Be Your Best Course
How can the Be Your Best course benefit me?
The Be Your Best course teaches you a comprehensive set of skills as well as a framework for knowing how and when to use these skills to establish open, honest, and healthy relationships.
Once learned and practiced, these skills will become an integral part of your day-to-day communication.
You will learn how to?
– Become aware of your important needs, feelings, and goals.
– Express ideas, feelings, and needs in a clear non-blameful way.
– Overcome or reduce fear and anxiety.
– Handle value differences to keep relationships from being damaged or fractured.
– Set goals and make plans for achievement.
The advantages of effective communication:
– Increased feelings of control of your life and work.
– Better relationships with others at work and at home.
– Increased self-confidence.
– Less stress.
– Able to make better decisions.
– Clarity of your needs and goals and the conviction to act on them.
How does the course work?
Be Your Best is 30 hours in total and led by a certified Gordon Training International Instructor.
The schedule will depend on the individual instructor.
The sessions are based on the philosophy of learning by doing, and include:
– Hands-on practice
– Group discussions
– Workbook exercises
– Real-life skills and examples
Programme materials include:
– Be Your Best workbook
– Certificate of completion
– Dr Thomas Gordon’s credo for relationships
What’s been said…
Vee explains all parts with examples that mean something.
She is a very good and helpful instructor and understands you and is patient with you.
Vee was caring, practical and gave good feedback. Knowledgeable and practical – killer combo!
Vee is real, relatable and gives relevant examples.
Very good, understands the course material, always willing to listen to feedback and re-explain things. Always available between classes.
This course has given me a much needed self-awareness and has helped me to better understand the people I care about most.
Mature, kind, wise and accommodating.
Very well prepared and informed.
The skills taught are practical and highly effective . I’ve seen a real improvement in my life and my abilities to deal with situations, people and my own self.
It was one of the best experiences in my life and I have learned so much.
I look forward to implementing what I have learnt.
A brief background:
The Be Your Best (B.Y.B.) programme was created by the President of Gordon Training International (GTI), Linda Adams.
The programme, revised in 2008, offers invaluable skills to allow you to become more assertive and take responsibility in both your personal and professional life.
WEBSITE: www.gordontraining.com
Be Your Best now accredited with the Services SETA!
Services SETA accreditation number: 14219
Unit Standard ID: 9533
