Improving Personal Effectiveness Certificate
Why you should study with us
Improving Personal Effectiveness Course
Improving personal effectiveness enriches the life and capacities of the individual, and when applied across organisations is a formidable tool to enhance efficiency and productivity. The skills and tools this course provides will help you and your organisation become more effective at managing your most valuable resources, including your time.
The knowledge, skills and tools to become effective in your personal and professional life are learnt, not inherited. This means that no matter where you are at the moment; there is always room for improvement. Many organisations try and cut costs to drive profits when in reality improving the effectiveness of existing resources is a much more practical, rapid and valuable way to drive profits. For employers, managers and leaders, you will find how to steer your workforce to perform with more efficacy. For employees, workers and staff, you will learn how to excel in your job and create more opportunities for your career path.
This course is sourced from credible scientific research and studies, giving you empirically, results-driven content that will maximise your ability to be effective. This course contains written material that clearly and succinctly gets to the heart of improving personal effectiveness. It also contains practical tools, exercises, tests and worksheets to apply the knowledge you gain and reinforce it through experiential learning.
What you will learn
This course will teach you:
- How personal effectiveness is crucial to getting fulfilment out of life
- The habits of effective and ineffective individuals
- How habits are formed and how to change ineffective habits
- How workplace behaviour affects the ability to be effective
- How to deal with disruptive workplace behaviours and difficult situations
- How to set clear objectives and achievable goals
- Methods to effectively organise and prioritise tasks
- Methods to effectively manage time
- Methods to deal with stressful situations and stay motivated
- Workplace skills and their importance
- How to effectively conduct meetings
- How to effectively lobby and gain influence
This course provides a thorough explanation of all these topics and more. Upon completion of this course, you will understand how to maximise your effectiveness and have the tools you need to do so. In our fast-paced modern lives time often seems to be slipping away, when in reality it is simply not being managed effectively.
Learn how to prioritise your time to get the most out of your life and become the most effective version of you possible, with immense rewards.
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Define personal effectiveness and the critical role it plays in success and fulfilment in all areas of life
- Understand the habits of effective and ineffective people and recognise these habits within ourselves
- Understand how our habits are formed, reinforced and maintained
- Learn how to shift ineffective habits to effective habits and create lasting change
- Understand workplace behaviour and how it affects the realisation of organisational goals
- Learn how you can discern disruptive workplace behaviours in yourself and in colleagues
- Identify the main causes of disruptive behaviour in the workplace
- Grasp the importance of feedback with respect to workplace behaviour
- Understanding the value of direction and setting clear objectives
- Learning how to define priorities and act on them
- Teaching the foundations of time management and tools for success
- Develop the skills needed to make stepwise progress towards bigger accomplishments
- Obtain a general overview of some key workplace skills and their importance
- Understand how to conduct successful meetings and improve meeting effectiveness
- Learn how to properly lead a meeting and create a conductive meeting environment
- Grasp the importance of lobbying and how to gain influence over others
- Understand the power of personal development when it comes to your own effectiveness
- Discover the qualities, traits and skills which make you most effective
- Find out how your emotions are driving unconscious behaviours that hinder you
- Learn how to inspire yourself and focus on positive emotions
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Improving Personal Effectiveness Certificate
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 5 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 5 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 5 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 7 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
Having just completed the Dyslexia Diploma in a few days I can honestly say I now have a much better knowledge of the condition and it gave me so much detail and information to learn in order to use in my teaching job. Very clear and easy to follow with great assessments at the end of each module. Also the multiple choice exam covered all of the important points I had learnt. Highly recommend this diploma. The fact I could study this online in my own time was a huge positive. I look forward to further study more diplomas related.
Carly Dawson
Very easy to follow modules with brilliant work sheets to check what you have just learnt. Highly recommended.
Harriet Chandler
Absolutely loved this course!! I am very happy with my experience in completing this online course with New Skills Academy.
It was an easy process and their website is very easy to get around. No stress over time limits. I worked through the course at my own pace, and from the comforts of my own home.
Very informative and loved the worksheet after each module which gave me a chance to really think about the work needed for the final test and gave me a chance to really understand each module.
I will definitely be putting what I have learned from the course into practice within our office.
Natalie Rogerson
Excellent.... Very much enjoyed the course and will do more and more.... As this is an online course, all of the information is available to you whenever and wherever you require it. You can study at a pace that is comfortable for you, and access the information in the course 24 hours a day. Most people who take the course still work full time, which helps you maintain your current lifestyle whilst working towards achieving your dreams.
To access the course, you will require a device that allows you to access the internet, and not only can you see the course, you can also use the online support feature.
Furthermore, you will find the course to be incredibly easy to go through thanks to the individual modules.
When completing the course, you must pass a multiple choice test, and you will then be awarded your diploma. They can post the diploma certificate to you for an additional cost, or you can download and print the certificate at home.
Moosa Nazim
This is an absolutely brilliant course, I really enjoyed it and it consists of very detailed information. The test at the end was slightly tricky so it’s important to pay attention to all aspects of the course content. I would highly recommend this course to anyone thinking of becoming a wedding planner, with an interest in this topic or even to anyone who is getting married as there’s a lot of information which could be found useful and certain things that give you good ideas. I loved this course and I’m sad it’s over. It was definitely brilliant from start to finish and is great value for money!
Natasha Boreland
I really enjoyed this course. It allowed me to go at my own pace, completing modules in my lunch breaks or at home and you can do the modules as many times as you like which suited me.
The modules were explained well, included a clear step by step guide with a video and a spreadsheet to practice on which allowed me to learn the content in different ways. The module content was extremely valuable and taught me how to understand Excel which will lead to saving time in future projects needing Excel.
This course not only includes the very basics but explains some core Excel processes. I recommend this course to all abilities and anyone who needs to use Excel.
Gemma Bytheway
Improving Personal Effectiveness Course
Improving personal effectiveness enriches the life and capacities of the individual, and when applied across organisations is a formidable tool to enhance efficiency and productivity. The skills and tools this course provides will help you and your organisation become more effective at managing your most valuable resources, including your time.
The knowledge, skills and tools to become effective in your personal and professional life are learnt, not inherited. This means that no matter where you are at the moment; there is always room for improvement. Many organisations try and cut costs to drive profits when in reality improving the effectiveness of existing resources is a much more practical, rapid and valuable way to drive profits. For employers, managers and leaders, you will find how to steer your workforce to perform with more efficacy. For employees, workers and staff, you will learn how to excel in your job and create more opportunities for your career path.
This course is sourced from credible scientific research and studies, giving you empirically, results-driven content that will maximise your ability to be effective. This course contains written material that clearly and succinctly gets to the heart of improving personal effectiveness. It also contains practical tools, exercises, tests and worksheets to apply the knowledge you gain and reinforce it through experiential learning.
What you will learn
This course will teach you:
- How personal effectiveness is crucial to getting fulfilment out of life
- The habits of effective and ineffective individuals
- How habits are formed and how to change ineffective habits
- How workplace behaviour affects the ability to be effective
- How to deal with disruptive workplace behaviours and difficult situations
- How to set clear objectives and achievable goals
- Methods to effectively organise and prioritise tasks
- Methods to effectively manage time
- Methods to deal with stressful situations and stay motivated
- Workplace skills and their importance
- How to effectively conduct meetings
- How to effectively lobby and gain influence
This course provides a thorough explanation of all these topics and more. Upon completion of this course, you will understand how to maximise your effectiveness and have the tools you need to do so. In our fast-paced modern lives time often seems to be slipping away, when in reality it is simply not being managed effectively.
Learn how to prioritise your time to get the most out of your life and become the most effective version of you possible, with immense rewards.
This course includes
24/7 Student Support
End of course certification
Lifetime access to your course
Compatible with modern devices
- Define personal effectiveness and the critical role it plays in success and fulfilment in all areas of life
- Understand the habits of effective and ineffective people and recognise these habits within ourselves
- Understand how our habits are formed, reinforced and maintained
- Learn how to shift ineffective habits to effective habits and create lasting change
- Understand workplace behaviour and how it affects the realisation of organisational goals
- Learn how you can discern disruptive workplace behaviours in yourself and in colleagues
- Identify the main causes of disruptive behaviour in the workplace
- Grasp the importance of feedback with respect to workplace behaviour
- Understanding the value of direction and setting clear objectives
- Learning how to define priorities and act on them
- Teaching the foundations of time management and tools for success
- Develop the skills needed to make stepwise progress towards bigger accomplishments
- Obtain a general overview of some key workplace skills and their importance
- Understand how to conduct successful meetings and improve meeting effectiveness
- Learn how to properly lead a meeting and create a conductive meeting environment
- Grasp the importance of lobbying and how to gain influence over others
- Understand the power of personal development when it comes to your own effectiveness
- Discover the qualities, traits and skills which make you most effective
- Find out how your emotions are driving unconscious behaviours that hinder you
- Learn how to inspire yourself and focus on positive emotions
ID: YDFT67YHJ
of achievement
This certificate is presented to
Your Name
For completing the
Improving Personal Effectiveness Certificate
on 21st November 2026
Selena Hurford
Selena Hurford
Course Tutor
Daniel Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Head of Academy
Anyone who has an interest in learning more about this subject matter is encouraged to take the course. There are no entry requirements to take the course.
The course is broken down into 5 individual modules. Each module takes between 20 and 90 minutes on average to study. Although you are free to spend as much or as little time as you feel necessary on each module, simply log in and out of the course at your convenience.
You can study the course any time you like. Simply log in and out of the web based course as often as you require. The course is compatible with all computers, tablet devices and smart phones so you can even study while on the move!
Once you have completed all 5 modules there is a multiple choice test. The questions will be on a range of topics found within the 5 modules. The test, like the course, is online and can be taken a time and location of your choosing.
The pass mark for the test is 70%.
If you don’t pass the test first time you will get further opportunities to take the test again after extra study. There are no limits to the number of times you can take the test. All test retakes are included within the price of the course.
You can either use your Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Solo cards or PayPal account to pay for the online course. Our site uses the latest SSL encryption to ensure your safety. All payments are handled securely by PayPal.
You can begin the course immediately after your payment has been received. You will create your login details during the checkout process. We will also send you an email confirming your login details.
We estimate that the course will take about 7 hours to complete in total, plus an additional 30 minutes for the end of course test.
Once you have been awarded your certificate it is valid for life. The certificate does not expire or need renewing.
Having just completed the Dyslexia Diploma in a few days I can honestly say I now have a much better knowledge of the condition and it gave me so much detail and information to learn in order to use in my teaching job. Very clear and easy to follow with great assessments at the end of each module. Also the multiple choice exam covered all of the important points I had learnt. Highly recommend this diploma. The fact I could study this online in my own time was a huge positive. I look forward to further study more diplomas related.
Carly Dawson
Very easy to follow modules with brilliant work sheets to check what you have just learnt. Highly recommended.
Harriet Chandler
Absolutely loved this course!! I am very happy with my experience in completing this online course with New Skills Academy.
It was an easy process and their website is very easy to get around. No stress over time limits. I worked through the course at my own pace, and from the comforts of my own home.
Very informative and loved the worksheet after each module which gave me a chance to really think about the work needed for the final test and gave me a chance to really understand each module.
I will definitely be putting what I have learned from the course into practice within our office.
Natalie Rogerson
Excellent.... Very much enjoyed the course and will do more and more.... As this is an online course, all of the information is available to you whenever and wherever you require it. You can study at a pace that is comfortable for you, and access the information in the course 24 hours a day. Most people who take the course still work full time, which helps you maintain your current lifestyle whilst working towards achieving your dreams.
To access the course, you will require a device that allows you to access the internet, and not only can you see the course, you can also use the online support feature.
Furthermore, you will find the course to be incredibly easy to go through thanks to the individual modules.
When completing the course, you must pass a multiple choice test, and you will then be awarded your diploma. They can post the diploma certificate to you for an additional cost, or you can download and print the certificate at home.
Moosa Nazim
This is an absolutely brilliant course, I really enjoyed it and it consists of very detailed information. The test at the end was slightly tricky so it’s important to pay attention to all aspects of the course content. I would highly recommend this course to anyone thinking of becoming a wedding planner, with an interest in this topic or even to anyone who is getting married as there’s a lot of information which could be found useful and certain things that give you good ideas. I loved this course and I’m sad it’s over. It was definitely brilliant from start to finish and is great value for money!
Natasha Boreland
I really enjoyed this course. It allowed me to go at my own pace, completing modules in my lunch breaks or at home and you can do the modules as many times as you like which suited me.
The modules were explained well, included a clear step by step guide with a video and a spreadsheet to practice on which allowed me to learn the content in different ways. The module content was extremely valuable and taught me how to understand Excel which will lead to saving time in future projects needing Excel.
This course not only includes the very basics but explains some core Excel processes. I recommend this course to all abilities and anyone who needs to use Excel.
Gemma Bytheway
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