Soft skills development:

Unleash your employees' soft skills through strength-oriented training & workshops

No pigeonhole training, but valuable experiences that are tailored to each individual employee.

Strengthen your employees - Strengthen your company

The continuous development of soft skills is essential for your company’s success. At Couchedanken, we offer a range of training courses and workshops that are tailored precisely to these needs.

My approach: I focus specifically on strengths orientation in order to make the teaching of soft skills tangible for every employee. I don’t teach pigeonhole knowledge and don’t give standard training courses, but make every workshop an unforgettable and lasting moment.

Soft skills training:

Why standard programs do not bring the desired success.

Twelve of your most committed employees are taking part in a high-potential program. The communication trainer routinely works through his standard agenda while the participants’ minds wander.

Glances wander to smartphones, messages are answered, emails are read. After two days of intensive training monologues, colorful pieces of paper and countless group tasks, the employees long to return to their familiar working environment.

A few days later, the training is forgotten – it leaves no lasting impressions, causes no tangible changes. Is this really effective personnel development?

I assure you: There is a better way.

I am convinced that every person has unique strengths. By recognizing, promoting and making targeted use of them, your employees will create a solid foundation for their personality and thus successfully develop their soft skills.

Development of soft skills:

Modular structure adapted to your needs

All workshops & training courses are adapted to the strengths orientation. You can use individual elements or a combination of different modules. I would also be happy to create a specific concept for your company.

(see contents by clicking on the module)

Basics of soft skill development

Personal growth and reflection

The foundations for personal and professional growth lie in recognizing and reflecting on one's own strengths, weaknesses and goals. This module lays the foundation for targeted soft skill development by helping participants to better understand themselves and utilize their individual potential.

Strengths and weaknesses
Stages of strengths orientation
Own values, goals and vision
Emotional intelligence
Social skills
Self-motivation
Lifelong learning

Ideally, this workshop is combined with my strengths analysis and a one-off strengths booster.

Personal skills

Self-management

Efficient self-management is the key to productive work and a healthy work-life balance. Your fellow participants will develop skills that will help you to make better use of your time, set priorities and deal effectively with daily challenges.

Techniques for effective time management
Strategies for the optimal organization of everyday work
Prioritization and efficient task management
Maintaining your own boundaries and saying no
Techniques for overcoming procrastination
Multitasking vs. focus techniques: Finding the right approach

Stress management

In today's fast-paced working world, stress management and resilience are indispensable skills. The module teaches techniques and strategies to manage stress effectively, strengthen your own resilience and prevent burnout.

Dealing with stress yourself: causes and consequences
Stress prevention techniques
Stress resistance: building and strengthening
Strategies for reducing stress in challenging situations
Recognizing burnout & exhaustion
Promoting your own resilience
Work-life balance: techniques for harmonizing work and private life

Stress management

Dealing with stress yourself: causes and consequences
Stress prevention techniques
Stress resistance: building and strengthening
Strategies for reducing stress in challenging situations
Recognition of burnout & exhaustion
Promoting your own resilience
Work-life balance: techniques for harmonizing work and private life

Interaction & collaboration

Communication skills

The art of communication is complex and essential for professional success. This module teaches you the skills to communicate clearly and effectively and to be convincing both verbally and non-verbally.

Oral communication techniques
Written communication techniques
Active listening and giving feedback
Non-verbal communication and body language
Presentation techniques and public speaking
Empathy and sensitivity in communication situations

Communication skills

Oral communication techniques
Written communication techniques
Active listening and giving feedback
Non-verbal communication and body language
Presentation techniques and public speaking
Empathy and sensitivity in communication situations

Conflict management

Effective conflict management uses differences of opinion constructively and strengthens relationships. In this module, participants learn techniques for recognizing and addressing conflicts and finding solutions for everyone involved.

Recognizing and understanding the causes of conflict
Techniques for effective conflict resolution
De-escalation strategies and mediation
Dealing with emotional reactions in conflict situations
Development of a conflict resolution-oriented attitude
Building trust and restoring broken working relationships

Conflict management

Recognizing and understanding the causes of conflict
Techniques for effective conflict resolution
De-escalation strategies and mediation
Dealing with emotional reactions in conflict situations
Development of a conflict resolution-oriented attitude
Building trust and restoring broken working relationships

Ability to work in a team

The ability to work effectively in a team and to understand the dynamics of interpersonal relationships is crucial for success in the modern working world. Your employees will learn how to promote harmony in teams and utilize group dynamics.

Understanding and fostering interpersonal relationships
Methods for improving interpersonal perception
Techniques to strengthen group dynamics and team building
Developing intercultural skills for effective collaboration in multicultural teams

Relationship & Negotiation

Successful relationships and effective negotiation skills are invaluable. This module teaches the key skills to build long-term relationships and negotiate successfully, always with the aim of creating win-win situations.

Building trust and customer orientation
Active listening and identifying customer needs
Creating an outstanding customer experience
Effective negotiation strategies and win-win solutions
Dealing with rejection and difficult customers
Establishing and maintaining business relationships
Strategies for networking and stakeholder management

Corporate competencies

Change management

Managing change effectively is a crucial skill. The change management module teaches how to deal with change, offers strategies for overcoming uncertainty and promotes a culture of transformation.

Understanding change management
Dealing with change
Strategies for coping with uncertainties
Promoting a culture of change
Communication during change processes
Involvement of stakeholders

Positive error culture

Mistakes offer valuable learning opportunities. The module on error culture teaches how employees can build a positive error culture that promotes learning from mistakes and supports a culture of continuous improvement.

Mistakes as a learning opportunity
Dealing with errors
Dealing with criticism
Dealing with misconduct
Focus on weaknesses vs. strengths
Giving and receiving feedback

Over 15 years of experience in strengths orientation help me to help individuals and organizations develop their full potential. The Soft Skill Modules are the result of this extensive expertise and offer you maximum flexibility thanks to their modular structure. Choose exactly what you need and benefit from training that focuses on your employee and company strengths.

I love soft skills

That's why Couchgedanken is the right partner for you

As the founder of Couchgedanken, I combine HR and personal development. I show companies how strength-oriented approaches and training are essential for a dynamic corporate culture and high employee satisfaction.

But I am not alone: I am supported by an outstanding team of experienced cooperation partners who each have expertise in their respective fields. With Couchgedanken, we guarantee to respond to your individual needs and realize your goals together. When we work together, your business success is just as important to me as it is to you.

Together we will make progress towards the successful development of soft skills in your company.

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