Team Development 03 – Personal Effectiveness

Overview

This module focuses on helping you deliver high-quality results efficiently—a key driver of success in your finance career. You’ll learn how to prioritize tasks, manage time and resources effectively, and stay focused on achieving your goals, all while building the confidence and gravitas needed to stand out as a high performer. Key topics include the habits of highly effective people, workload management, delegation, and exceeding expectations. With practical techniques to boost your impact and strengthen your professional reputation, this module equips you with a toolkit to work smarter, lead with credibility, and add measurable value to your team and organization.

Learning Objectives:

After completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Manage their workload
  • Delegate effectively
  • Demonstrate confidence and Gravitas
  • Deliver their responsibilities efficiently and effectively

Lessons:

Lesson 1: The importance of personal effectiveness

Personal effectiveness is your ability to achieve goals efficiently by prioritizing, organizing time and resources, and staying focused.

Lesson 2: Personal effectiveness behavioural traits

This section explores ten key behavioural traits for finance professionals, with tips and examples to help you develop each one.

Lesson 3: The seven habits of highly effective people

This section applies Stephen Covey’s seven habits to a finance career, showing their relevance and offering practical ways to build each habit for professional success.

Lesson 4: Confidence and gravitas

This section covers key symptoms, impacts, and practical ways to overcome Imposter Syndrome—boosting your confidence and professional impact.

Lesson 5: Delivering your responsibilities

Timely, accurate delivery is essential in finance—this section shares simple ways to overcome common challenges and consistently meet expectations.

Lesson 6: Managing your workload

In fast-paced finance teams, managing workloads and meeting deadlines is crucial—this section shares key tips to help you stay on track.

Lesson 7: Delegating effectively

Effective delegation in finance ensures tasks match skill levels, boosts team development, and frees senior leaders to focus on strategic priorities.

Lesson 8: Exceeding expectations

To succeed in finance, go beyond expectations by consistently delivering high-quality work, adding value, and standing out as a top performer—without necessarily working longer hours.

Additional Information

CPE Credit/CPD Hours: 4.6

Field of Study: Personal Development

No prerequisite knowledge is required to be successful in this course.

No advance preparation is required.

Program Level: Basic

Delivery Method: QAS Self Study

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