What is Springboard

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What is Springboard?

• It is a unique personal and work development
  programme designed for women in non-management
  roles.

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What is involved?

• 4 x 1-day workshops, spread over 4 months.
• Exercises designed to build morale and develop
  self-confidence.
• Work book containing practical exercises, facts
  and ideas. It has 15 chapters, which you work
  through at your own pace.

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Who is it for?

• Women of all ages, in all stages of their lives,
  of all races, all levels of ability and
  disability, and with all levels of
  qualifications. With or without children, living
  with partners, with elderly relatives or women
  living on their own.

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What kind of organisations use Springboard?

• Originally designed for women working at the BBC
• Now used by many organisations in the UK such as
  British Telecom, The British Council, the NHS and
  many District Councils.
• Also used worldwide in commercial companies,
  public sector organisations, universities,
  government departments and voluntary groups.

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The programme is designed to help

• Assess your current situation
• Decide the next steps for personal/work
  development
• Increase your confidence and ability to take your
  next steps
• Accept responsibility for your own development

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Expected outcomes for participants

• More self confidence and motivation
• Set and achieve clear goals
• Communicate more assertively and effectively
• Better work/life balance
• Positive image
• Positive attitude

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Expected benefits for employers

• more highly motivated and focussed staff
• improved communications
• improved customer relations
• staff who bring solutions, not problems
• retention of staff
• promotions from within.

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• Topics covered in Springboard

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Knowing yourself and making the most of yourself.

• Discussion What do we like/dislike about being a
  woman?

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What youve got going for you your qualities and
strengths putting them into action.

• Think about your strengths and weaknesses. Make a
  list of them.
• Look at how qualities can become weaknesses when
  they are overdone or underdone.

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Making relationships that support you

• Identify the differing ways in which people
  influence you at present. Think about how you
  can build on this positively.

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Setting your goals

• Make list of goals action needed and by when
  possible consequences for you and others

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Using assertiveness positively

• Define assertiveness. Practice some assertive
  responses. Identify situations in which you wish
  to be more assertive. Work through examples of
  being assertive in many different situations.

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Dealing with stress

• How do you know when youre stressed?
• Strategies for dealing with stress.

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Promoting a positive image

• Give a two minute positive talk about yourself
  and get feedback on how you came across.