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Description

Self-Esteem: Strengthening Your Foundations, Overcoming Your Blocks and Taking Action

Three days to stop underestimating yourself at work and take on the initiatives you keep postponing

  • 3 days — 21 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Fragile self-esteem carries a real daily cost at work: the application never submitted, the idea kept to oneself, the request that cannot be declined, the excessive preparation driven by fear of being caught out. The work delivered is often of high quality, yet the person becomes exhausted and stays on the margins of the opportunities that matter.

This 21-hour programme separates self-esteem, self-confidence and assertiveness, then addresses each of these dimensions in turn. Over three days, participants identify their recurring negative judgements, build a factual inventory of their skills and achievements, practise receiving criticism and commit to a professional action they have been putting off.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish between self-esteem, self-confidence and assertiveness
  • Identify your recurring negative judgements and their triggers
  • Build a factual inventory of your skills and achievements
  • Receive criticism without generalising it to your personal worth
  • Commit to a professional action you have been postponing

What makes this programme different

An inventory of achievements built on evidence rather than impressions
Practice in receiving criticism with feedback calibrated by the group
A professional action genuinely under way before the end of the programme

Programme

1Positioning your self-esteem

Three notions that are often confused

  • Distinguishing self-esteem, self-confidence and assertiveness
  • How fragile self-esteem shows up at work
  • Identifying the situations in which you undervalue yourself
  • Initial self-assessment based on specific situations

2Identifying your inner judgements

The narrative you tell yourself

  • Identifying recurring self-critical statements
  • Spotting triggers and high-risk situations
  • Where excessive demands on yourself come from
  • Testing one judgement against the available facts

3Building solid foundations

Evidence rather than impressions

  • Inventory of the skills you genuinely apply
  • Review of your achievements and what made them possible
  • Acknowledging your limits without self-devaluation
  • Stating your key strengths in a single sentence

4Holding your ground under the gaze of others

Criticism, comparison and setbacks

  • Receiving criticism by separating the action from the person
  • Responding to an unfair remark
  • Managing comparison with colleagues
  • Dealing with a setback without generalising

5Moving into action

Breaking the cycle of postponement

  • Choosing an action long postponed
  • Breaking the action down into achievable steps
  • Anticipating the reactions of colleagues and managers
  • Setting up personal tracking of your progress

Who is it for

Any professional whose lack of confidence holds back their initiative or their voice in group settings.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

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.