Essentials in People Skills

This programme comprises 7 modules - each diving into a different aspect of people skills. 

Module 1: Leadership

• Recognise the role that people skills play in leadership, particularly authentic leadership  
• Define authentic leadership 
• Identify how your personality is the gateway to authenticity 

Module 2: Your leadership story

• Identify how an individual's life story constitutes a frame for understanding how leadership and authenticity go hand-in-hand 
• Relate your own personal story and how it might apply to your leadership and authenticity  

Module 3: Authenticity

• Identify the different pathways and methods you can use to develop your authenticity 
• Recognise how your mindset plays a crucial role in developing authenticity within yourself and in how you interact with others 

Module 4: Becoming a true coach

• Understand the importance of coaching in today's business environment
• Familiarise yourself with the golden triangle of coaching

Module 5: Setting goals

• Apply goal-setting principles in setting goals for yourself and others
• Discover the value of delegation within goal setting

Module 6: Feedback

• Apply some basic feedback frameworks in delivering feedback to others
• Recognise the value of the 'feedback curve' for planning your intervention

Module 7: Support

• Recognise the role of emotions in all aspects of leadership and people skills
• Develop basic approaches for managing different types of emotions

Programme design 

This online journey brings together learning formats including videos, interviews, exercises, questionnaires and real-life examples. You’ll also have background reading to do and questions to help you reflect on your own experience.
 
You can start Essentials in People Skills at any time – and study wherever and whenever suits you. It takes around 10 to 12 hours to complete the programme and you can split this time over a maximum of three months. 

Try before you buy

Start for free – no strings attached. This free module gives you a taste of our Essentials programmes. Try it now and explore how Essentials in People Skills helps you lead with confidence, build trust and influence others – all on your own schedule.

If you’ve recently started managing people – or if you’re a specialist managing a technical team – this programme gives you the foundations to become a truly authentic and effective leader.

You live and learn to coach, communicate with and understand your teams – so they can leap into performing even better and push your organisation to ever-greater success.

• Professionals who interact with colleagues regularly as part of their role 
• Professionals who want to become leaders 
• Managers who are new to their role 
• Managers who want to strengthen their skills 

In previous editions, we had the pleasure of welcoming participants from companies like:

Boost your impact – and your budget
Did you know you may be eligible for:

• Group discount: Register three participants from the same company at the same time and get 15% off
• Alumni discount: Vlerick alumni receive 10% off as a thank you for their loyalty to the Vlerick Business School

Check all our benefits and make the most of your investment.