Impact

The participants:

• discover what skills and competencies they have and what the value in different contexts (work, volunteer, life) can be.

• will get a boost in their own development.

• can link their competences with norm-setting frameworks like vision, goal and organization of a company and / or the system of qualifications and awards

• are going back to their core and soul and makes them more resilient and enables them to take over the power of control over their own competence development.

• bring their goals and dreams a lot closer from this strength.

About the training

A CH-Q training will assist the participants and give practical tools to make the next steps. During a CH-Q training the participants create / fill their portfolio and an action plan. They create a portfolio that suits them best, which best reflects their personal qualities, taking in consideration the context they are working in.

In the action plan a participant describes the exact steps which brings them closer to your goal, and can then be directly executed. They will go through the training in a small group in which they are at the same time a coach and a mirror to each other. Working in a group (8-12 persons) is essential for learning ot evaluate and giving feedback to each other and is strenthening the self-reflection, thus inforcing sustainability.

How does it work?

A standard training takes six half-day sessions, alongside a similar number of hours of homework. An independent assessor will review their portfolio and action plan, leading to a certificate indicating that they are able to sustainably manage their career competences and to convert those in actions.

Process

The training brings about a personal process for the participant, which causes lasting affects the participant - also after the training; it is for the trainer to get this process going, to monitor and to accompany.

Positive approach

Everyone possesses qualities and competences and has also deployed these in work, as volunteer, in hobbies, private or in study.

The strength of the CH-Q method is to a large extent in the way the group runs along the same route. In this training, everyone is a mirror and a coach for each other. By doing so, each participant learns t coach him-/herself. By using different group sizes and changing the groups creates an environment of many perspectives, goals, solutions and direct and indirect networking.

The portfolio and action plan are the two of themain end products of the training. They are assessed by an external assessor. The portfolio is a personal portfolio for which the participant feels ownership. Systematically a link is established between skills and competencies. Creating and presenting an action plan to the group, making it more and more concrete and the feedback from participants make that the participants actually will make the proposed steps.

CH-Q has a comprehensive system of quality assurance. Involved in this is are the following principles:

• Each CH-Q trainer has gone through the basic program himself;

• CH-Q trainers become certified as individual;

• Certification at all levels is independent;

• Certification is always done through a formative assessment - tailored to level and audience.

• Each developed CH-Q program will be assessed by the Foundation CH-Q;

• The foundation CH-Q in the Netherlands monitors the quality of training, trainers and assessments.