Personal Development

Enhance your career and personal life by improving these important skills.

This personal development course is designed to enhance your career. The course covers various topics such as mindfulness, self-awareness, building confidence and assertiveness, and work-life balance.

The course is structured to provide you with practical strategies and techniques to improve your personal and professional life. By the end of the course, you will have an action plan for personal and career growth.

Micro-credentials are short, concentrated groups of courses that are really flexible. You can take as many as you like, in any order, and because they are asynchronous you can take them at any time it suits you. You will be awarded a badge for each individual course, once you have completed all four courses you will gain your micro-credential.

The cost for each individual course listed below is $60. For more Information email: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course Listing

Course ID:

Name: Improving Mindfulness

Course Outcomes:

Define mindfulness.
Develop techniques to make oneself more attuned to the present moment.
Describe the value and utility of one’s emotions.
Identify and counter distorted thinking.
Cultivate genuine positive emotions.
Become more fully present in social interactions.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Improving Self-Awareness

Course Outcomes:

Define the self and different aspects of the self.
Learn from introspection.
Describe the nature and value of emotions.
Appreciate yourself.
Appreciate others.
Improve effectiveness.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Building Confidence and Assertiveness

Course Outcomes:

Define confidence and assertiveness.
Identify the characteristics of a confident individual.
Determine the barriers to success.
Recognize powerful tools to gain confidence.
Successfully project and communicate confidence to others.
Determine ways to gain personal empowerment.
Explore techniques to remain confident and assertive during difficult situations.
Identify ways to build confidence in others.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.

Course ID:

Name: Work-Life Balance

Course Outcomes:

Explain the benefits of work-life balance.
Recognize the signs of an unbalanced life.
Identify employer resources for a balanced lifestyle.
Improve time management and goal setting.
Use the most effective work methods for you.
Create balance at work and at home.
Manage stress.

Hours: 6

Credits: N/A

Delivery: Asynchronous Online Micro-credential

Cost: $60

Micro-credential Badge: Upon completion of this course you will be awarded a Portage College Micro-credential badge.

Timelines: End of the academic year, June 30th

Register for this course: training@portagecollege.ca or call 780-623-5631 or toll-free at 1-888-745-0719.