REGISTER FOR LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

LEADERSHIP AND PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME

For Professionals and emerging leaders

“How educated you are, is determined by how much you learn outside the classroom”

“A child educated only at school is an uneducated child” George Santayana

Life expectations and requirements evolves; you have to keep improving to catch up with life.

 Delivered by Millenium Prime Solution (MPS)

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INTRODUCTION:

Recent Leadership literatures argue strongly that leaders are made not born, and if they are made, there has to be strategic effort to create them. Leaders are not necessarily the ones on top, but those who participate, make and shape organisations, institutions or societies. In modern world, those that influence a group of people to achieve certain objectives are the leaders. This underpins the relevance of every person in a group or community. Leadership is not peculiar or subjected to positions in organisations, institutions or society. Everybody can be a leader, but that depends on whether the person has what it takes to be that leader.

Professionals and Young people have mental and physical stamina and innovations to drive the required change in society, and that has to be complemented with strategic leadership and personal development training to make them better leaders. Acquiring education in school is not sufficient to make better leaders, they have to be trained and tracked beyond the classrooms. Life pose many evolving challenges that static school curriculum may not address or prepare the emerging leaders to face it.

The Leadership and Personal Development Programme is an initiative that fills development gaps and prepares professionals to be more effective, efficient and professionals in their places of work and social environment.  The programme is designed to help participants realise their strengths and weaknesses and enhance their leadership, professional and development skills.

The participants of the programme are mainly professionals that work in corporate organizations, businesses, institutions, academia, military, security, sports, social and public institutions, as well as entrepreneurs, graduates, students etc. We also encourage young people and emerging professionals to participate in the programme, as that will enhance their productivity, employability, responsibility, efficiency and patriotism.

At the end of the programme, participants will be much better and effective leaders and professionals in their environments. Some of the benefits they will get from the programme include but not limited to the followings:

1. The participants will get to know themselves more, their own source and many other sources of inspirations, and to help them build life vision and focus. This entails strategic discovery of their personality, aptitude, and leadership class. They will also be familiar with inspiration boosters and killers.
2. The participants will also be inspired to do and achieve more in their lives.
3. They will realise strategies to apply in approaching everyday situations and in achieving their goals.
4. They will build self-confidence and improve their expression and communication skills. They will improve their Attention To Detail skills too.
5. They will improve their reading skills in terms of speed, spelling and comprehension.
6. They will be able to get rid of fear in public speech and in leading or managing a large or diverse group. They will learn basics of public speech and identify speech mentors.
7. They will be able to put into practice the learnt skills in public speech through practical speech for improvement.
8. They will improve their professional writing skills especially in writing professional letters, emails, and SMS.
9. They will build team work skills, and master how to become effective team leaders and in managing and adapting among diverse groups. They will be presented with the opportunity to practice the skills of effective team management.
10. They will build the skills of peer sharing and confession to drive lessons and motivation for improvement.
11. They will learn the skills of influencing and wining over people.
12. They will enhance their civic education, and know more about their and other people’s constitutional rights and responsibilities.
13. They will build the skills of strategic thinking and planning.
14. They will build their professional conducts and manners especially in interpersonal approaches, appearance, tones, and other professional etiquettes.
15. They will learn how to control emotions and temperaments.
16. They will be presented with the opportunity to meet successful leaders from different sectors and backgrounds to hear, reflect and learn directly from their successes and failures.
17. They will be taught how to develop their integrity, volunteerism and selflessness.
18. They will advance their MS office skills especially advance skills in Word, Excel, and PowerPoints.
19. They will learn the real causes of leadership failures and successes from real life examples, and they will practice the leadership roles in different circumstances to help them improve leadership skills.
20. They will improve their entrepreneurship skills, and they will be exposed to many entrepreneurship opportunities. They will learn the business skills of planning and management.
21. They will improve their employability skills. They will learn how to write a competitive CV and build job interview skills.
22. They will meet with prospective employers to learn from and engage with them. The participants will then have a glimpse of what is required and expected for development in their chosen careers.
23. They will build skills of financial discipline and time management.
24. They will be assigned with highly influential and successful people for mentorship and guidance after the programme for a period of one month.
25. They will be assessed through a quiz examination to help them evaluate the impact and their understandings of the modules they attended.

THE GAPS:

It was discovered that emerging leaders especially in Africa may lack certain global competitive skills required in the 21^st century economic, social, and political spectrums. Young people are not necessary leaders of tomorrow but leaders of today, and they shape society and its future. Few of the gaps that are largely identified among professionals and emerging leaders in Africa include but not limited to the followings:

a.       Lack of expression and communication skills

b.      Low self-esteem, fear and lack of self confidence

c.       Lack of professionalism

d.      Lack of IT application and skills

e.       Poor team management

f.       Lack of resilience and maturity

g.       Lack of career and academic guidance and focus

h.      Egoism and inexperience

i.        Lack of adaptability

j.        Lack of big dreams and ambitions

k.      Poor preparation for job markets and uninformed perceptions

l.        Unemployment and dependency

Jeff Boss once said “The challenge of staying relevant in today’s fast-paced and hyper–connected world can be daunting if you don’t know when to move forward, when to stay put or when to adapt.” Young people in African must be willing to adopt and move forward to outcompete their counterparts in other continents. They must realise their weakness and be ready to improve.

OBJECTIVES:

Leaders shape the world in different spectrums, and there has to be strategic training programme to prepare them to be better and suitable for modern challenges. Emerging leaders are required to acquire necessary skills that help make them better leaders. These emerging leaders include young people whether currently in school or in professional careers. The leadership and personal development programme is a 7-days intensive or weekend intensive sessional programme that builds the capacity and capability of professionals and emerging leaders in various leadership skills and opportunities, which include but not limited to the followings:

1.      Public confidence and Communication (language, writing and speaking) skills

2.      Professionalism, team work and time management

3.      Inter personal relationships

4.      Self-esteem, Visions and self confidence

5.      Resilience and maturity

6.      Self-realisation and development

7.      Mentorship and guidance

8.      Appearance, manners, discipline and presentations

9.      Modern IT and software solutions applicable in various sectors

10.  Adequate preparation for job market, employability and self-employment opportunities

11.  Business/entrepreneurship skills

12.  Inspiration and network with real life leaders

13.  Analytical thinking, Professional ethics, and integrity

The programme also helps participants to understand:

i.                    The kind of leaders they are

ii.                  The scopes of their leadership skills (coverage, when, how and why they lead, types and level of their subjects)

iii.                Their adaptability to changing circumstances and environment

iv.                How to build up and bridge their leadership skills gap

It exposes the emerging leaders to real-life challenges faced by leaders from various sectors, to enhance their skills in solving complex life challenges and working under diverse groups.

It provides opportunities for the participants to meet leaders from different sectors to share personal and professional experiences.

SIGNIFICANCE:

In the 21^st century’s civilisation, academic qualification is not sufficient to prepare and inspire emerging leaders; it must be complemented with strategic leadership development programmes. At the end of the programme, the participants will come out looking at the world from different and diverse perspectives, and they will be better leaders and be able to make differences in other people’s lives too. They will be more matured and resilient to face real life challenges, and their appetite to explore and learn beyond classrooms will be enhanced.

STEPS AND MODULES:

Diagnosis: to identify the disparity in personality, exposure and experience of the participants to help cluster them for strategic development in line with their strengths and weaknesses. This involves identifying the level of communication skills, IQ, team work skills, professionalism, personality, aptitude, resilience, past experiences, etc.

Leadership indicators will be set, and each participant will have to be assessed based on these indicators to enable the programme track the level improvement of the participants over time. These indicators are set around the identified objectives. This will help in identifying individual weakness and clustering them into proper groups and teams.

The Diagnosis stage will take a day to assess the participants for proper placement, and the result will identify the area of concentration for each participant. Each participant will be categorised according to the class of leaders he/she belongs at the end of the programme.

Preliminary sessions: this stage gives emphasis to participants that either do not have past leadership experience in business, organisations, institutions or society or were discovered to have more deficiencies in the diagnosis stage. The modules during the preliminary sessions are indicated in the programme schedule and must be attended by participants who scored below the required point in the diagnostic test.

Regular Courses: these are mandatory for all participants to attend. To be eligible for certificate, participants must have at least 70% attendance of the regular courses.

Induction and Graduation: Specific event will be organized for introduction and familiarization among participants, and they will be inducted to understand the purpose and expectations from them during and after the programme. Certificates will be presented during the Graduation ceremony, which will be on the last day of the programme.

Final Examination: Final examination will be conducted on the final day.

Mentorship and Tracking: Alumni of the programme will be attached with particular mentors for further mentorship or counseling for a period. The alumni will be updating the programme with progresses and successes they achieve after the course. This will help track the impact of the course.

Feedback: at the end of each session, feedback form will be filled by interested participants to received responses and suggestions for improvements.

MODULES:

The following will be some of the courses to be offered to the participants. These modules will continue to be updated to accommodate more innovations and strategic courses based on the specific demand or emerging gaps.

1.      Introduction 1: Introduction and Induction

This entails registrations, tag distribution, personal introduction of participants and ceremonial declaration of the programme.  The introduction of the programme will be presented by the Programme leader. The participants will become familiar with the courses to be administered and the expectations from them. They will get to know the programme team members. They will ask questions during the interactive session. This will last for maximum of two hours, depending on the designed programme for the day. A group picture will be arranged after the induction.

2.      Diagnosis 1: Diagnosis (Psychometrics): Personality and Aptitude Tests:

The Module aims:

i.                    To identify the strength and weaknesses of the participants and give them area of concentration for improvement

ii.                  To identify their level of experience particularly in leadership and personal development

iii.                To identify participants’ commitment to learning

iv.                To identify skills each participants needs to develop

v.                  To realise the kind of personality and leadership style they have.

vi.                To benchmark their leadership abilities

vii.              To test the level of English language proficiency in oral and writing.

viii.            Identify their IQ level

At the end of this module, participants are expected to leverage on their strength in character, vision, strategy, tactic, focus, persuasiveness, likeability, decision ability and team building.

3.      Realisation and Categorization 1: Self-Discovery and Grouping of Participants

At the end of the module, participants will reflect back on their new discovered strengths and weaknesses. They can be asked to mention it. They can then be asked to identify what sort of leaders they think they are. They will be able to also develop clear understanding of what they will work on to personally develop, and identify important next steps to personally develop. They will also be given recommendations on the areas they need to concentrate for further self-development. The participants will then be grouped according to the similarity of their leadership and personal development stages.

The module also helps participants to have an idea on:

i.    The kind of leaders they are.

ii.   The scopes of their leadership skills (coverage, when, how and why they lead, types and level of their subjects).

iii.  Their adaptability to changing circumstances and environment.

iv.  How to build up and bridge their leadership skills gap.

4.      Inspiration 1: Inspiration Boosters and Killers

The module aims to:

i.                    Equip participants with the understanding of inspiration and its various sources

ii.                  Educate participants on the major inspiration boosters and killers

iii.                Inform participants on how to maintain continuous life inspiration

At the end of the module, participants will be able to

-          Know the sources of inspirations

-          Identify the major killers and boosters of inspiration

-          Realise their strong source of motivations

5.      Inspiration 2: Inspirational and Motivational Talks

The module aims:

        i.            To inspire participants to believe in themselves and dream higher.

      ii.            To build urge in participants to achieve more in life.

    iii.            To build higher benchmark for life achievements.

    iv.            To help participants learn from other people’s lives.

      v.            To help participant identify their sources of inspiration and what motivates them.

    vi.            To motivate participants to give full attention to the program.

Expected outcome:

At the end of the class, participants will be:

-          Motivated and inspired

-          Inspired to open their minds and explore new ideas

-          Prepared and excited to chances and risks to succeed

-          Encouraged to work harder

-          Able to reaffirm faith in hard work and optimism

6.      Vision 1: Developing Ambitions and Targets

The aim of this module is to:

1. Understand what is vision and what is not a vision
2. Inspire participants to create visions and set targets for their lives
3. To educate participants on how to build visions and the steps to achieving it

At the end of this module, participants will be able to:

-          Develop visions for the lives they want.

-          Be acquainted with the steps to building a vision.

-          Develop plans and goals to achieving their visions.

-          Get rid of unconscious fear in building a better future.

-          Detach themselves from their present conditions to set new visions for the future.

-          List down their visions and apply all the lessons they learn in this programme toward achieving it.

7.      Vision 2: Developing Ambitions and Targets

The same objectives and expected outcome as in “Vision 1” above.

8.      Reading 1: Improving Reading Skills (Speed, Spelling and Comprehension)

The Module aims:

        i.            To help participants improve their reading skills.

      ii.            To inspire the reading culture among the participants.

    iii.            To prepare participants to become effective and fast readers.

    iv.            To help participants improve their spelling and comprehension skills.

Expected outcome:
At the end of the module, participants will be able:

-          To build passion for reading.

-          To learn best practices to improve the speed of their reading skills.

-          To develop effective comprehension and spelling skills.

9.      Reading 2: Improving Attention to Detail Skills

The module aims:

        i.            To improve participants’ attention skills in reading and listening.

      ii.            To acquaint participants with certain exercise to improve attention.

    iii.            To identify the level of attention of each participant for the purpose of improvement.

At the end of the module, participants will be able:

-          To become meticulous and pay attention to detail.

-          To realise and learn effectively any learning opportunity through attention.

-          To improve their learning skills.

-          To identify their attention gaps and recognise the necessary steps to improve attention skills.

-          To enable participants to think outside the box to help in addressing problems.

10.  Expression 1: Pronunciations, Vocabulary and Grammar Development

The Module aims:

1. To identify and address weaknesses or common mistakes in expression especially in English language.
2. To improve efficiency and fluency in communication.
3. To improve attentiveness in listening and writing in English language.
4. To improve pronunciation of English words and grammar in English language.
5. To identify easy techniques of improving communication in English language beyond text book.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Significantly improve his/her English Language communication skills.

-          Avoid common mistakes in English language communication.

-          Take up challenge to undergo independent tasks and studies to improve his/her English Language.

-          Build confidence in public communication as a result fluency in the language.

-          Improve his/her vocabulary.

-          Be trusted, efficient and earn respect in leaderships and representation roles.

11.  Expression 2: Getting rid of fear and building confidence in public speech

The Module aims to help Participants:

1. Overcome fear in self-expression.
2. To be effective and build confidence in public speeches.
3. To help discover latent skills in public communication.
4. To teach techniques and approaches for effective public communication to the participants.
5. To inform participants of risks of fear.
6. To unveil various fear syndrome and how to overcome it.
7. To improve general self-confidence.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Be confident in public communication.

-          Understand fear and master how to get rid of it.

-          Live to their full potentials because fear is capable of holding people back.

-          Dream big and build hope to achieve success and greatness.

-          To be actors not only dreamers, and accept any opportunity presented them.

-          To face life challenges confidently and try any possible dream.

12.  Expression 3: The Basics of Public Speaking

The Module aims:

1. To develop ethics and best practices in delivering public speeches.
2. To discover basics of implementing effective public speeches.
3. To identify steps in preparing for effective public speeches.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Learn how to be excellent speakers.

-          Adopt perfect tunes and engagement relevant to the audience, purpose, expectations and topic.

-          Structure speeches in an easily logical and clear pattern.

-          Make impressive and indelible memory of their speeches.

-          Be experts in retaining attentions of the audience and engage with them in public speeches.

-          Be able practice public speeches and discover weaknesses and strengths.

-          Make concise presentations within limited time

13.  Expression 4: Video presentation of good public speakers and selection of speech mentors

The Module aims:

1. To showcase selected best public speeches to give participants feel and understanding of effective public speeches.
2. To inspire participants from best public speeches.
3. To enable participants to select their own speech mentors, from whom they will build their skills.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Understand what to expect in good public speeches, and how it looks like.

-          To practically identify the key components of good speeches.

-          To compare and contrast between various speeches to identify common features of good speeches.

-          To select their favourite public speaker and identify reasons why they chose them.

-          To ponder on a selected speech and revert to the team to share the qualities they found in the speech.

-          Learn the basic secrets of great speakers.

-          Watch great speeches.

14.  Expression 5: Reflection and lessons from selected speakers

The Module aims:

1. To enable participants to outline basic qualities of speeches from their chosen speeches.
2. To build image of a good speech.
3. Improve listening attention to speeches to learn and discover qualities from them.
4. To give the participants opportunity to learn and share among themselves basic skills they independently discovered from their speech mentors.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Discover diverse qualities that make great speeches.

-          Put those qualities into practice.

-          Analyse and evaluate any public speech.

-          Prepare themselves to be efficient communicators and great speakers.

15.  Expression 6: Practice through public presentations (topic to be chosen by participants)

The Module aims:

1. To give the participants the experience of real life speech.
2. To enable participants practice the good qualities they learned from their speech mentors.
3. To encourage peer learning and inspiration in public speeches.
4. To enable participants review each other’s speeches.
5. To help participants improve on their specific weakness practically.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Will be able to deliver a public speech within the stipulated time and qualities.

-          Demonstrate their strengths and qualities in public speech.

-          Deliberately work on their weakness and receive feedback on their progress from their colleagues.

-          Experience how to identify filler words used in speeches and general evaluation of a speeches.

-          Identify the best speakers in the group.

-          To disclose their specific weaknesses so as to deliberately observe how they overcome it.

16.  Writing 1: Writing professional letters, emails, texts etc

The module aims to:

i.                    Enhance the participants’ professionalism in official and semi-official paper and online communications.

ii.                  Expose them to a more professional way of writing emails and letters.

iii.                Understand the ethics and manners in writing emails and letters.

iv.                Understand the different formats and approaches in official communications.

      At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Write professional letters and emails in concise and correct format.

-          Reduce the grammatical errors and imprecision of official letters and emails.

-          Give good impression to readers of their emails and letters through politeness and adequate presentation and structure.

-          Adopt professional ethics in regular text messaging.

17.  Movies 1: Inspirational movies

The Module aims:

1. To Inspire participants from world most inspirational short videos.
2. To enable participants to draw lessons from each inspirational short videos.
3. To inspire participants to take action and increase their morals.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Realise themselves and what they are meant to be and can achieve.

-          Take up life opportunities and become highly optimistic.

-          Boost their self-confidence and increase their hope for the future.

-          Expand their visions and goals in life.

-          Be ready to take action and overcome challenges.

-          Rate and note lessons from inspirational videos.

-          Narrate their experience and lessons learnt from the videos.

18.  Team 1: Team work development

The Module aims:

1. To highlight the importance of teamwork.
2. To develop a team spirit of participants.
3. To prepare participants to understand the process of building teamwork.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Develop necessary skills in team building.

-          Work effectively in a team and achieve more success.

-          Inspire and help in the success of others.

-          To work effectively without caring about who takes the credit.

19.  Team 2: How to be a good team leader

The Module aims to:

i.                    Develop the participants’ leadership talents in a team

ii.                  Prepare Participants to become effective team leaders

iii.                Identify what make up a good team leader

At the end of the module, the participants will be able to:

-          Become effective team leaders

-          Lead by example

-          Master the art of delegation

-          To relate to their team members

-          To earn respect from their team members without demanding it

20.  Team 3: Peer sharing, motivation and confession

The module aims to:

i.                    Provide opportunity for participants to share their story.

ii.                  Inspire participants from the lessons of their colleagues’ stories.

iii.                Eliminate shyness and hiding of weaknesses.

iv.                Encourage confessing past and present mistakes or challenges and how they were (or to be) overcame.

v.                  Enhance peer inspiration.

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Freely express themselves and highlight their own identified challenges.

-          Listen to others’ stories and make them feel they are not alone.

-          Inspire them to be ready to take measures to overcome their challenges.

-          To learn from others’ struggles in overcoming challenges.

21.  Team 4: Adaptability and working among diverse groups

The module aims to:

i.                    Improve the expression abilities and confidence of participants among diverse groups, and help them adapt and become successful

ii.                  Help participants develop and build adaptation skills

iii.                Introduce the basic benefits of diversity

iv.                Help participants learn how to get along with individual or group from different background

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Freely converse and have confidence where ever they find themselves

-          Respect, learn and adapt to other people’s cultures and opinions

-          To overcome the challenges and fear of diversity

-          Be effective leaders even among diverse group

22.  Team 5: Practical Team Work

The module aims to:

i.                    Expose participants to real life experience of team work.

ii.                  Enhance the basic practical skills required in a team work.

iii.                Realize their strengths and weaknesses in team work.

iv.                Set targets for each participants and evaluate his/her performance in a team.

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Experience real team work and apply certain skills in the team.

-          Perform a specific role in a team and realize their abilities and specialties in team work.

-          Collectively deliver a mission within a specified timeframe to assess their effectiveness of their teamwork

-          Showcase various skills in achieving a mission and establish trust among team members for more efficiency.

-          Receive feedback on their performance within the group by their team members.

23.   Civic 1: Civic and Citizenship Education: Nigerian Constitution and Electoral Acts

The Module aims:

1. To promote good and informed citizenry for unyielding patriotism
2.  To promote civic consciousness and nationalism against extremism
3. To explore the founding values of Nigeria
4. To promote character and social cohesion
5. To promote law and order
6. To enlighten participants of their major constitutional rights and responsibilities in democracy
7. To fill the gap of social and citizenship education in tertiary institutions

At the end of the course, the participants will:

-          Become aware of their rights and responsibilities as citizens

-          Be patriotic and law abiding citizens

-          Be willing to sacrifice and engage in civic participation

-          Be involved in public life and affairs

-          Be open to volunteer and become selfless in their socio-economic endeavours

-          Become responsible and become concern about other people’s welfare

24.  Thinking 1: Strategic Thinking Development and Planning

The module aims to:

i.                    Develop the skills of strategic thinking.

ii.                  Build the skills of strategic planning.

iii.                Build vision and the skills of thinking outside the box.

iv.                Build logical and creative minds.

v.                  Build the skills of strategic planning.

At the end of the module, the participants will be able to:

-          View issues from different perspectives.

-          Possess the skills of strategic planning.

-          Understand the steps of developing strategic thinking.

-          Adapt the habits of strategic thinkers.

-          Understand the key component of strategic plan.

25.  Manners 1: Professional approaches, appearance, manners, wining people, inspiring others

The Module aims:

1.  To develop professional manners, approaches, and appearances.
2. To improve the skills of socialization in a formal setting.
3. To educate participants on the professional etiquettes and ethics.

At the end of the course, the participants will be able to:

-          Look and act professionally in a formal or professional environment.

-          Improve on formal communication skills and behaviours.

-          Earn respect, love and integrity among their colleagues.

-          Inspire others.

26.  Manners 2: Control of Emotion and Temperament

The Module aims to:

1. Build skills for emotional and temperamental control.
2. Equip participants with tactics to avoid negative thoughts and overreaction to circumstances.
3. Build emotional intelligence of the participants.

At the end of the module, the participants will be able to

-          Control their anger and act nicely even at disappointing outcomes.

-          To understand the strategy to quench anger and build positive temperament.

-          To identify why and what make them angry.

-          To know their temperament and how to control it.

-          To improve their good health, emotional maturity and happiness.

27.  Face to Face 1: Meeting and Hearing (success and failures stories) from different Leaders of different styles and organizations

28.  Face to Face 2: Meeting and hearing (approaches to problems) from different Leaders of different styles and organizations.

29.  Face to Face 3:  Reflection on the lessons and discovery after meeting leaders

The modules (Face to Face 1 to 3) aim to:

1. Connect participants to real life leaders
2. To hear and lean from real life experiences
3. Have primary contact with different types of leaders
4. Hear and learn from success and failure stories of real life leaders
5. Inspire participants and guide them in career choice
6. Understand the different approaches to addressing problems

At the end of the module, the participants will be able to:

-          Understand the real life challenges and how to overcome it

-          Learn the qualities required for success from practical perspective

-          Identify the causes of failures in many sectors of life

-          Link up and create contacts with real life leaders for guidance

-          Hear directly from practical experience of successes and failures

-          Solve problems on their own

-          Understand the behind the scene of every success

-          Understand different leadership styles and approaches

-          Reflect on the lessons and discoveries learned from the leaders

30.  Manners 3: Integrity Development, Volunteerism and Selflessness

The module aims to:

1. Maintain high ethical values in participants.
2. Improve reliability and confidence on the participants.
3. Improve the culture of selflessness and volunteerism.

At the end of the Module, participants will be able to:

-          Be honest and sincere in every circumstances.

-          To stand for the truth even if it displeases others.

-          Improve self-awareness and live to specific values.

-          Be selfless, volunteers and patriotic.

-          Widen their horizons.

31.  Advanced/Intermediate MS office skills 1: Advanced skills/application of MS office (Word, Excel, and PP)

The module aims to:

i.                    Assess and advance the skills of participants in MS office for word, excel, and PowerPoint.

ii.                  Identify the gaps in the MS office application skills and help fill them.

iii.                Improve the general proficiency in MS office

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Fill the MS office skills checklist to identify their strengths and weaknesses

-          Be able to confidently itemise and communicate their MS office skills

-          Know how to improve their proficiency and speed in MS office.

32.  Leaders 1: Causes of Leadership Failures and Successes with Examples

The aim of this module is to

1. Broaden the participants’ leadership inspiration beyond local leaders to global leaders
2. Explore other common traits of successful leaders
3. Study theories and examples of successes and failures in various leadership spheres

At the end of the module, participants will be able:

-          To be inspired by global success and failure stories

-          To learn and adopt leadership traits from

-          Understand what differentiate successful and unsuccessful people in different sectors

33.  Practice 1: Learning from Real Leadership Challenges

The module aims to

1. Give opportunity to participants to practice real leadership
2. Allow participants implement the leadership skills they learnt
3. Reveal the actual leadership approaches and creativity of the participants
4. Be familiar with variety of real life leadership challenges and approaches to address them.

At the end of the Module, participants will be able to:

-          Have a real impression of facing and overcoming challenges

-          Practice leadership

-          Cope with both external and internal challenges

-          Employ strategies to cope with the challenges that leadership brings

-          Build sense of imagination of possible challenges in leadership

34.  Entrepreneurship 1: Training on Business Skills: Unveiling Business Ideas and Opportunities

35.  Entrepreneurship 2: Training on business skills: Business Plan and Management

The modules (Entrepreneurship 1 & 2) aim to:

1. Equip participants with the required skills to be successful entrepreneurs.
2. Unveil various business opportunities to participants.
3. Train participants on business plan and management.

At the end of the Module, participants will be able to:

-          To become aware of new ideas and opportunities to be an entrepreneur.

-          To appreciate business ideas and how to implement it despite inadequate capital.

-          To plan and manage business.

-          To learn new business skills of sourcing capital, financial management and marketing.

36.  Job 1: Employability Skills, Preparing a Good CV and Interview Skills

The module aims to:

i.                    Enhance the participants’ employability skills.

ii.                  Help in discovering the participants’ interest and the kind of job that will be good for them.

iii.                Help in identifying the specific goals of the participants in their life.

iv.                Prepare participants to write a very good Curriculum Vitae.

v.                  Prepare the participants for successful job interview.

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Identify the missing skills they need to have for their dream job.

-          To discover their interest and concentrate in preparing for specific jobs.

-          Identify their life goals, and avoid distractions.

-          Write an impressive Curriculum Vitae.

-          Confidently prepare and pass any job interview.

37.  Job 2: Meet Prospective Employers. Meet, learn from and engage with employers to know what they really look for. Interview strategies.

The module aims to

                    i.            Expose participants to the real experience of work environment

                  ii.            Acquaint participants with the required skills in work place

                iii.            Connect participants with the employers of their dream careers

                iv.            Enhance the employability of the participants

                  v.            Help participants prepare for their careers adequately

At the end of the Module, participants will be able to:

-          Connect and engage with employers

-          Understand specific requirements for their chosen careers

-          Prepare for the labour market

-          Understand different career options in their field

-          Boost their confidence in their ability to interact with employers

-          Build their network

-          Develop their professional communication skills

-          Meet people with career paths that will inspire them

-          Get insider information on internship, mentorship & job opportunities

38.  Accountability and Time Management 1: Accountability, Financial Discipline, and Time Management

The module aims to:

i.                    Improve the financial discipline and management

ii.                  Prepare participants to effective and rationally manage their resources

iii.                Improve the participants’ integrity, accountability and financial prudence

iv.                Improve the participants’ skills in time management and task prioritization

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Apply different time management strategies

-          Be more productive and efficient

-          Be accountable and develop financial prudence and accountability

-          Know how to prioritize tasks, delegate tasks, and discard unimportant tasks

-          Monitor time spent for every activity

39.  Mentorship 1: Assign Mentors to Each Participant

The module aims to:

1. Connect successful practitioners and professionals with emerging ones for guidance and support
2. Build confidence of the participants and help them choose a specific and informed career path
3. Build skills of consultations, Interpersonal relationships and learning from experts
4. Identify specific development gaps and help fill them
5.  Help participants set relevant goals for their vision
6. Give opportunity for mentors to share knowledge and invest on the emerging professionals
7. Pair and match mentors with the participants for two months after the programme.

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Have confidence and fill their development gaps

-          Receive feedback on their personality, strengths and weaknesses

-          Build a clear path to achieving their visions

-          Expand their networks for collaborations and supports

-          Break down barriers and creates opportunities for success

-          Develop cognitive skills in order to strengthen the mental process of discovering, analysing and solving problems to overcome obstacles.

-          Have mentors that will mentor them for two months after the programme

40.  Categorization 2: Final Discovery of Self-Strengths and Kind of Leadership Class Each Participant Belongs and Examination

The module aims to:

i.                    Enable participants to reflect back on their new discovered strengths and weaknesses.

ii.                  Identify the kind of leaders they are.

iii.                Enable participants to develop clear understanding of what they will work on to personally develop.

iv.                Receive recommendations on leadership and personal development beyond the programme.

v.                  Identify among the participants who they share common strengths and weaknesses for future collaboration or mutual support.

vi.                Give space for participants to share their experiences during the programme.

At the end of the module, participants will be able to:

-          Realise who they are and opportunities they have.

-          Develop clear vision on what their life goal is and areas they need to work on more.

-          Create network of friendship and partnership for future collaboration and development.

-          Receive strategic and relevant recommendations on how to personally develop.

-          Tell how much difference the leadership programme has made to them.

				Calendar for the programme
Time	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5		Day 6	Day 7
9:00-10:00	Introduction 1: Induction and Introduction	Reading 1: Improving Reading Skills (Speed, Spelling and Comprehension)	Expression 5: Reflection and lessons from selected speakers	Team 1: Team work development Team 2: How to be a good team leader	Manners 1: Professional approaches, appearance, manners, wining people, inspiring others Manners 2: Control of Emotion and Temperament		Advanced/Intermediate MS office skills 1: Advanced skills/application of MS office (Word, Excel, and PP)	Job 1: Employability Skills, Preparing a Good CV and Interview Skills
10:00-11:00	Diagnosis 1: Diagnosis (Psychometrics): Personality and Aptitude Tests: Realisation and Categorization 1: Self-Discovery and Grouping of Participants	Reading 2: Improving Attention to Detail Skills Expression 1: Pronunciations, Vocabulary and Grammar Development	Expression 6: Practice through public presentations (topic to be chosen by participants)	Team 3: Peer sharing, motivation and confession Team 4: Adaptability and working among diverse groups	Face to Face 1: Meeting and Hearing (success and failures stories) from different Leaders of different styles and organizations Face to Face 2: Meeting and hearing (approaches to problems) from different Leaders of different styles and organizations.		Leaders 1: Causes of Leadership Failures and Successes with Examples Practice 1: Learning from Real Leadership Challenges	Job 2: Meet Prospectus Employers. Meet, learn from and engage with employers to know what they really look for. Interview strategies.
Break 11:00-11:15	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break		Break	Break
11.15-12:15	Inspirational 1: Inspiration Boosters and Killers Inspirational 2: Inspirational and Motivational Talks	Expression 2: Getting rid of fear and building confidence in public speech Expression 3: The Basics of Public Speaking	Writing 1: Writing professional letters, emails, text	Team 5: Practical Team Work Civic 1: Civic and Citizenship Education: Nigerian Constitution and Electoral Acts	Face to Face 3:  Reflection on the lessons and discovery after meeting leaders		Entrepreneurship 1: Training on Business Skills: Unveiling Business Ideas and Opportunities	Accountability, and Time Management 1: Accountability, Financial Discipline, and Time Management Mentorship 1: Assign Mentors to Each Participant
12:15-13:15	Vision 1: Developing Ambitions and Targets Vision 2: Developing Ambitions and Targets	Expression 4: Video presentation of good public speakers and selection of speech mentors	Movies 1: Inspirational movies	Thinking 1: Strategic Thinking Development and Planning	Manners 3: Integrity Development, Volunteerism and Selflessness		Entrepreneurship 2: Training on Business Skills: Business Plan and Management	Categorization 2: Final discovery of self-strengths and kind of leadership class each participant belongs and Examination

OPTIONAL PERIODS FOR THE PROROGRAMME:

1.      7-days Intensive: This runs from 9:00 to 13:15 daily for the continues period of 7 days. The programme sessions can take place anytime if at least 30 participants registered for the programme in a location.

2.      Weekend Session: This runs from 9:00 to 14:15 for only weekends for three weeks. The programme sessions can take place anytime if at least 30 participants registered for the programme in a location.

FEES AND ENROLMENT:

Cost estimation for each programme can be provided upon request, and will be based on the available opportunities, location and specific requirements. The costs will cover cost for course materials and instruments, facilitators, resource persons, certificates, venue, running cost, logistics and transport, etc. The minimum number of participants per session is 30, and maximum of 50. Participants are to sponsor themselves for the programme by paying a stipend that will cater for the running cost of the programme. However, philanthropists, organisations, government officials, academic institutions or individuals may wish to sponsor interested participants for the programme.

The fees is decided per state, and admitted participants will be advised on the fees in their admission letters.

To sign up for the programme, please fill the online registration form from the following link for free. Upon successful registration, participants will be informed of the period in which they are expected to make payment and provide evidence of that for them to enrol into the programme.

You can register online from this link: https://goo.gl/ichyGY

CONTACTS:

For more information about the programme, enrolments or timetable, you can contact:

Dr. Ahmed Adamu,

Programme Leader,

08188949144, 08034458189,

ahmadadamu1@gmail.com

About the Programme Leader: 

Dr. Ahmed Adamu: First Ever Global Chairperson, Commonwealth Youth Council. He was elected on November 12, 2013 as the first Chairperson of the Commonwealth Youth Council (CYC), which is the largest youth-led organisation in the world, representing over 1.2 Billion young people from across the 53 Commonwealth nations worldwide. He represented his country in many international and commonwealth youth programmes, and was the pioneer Chief Whip of the Nigerian Youth Parliament. Dr. Ahmed was an International expert at United Nation’s Global Forum on Youth Policies; Member, Policy Strategy Group, United Nations’ World We Want; Member, International Panel of Judges for Youth Citizen Entrepreneurship Competition; Observer member, International Youth Task force for 2014 World Conference on Youth; Member, Advisory group panel on 50th Anniversary of the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was the Nigerian youth observer at the ECOWAS parliament, and the founder and pioneer president of the League for Democratic Youth. Dr. Ahmed was a member of the Katsina state executive council committee on youth development, he also served as the secretary of the Nigerian constitutional review consultation committee, and was the founder and president of Oil and Gas scholars club. He is the founder and president of Katsina Debate Club, publicity secretary of Civil Liberties organization, Katsina branch, secretary of integrity club. He was elected as the National Chairman (CTC) of the National Association of Katsina State Students (NAKATSS) National Body, he was also elected as the Financial Secretary of Students Union Government of Bayero University Kano, among so many other past leadership responsibilities and experiences.

He holds PhD in Oil and Gas Economics from Newcastle University, United Kingdom; He is a University Lecturer, also a member of many international and national professional organizations. He published and presented many international and national academic papers, and participated in several international and national academic conferences. He published a book titled “Comparative Assessment of Petroleum Sharing Contracts in Nigeria”.

He was honoured with many International prestigious awards which include; the Global Achievers Award by the Global Achievers Awards; Outstanding Service Award by the Commonwealth; Award of Excellence by the Commonwealth Youth Council; African Young Personality of the year (2015) award by African Youth Awards; and African Achiever of the year for 2014 by the African Achievers Awards. He is the winner of GPLUS Award, UK and he was named among the 100 most Influential Young Africans (2016). He was also ranked among the top 20 most Influential Young Nigerians in the list of 2016 100 most Influential Young Nigerians by Advance Media Africa. He is a recipient of Nationalist Beacon Award and Nigerian Dream Personality Honors. He was also honoured as an inspirational Nigerian by Those Who Inspire Ltd. He also received award of excellence from the League for Democratic Youth, and was awarded as the most influential student union leader by the National Economics Students Associations (NESA). Dr. Adamu is one of the most influential youth leaders in the world. Being the Pioneer Global Chairperson of the CYC, he met with many global leaders and travel wide; he has recorded numerous achievements under his leadership as the CYC Chairperson. He is a youth worker, mentor, motivator and inspirational speaker. He is blessed with a son and a wife.