Understanding Values and Impact...
Why this course?
Today’s workplaces are more diverse and multi-generational than ever before—and while this brings fresh perspectives and innovation, it also introduces new challenges for employers and managers. The Understanding Values and Impact course is designed to address these complexities, especially as organisations welcome a growing number of Generation Z employees (born between 1997 and 2012) into their teams.
These Gen Z professionals often bring strong technical skills, adaptability, and bold new ideas. However, many are still developing the self-awareness and professional behaviours expected in traditional workplace settings. You may have noticed that some younger team members struggle to understand how their communication style or actions are perceived by colleagues, and this can sometimes lead to tension or misalignment within teams.
Left unaddressed, these gaps in professional awareness can hinder career progression and damage reputations—both for the individual and the team. Managers may attempt to address these behaviours, but their feedback often doesn’t resonate or result in meaningful change.
The Understanding Values and Impact course helps close this gap. By supporting employees to reflect on their personal values and how these align with organisational culture, the course builds emotional intelligence and accountability. Through immersive, drama-based learning, employees explore how their behaviours affect their colleagues, relationships, and future opportunities within the business.
By helping individuals better understand themselves and their impact, Understanding Values and Impact promotes a more respectful, professional, and collaborative workplace—creating the right conditions for success across every generation.
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Understanding Values and Impact: Build Self-Awareness and Professional Confidence
The Understanding Values and Impact course is designed to help early-career professionals and new starters build essential self-awareness, understand workplace expectations, and develop behaviours aligned with organisational values. As businesses welcome more Generation Z employees, this course equips them with the tools to succeed in a professional environment and foster stronger, more respectful workplace relationships.
Using our powerful PoP© (Power of Personality) profiling tool, learners uncover their own communication and personality preferences—without the need for long questionnaires or dense reports. Instead, they engage with immersive, drama-based scenarios and hot-seating activities that bring workplace dynamics to life. This approach makes the learning highly relatable and impactful, helping participants to truly understand how they come across to others.
The course goes beyond theory. Through guided reflection and the use of practical models such as the Johari Window, participants gain deeper insight into their behaviours, blind spots, and interpersonal impact. They explore how their personal values align (or conflict) with those of the organisation, and how this alignment can influence both perception and performance in the workplace.
By defining and exploring professional behaviours in your specific business context, Understanding Values and Impact supports learners in identifying key areas for growth, improving self-presentation, and building confidence in their day-to-day interactions.
By the end of the Understanding Values and Impact workshop, learners will be able to:
- Identify their own communication preferences and develop awareness of how others may prefer to communicate and collaborate.
- Explore their personal values and assess how closely these align with the organisation’s culture and expectations.
- Recognise the importance of professional behaviours and demonstrate increased awareness of how these behaviours impact colleagues and workplace culture.
- Reflect on their individual impact—understanding how values, preferences, and behaviours shape professional relationships and influence personal development and progression.
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ABOUT Understanding Values and Impact
What is the ‘Understanding Values and Impact’ course, and who is it for?
The Understanding Values and Impact course is a dynamic, drama-based training programme designed to support employees—especially those early in their careers—in developing self-awareness, professionalism, and workplace impact.
This course is ideal for new starters, recent graduates, interns, and junior team members who may be transitioning into a professional environment for the first time. It provides essential guidance on expected workplace behaviours, communication styles, and how individual values and actions influence team dynamics and career development.
By focusing on understanding values and impact, participants gain clarity on how they are perceived in the workplace, how to adapt to organisational culture, and how to build respectful and effective relationships with colleagues and managers. This course is particularly valuable for organisations with multi-generational teams and a growing Gen Z workforce, offering a practical, engaging way to bridge behavioural and communication gaps.
How does the ‘Understanding Values and Impact’ course help employees improve workplace relationships?
The Understanding Values and Impact course supports employees in developing stronger, more positive workplace relationships by increasing their self-awareness and emotional intelligence. Through interactive, drama-based training, participants explore how their personal values and behaviours align—or clash—with those of their organisation.
By using tools like the Power of Personality© and the Johari Window, learners gain insight into their own communication preferences and how they are perceived by others. This enhanced understanding helps individuals adapt their approach to different working styles, fostering empathy, trust, and collaboration within diverse teams.
The course also highlights the importance of professionalism and constructive feedback, equipping participants with practical strategies to improve interpersonal interactions and build a stronger sense of belonging. Ultimately, Understanding Values and Impact empowers employees to create more respectful, effective, and connected workplace relationships.
What makes the ‘Understanding Values and Impact’ course different from traditional training sessions?
The Understanding Values and Impact course stands apart from traditional training methods by offering a fully immersive and engaging learning experience. Rather than relying on lectures or endless slides, this course uses dynamic, theatre-based learning and bespoke drama scenes to bring key concepts to life in a relatable, impactful way.
Participants take part in interactive exercises, group discussions, hot-seating, and reflective tools like the Johari Window, making the learning highly personal and applicable. This active participation encourages deeper self-awareness and long-term behavioural change—far beyond what passive learning methods typically achieve.
Designed specifically for early-career professionals, Understanding Values and Impact is fun, practical, and meaningful, offering real-world tools to help employees thrive in modern workplace environments.
Are there additional licensing requirements or reports to complete for the Understanding Values and Impact course?
No, there are no additional licensing requirements or lengthy reports to complete for the Understanding Values and Impact course. All learning, reflection, and insight are fully integrated into the session itself—making it easy to participate without the need for pre-course questionnaires or complex follow-up tasks.
This streamlined format ensures a smooth experience for both learners and managers, allowing participants to fully engage with the course content in real time. Everything is delivered interactively through drama-based learning and reflective tools, offering immediate, actionable insights without the admin burden.
What do you mean by ‘observational drama’ and ‘hot-seating’?
Observational drama is when our actors play out a scene, and learners observe what’s happening, and we use them as a jumping off point for discussion: What was happening there? Why did that happen? What’s the impact of this? How might this person be feeling?
Hot-seating is an interactive drama technique where learners get to directly talk to and ask questions to our actors whilst they remain in character. It enables learners to get a greater understanding of the impact of words, actions and behaviours
Is there a related course that helps managers support early-career employees after they complete the Understanding Values and Impact course?
Yes! While the Understanding Values and Impact course is designed for employees at the early stages of their careers, we offer complementary training for their managers too. Our Leading Your Multi-Generational Team course is specifically created to help leaders manage and support diverse age groups effectively—including Gen Z and early-career professionals.
Additionally, our Understanding and Managing Preferences in Your Hybrid Team course provides valuable insight into team communication styles and workplace behaviours in flexible working environments. Both courses enhance the learning outcomes of Understanding Values and Impact by promoting better leadership, engagement, and long-term professional development across your organisation.
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