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Description

Self-Esteem: Recognising Your Strengths, Defusing Self-Criticism and Taking Action

One day to develop a fairer view of yourself and stop discounting your own contribution at work

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

A compliment passes without landing, a success is put down to luck, a mistake becomes proof of general incompetence. This harsh self-reading holds back speaking up, applying for roles and putting forward ideas, even when the skills are clearly there.

This one-day programme offers focused work on the way participants view themselves. They distinguish self-esteem from self-confidence and assertiveness, identify their real strengths on the basis of facts, recognise their critical inner dialogue and prepare one concrete action they have been putting off.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish self-esteem, self-confidence and assertiveness
  • Identify your achievements and qualities on the basis of verifiable facts
  • Recognise the wording of your critical inner dialogue
  • Reframe a self-criticism into a usable observation
  • Commit to an action postponed through lack of confidence

What makes this programme different

An inventory of achievements based on facts rather than impressions
Work on inner dialogue drawn from recent real situations
One concrete action committed to at the end of the day with a stated deadline

Programme

1Seeing Clearly How You View Yourself

Self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness

  • Distinguishing the three notions and their effects
  • Identifying the situations where self-esteem weakens
  • Where self-judgements come from
  • Observable effects on professional decisions

2Identifying Your Real Strengths

Achievements, qualities and feedback received

  • Inventory of specific professional achievements
  • Extracting the qualities you applied
  • Taking account of positive feedback received
  • Receiving a compliment without minimising it

3Defusing Self-Criticism and Taking Action

Inner dialogue and first steps

  • Spotting sweeping generalisations
  • Turning a self-criticism into a precise observation
  • Choosing an action postponed through lack of confidence
  • Preparing this action and setting its deadline

Who is it for

Anyone who judges themselves harshly at work, in particular team members who hesitate to speak up and professionals taking up a new role.

Prerequisites

No prior knowledge required

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.