How to Improve Problem-Solving Skills
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This short course will teach you about what's behind effective problem solving and how you can improve your capabilities to solve problems. We'll also supply you with some tools to avoid panicking when they do crop up. This training course has been created in collaboration with our subject matter expert, Eleanor Snare, emotional literacy specialist and life coach.
Course Level: Introductory Course
Duration: 20 Minutes
Accreditation: Virtual College Certified
Certificate: Self-Printed Certificate
Description
Our online How to Improve Problem Solving Skills training course is broken down into the following sections and can be completed at your own pace.
The course includes:
- Growth Mindset: Learn how your mindset affects problem-solving and the power of 'yet'
- Initiative: Understand initiative, assess your independence, and activate problem-solving skills
- Imagination & Iteration: Develop creative thinking for lateral problem-solving through interactive activities
- Extension Task: Reflect on your learning with a quiz to reinforce key concepts
Why take this How to Improve Problem Solving Skills course?
By completing this course, you'll learn valuable skills to use in the workplace. This topic is known as a power skill, and when you complete it, you'll learn how to develop a growth mindset to set a strong foundation for building on your problem-solving skills. You'll be able to identify four ways to develop and activate a stronger sense of initiative, including awareness, curiosity, bravery and communication and explore the connections between imagination and lateral and logical thinking, and find out how they support each other to improve your problem-solving skills.
How to Improve Problem-Solving Skills Course Duration
This short power skill course should take 8-12 minutes to complete, but e-learning is self-paced, so it depends entirely on your individual learning speed and how quickly you absorb the study material.
Certification
After completing this How to Improve Problem-Solving Skills course, you will be able to download and print a Virtual College certificate for your records.
Entry requirements
There are no specific entry requirements for this How to Improve Problem-Solving Skills course.
Further online training courses
We have over 300 accredited online courses and a wide selection of personal and professional development courses, including Dealing with Difficult Situations, How to Improve Problem-Solving Skills and Learning to Say No - The Right Way.
View our full catalogue of online courses here.
What you'll learn
- Develop a growth mindset to strengthen problem-solving skills
- Activate initiative through awareness, curiosity, bravery, and communication
- Explore how imagination, lateral thinking, and logic enhance problem-solving
- Use iteration to build resilience, collaboration, and effectiveness
Suitable for
- Senior or middle management
- New or aspiring managers
- Experienced managers
- Project Managers
Certification
Self-Printed Certificate Option
Upon completion of the course, a digital certificate will be available to download instantly.
Frequently Asked Questions
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