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Personal Success at Work

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Define your personal version of success, develop skills to be highly promotable, manage relationships at work, and build strong professional networks

  • By the end of the course, you’ll have a clearer picture of where you want your career to go and a practical toolkit to help you get there.

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March 2026

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This course is part of the Career Growth: find and achieve your dream career Specialization
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There are 5 modules in this course

Chris Croft is a business coach with over 20 years’ experience teaching entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide. His specialty is making complex ideas simple, useful, and even fun.

What does success in your career really mean? For some people it means promotion and a bigger salary. For others it means job security, enjoying their work, making a difference, or finding the right balance between career and life. In reality, career success looks different for everyone and understanding what success means to you is the first step toward achieving it. In this practical and thought-provoking course, Chris Croft shares the strategies, behaviours, and career tactics that help professionals succeed inside organisations. Drawing on decades of experience working across companies of different sizes and industries, Chris explains how careers actually work inside real workplaces, not just how we think they should work. You’ll explore how organisations operate, how promotions really happen, and how to position yourself so that you become the obvious candidate when opportunities appear. The course covers everything from defining your personal version of success to developing the habits and skills that make people promotable. You’ll learn how to manage relationships with colleagues and bosses, build strong professional networks, and avoid the common career pitfalls that derail talented people. You’ll also explore practical frameworks such as: • The four career paths within organisations • The SPVEM goal framework for powerful career goals • The PEAR model of promotion potential • How to balance achievement and quality of life • Strategies for navigating office politics and organisational dynamics This course also explores the importance of visibility, communication, relationships, and reputation within organisations, all essential ingredients for long-term career success. By the end of the course, you’ll have a clearer picture of where you want your career to go and a practical toolkit to help you get there. Whether you want to climb the corporate ladder, develop specialist expertise, or simply build a career that you genuinely enjoy, this course will help you design a career path that works for you.

In this first section let's review what your goals currently are and tweak them to be practical and grounded. Then think about how you want to balance happiness and achievement in your life and how important money is to you.

What's included

9 videos6 readings2 assignments

9 videosTotal 29 minutes
  • Promo3 minutes
  • Introduction1 minute
  • Definition of success3 minutes
  • Career Options8 minutes
  • Goals3 minutes
  • SPVEM2 minutes
  • Work-Life Balance2 minutes
  • Money3 minutes
  • The Stress spiral4 minutes
6 readingsTotal 60 minutes
  • Definition of success10 minutes
  • Your Career Options10 minutes
  • Goals to Achieve and Enjoy 10 minutes
  • Setting SPVEM Goals10 minutes
  • Qualities for success at work {video}10 minutes
  • The Happiness Handkerchief10 minutes
2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes
  • Review your career objectives30 minutes
  • Making your own SPVEM goals30 minutes

This section is full of practical skills you'll need to master in order to excel in your career. Learn about communication, personality types and assertiveness.

What's included

10 videos3 readings2 assignments

10 videosTotal 40 minutes
  • Appearance7 minutes
  • Be a great communicator4 minutes
  • Maximum friends and no enemies3 minutes
  • Work hard3 minutes
  • PEAR5 minutes
  • Control your personal drivers3 minutes
  • Adapt to all 4 types5 minutes
  • Be yourself5 minutes
  • The line between assertive and aggressive3 minutes
  • Office politics3 minutes
3 readingsTotal 30 minutes
  • How PEAR are you10 minutes
  • Adapt to All 4 Types10 minutes
  • Being too nice at work {video}10 minutes
2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes
  • Reviewing your communication skills30 minutes
  • What are your drivers?30 minutes

Understanding, and changing, your position within the organisation you work for is vital. You'll learn how to make sure you are perceived by your superiors as competent and reliable, as well as evolving your job scope to take on additional responsibility and interesting tasks.

What's included

12 videos8 readings2 assignments

12 videosTotal 35 minutes
  • Managing your boss3 minutes
  • Bad bosses3 minutes
  • Visibility4 minutes
  • T-shaped3 minutes
  • Don’t be secretive or protective of your knowledge3 minutes
  • Creative but don’t rock the boat3 minutes
  • Evolve the circle3 minutes
  • Adapting to change3 minutes
  • Come out of your comfort zone2 minutes
  • Go the extra mile2 minutes
  • Have the courage to ask for what you want3 minutes
  • Consider a mentor3 minutes
8 readingsTotal 80 minutes
  • Get Noticed by Decision-Makers10 minutes
  • Evolve the Circle10 minutes
  • How to get promoted10 minutes
  • Practical tips for promotion opportunities10 minutes
  • Seven ways to deal with change10 minutes
  • Come Out of Your Comfort Zone10 minutes
  • Have the Courage to Ask for What You Want10 minutes
  • Tips for negotiating a raise {video}10 minutes
2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes
  • What is your organisational positioning?30 minutes
  • Evolving your job scope30 minutes

Whether or not you are currently considering a career move, keeping your contacts up to date and your qualifications ever changing is very important. Let's assess here whether you'd like to move, whether you should move, and how to go about achieving it.

What's included

8 videos3 readings1 assignment

8 videosTotal 31 minutes
  • It’s OK to move4 minutes
  • “What if I’m content?”5 minutes
  • When to move4 minutes
  • The Signs of being in the wrong place3 minutes
  • How to move4 minutes
  • Zig-zagging3 minutes
  • Contacts5 minutes
  • Qualifications3 minutes
3 readingsTotal 30 minutes
  • Understanding The Peter Principle {video}10 minutes
  • Your Achievement Log10 minutes
  • Build Your Network10 minutes
1 assignmentTotal 30 minutes
  • Applying this section30 minutes

Here we look at commercial business skills which will take your career potential that extra step. For example, management skills, presentation skills and project management.

What's included

10 videos3 readings2 assignments

10 videosTotal 38 minutes
  • Know your strengths and weaknesses4 minutes
  • Managing People1 minute
  • Ten unusual management ideas6 minutes
  • Time Management5 minutes
  • Influencing3 minutes
  • Presentation Skills4 minutes
  • Project Planning6 minutes
  • Assessing your Commercial Awareness3 minutes
  • Being good at your job3 minutes
  • Summing up3 minutes
3 readingsTotal 30 minutes
  • Know Your Strengths and Weaknesses10 minutes
  • Thanking People10 minutes
  • Prioritizing Your Tasks10 minutes
2 assignmentsTotal 60 minutes
  • Action planning30 minutes
  • Moving beyond strengths and weaknesses30 minutes

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