BUS 652 - Taking Initiative for Career Growth

Course Description

Taking initiative can be a powerful skill to leverage at work. Knowing how and when to take initiative is a vital skill in moving forward in your career. Examine how and when you should demonstrate initiative at work to achieve results and further your career. You may have ideas that you want to bring to life. Taking initiative in the right ways makes you look good at work, helps build professional confidence, and capitalize on opportunities for advancement.

Course Details

By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:

• Identify different factors and barriers that prevent employees from taking initiative at work
• Examine steps that evidence taking initiative at work
• Explore how to create opportunities during difficult times
• Discuss strategies and models that show how and when to take initiative at work

Topics

• Defining initiative at work
• Personality traits overview
• Model for taking initiative at work
• Strategies for taking initiative at work

Applies Towards the Following Program(s)

• Certificate for Front Line Leaders : Leading the Business Operations - Seminars
• Professional Certificate for Emerging Leaders : Personal Effectiveness Seminars