Melissa is a Client Advisor at a larger software development firm, based in Australia. She is aiming for a promotion in her organisation and hence, is trying to pick up skills which will help enhance her leadership skills. While looking for an online course, she spots a course offered by a premium institute and studies the detailed curriculum. It matches her interest.
Melissa is thrilled and immediately reaches out to her manager and the Learning & Development Team for necessary approvals. She is sure that the certification would be a good addition to her career prospects.
Halfway across the world, Graham is looking for a similar course but for a completely different purpose. He is the founder and director of a Design Thinking company headquartered in the Netherlands. There is a client engagement coming up, where Graham has to lead a large multi-functional team to redesign their service. His business partner Neela, recommends a course that could be useful. Neela has completed it herself and found it to be very practical.
Without wasting any time, Graham opens the link that Neela has shared and goes through the details of the course. He is delighted to find that the objectives match his requirements to a T and gets himself enrolled, immediately.
Like Melissa and Graham, are you also trying to find the right online course for yourself? Wondering how to go about it?
Here are some guiding questions that you can consider:
Does the course fulfil your objective?
Easier said than done, this one requires your proper attention. Before you enrol yourself and invest that money or convince your organization to sponsor for it, be clear on the objective. Without a clear goal, you are likely to lose motivation very soon and may not be able to complete the course.
