempt to build mutual success – Win-win solutions
Seek solutions rather than blame
Use persuasion rather than force
Be firm, but not rigid, about personal interests
Think both short term and long term
Be interested in other points of view
Welcome feedback
Talk calmly and directly about difficult issues
Accept responsibility for consequences of actions
Communicate a caring attitude
Seek excellence rather than victory
O.J. Simpson is quoted to have said, “The day you take complete
responsibility for yourself, the day you stop making excuses, that’s the
day you start to the top.”
Unlock Your Imprisoned Potential
Most people use about 10% of their potential;
if they use as much as 25%, they are called
geniuses. If we can go from using 10% of our
potential to using 20% we could double our
productivity and still have 80% of our potential
untapped”
Where is my 90%?
The journey starts from the inside
SELF AWARENESS
Self Awareness Module
Interpersonal Relationship Module
• Attachment styles
– Secure attachment – confortable with intimacy and independence
– Anxious–preoccupied attachment – Approval seeking
– Dismissive–avoidant attachment – Too independent
– Fearful–avoidant attachment – Trust deficient
Emotional Intelligence Module
• We've all met people who are academically brilliant and yet are socially incompetent.
• Emotional intelligence helps you build stronger relationships, succeed at work, and achieve your career and personal goals.
• The ability to monitor one’s own and others feelings and emotions, to distinguish among them, and to use this information to guide thinking and action.
Decision Making & Envisioning Module
Decision Making
It is puzzling how some people seem to take the right turns in their lives while others seem to miss
it every time they make decisions.
What Do I Want to See?
Envisioning
Do you want to grow?
You may be the one big obstacle
Thanks