We hereby introduce you to the Bright Star Personal and Leadership Development Program. The program aims to develop personal and relationship skills to aid people to live their lives excellently and to be more effective leaders. If we want people to reach their potential in leadership and personal excellence we need to ensure that the basic building blocks are in place. Most people obtained various professional qualifications but the other three pillars for an excellent and productive life namely personal skills, relationship skills and leadership skills are usually assumed – something that should be in place automatically. The Bright Star Program fills this gap. The program starts by looking at managing your thoughts, who or what is in control of your life, your self-worth statements, your life purpose and values as well as priorities. We continue to facilitate further discoveries in relationship skills and introduce some tools in behavioural styles, dealing with conflict, emotional mastery and communication. These basic skills are vital to lead or inspire others in any given situation. To ensure that all team members of your organisation operate as professionals, they should be trained and equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure service delivery in excellence. The Bright Star Program develops, assesses, equips and trains team members over a period of 19 hours total with the necessary personal and leadership skills tailor-made for their environment. The program that we propose will ensure that employees / team members are not only equipped to work as a team and to provide a service, but also have the necessary life skills to be mature role models who can impact the lives of their team members and fellow colleagues. The Bright Star Program aims to empower your team with the necessary personal tools to:  Cope with the stresses within their world  Discover their life purpose and values  Make the right choices based on their identified values  Prepare them on a personal level to face daily demands  Empower leaders to have the confidence and the knowledge to be agents of change.

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We hereby introduce you to the Bright Star Personal and Leadership Development Program.
The program aims to develop personal and relationship skills to aid people to live their lives
excellently and to be more effective leaders.
If we want people to reach their potential in leadership and personal excellence we need to
ensure that the basic building blocks are in place. Most people obtained various professional
qualifications but the other three pillars for an excellent and productive life namely personal
skills, relationship skills and leadership skills are usually assumed – something that should be
in place automatically. The Bright Star Program fills this gap.
The program starts by looking at managing your thoughts, who or what is in control of your
life, your self-worth statements, your life purpose and values as well as priorities. We
continue to facilitate further discoveries in relationship skills and introduce some tools in
behavioural styles, dealing with conflict, emotional mastery and communication. These basic
skills are vital to lead or inspire others in any given situation.
To ensure that all team members of your organisation operate as professionals, they should be
trained and equipped with the necessary skills and knowledge to ensure service delivery in
excellence.
The Bright Star Program develops, assesses, equips and trains team members over a period of
19 hours total with the necessary personal and leadership skills tailor-made for their
environment. The program that we propose will ensure that employees / team members are
not only equipped to work as a team and to provide a service, but also have the necessary life
skills to be mature role models who can impact the lives of their team members and fellow
colleagues.
The Bright Star Program aims to empower your team with the necessary personal tools to:
 Cope with the stresses within their world
 Discover their life purpose and values
 Make the right choices based on their identified values
 Prepare them on a personal level to face daily demands
 Empower leaders to have the confidence and the knowledge to be agents of change.
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2. At the completion of this course the participant will be able to:
 Take responsibility for their decisions in life
 Be aware of their own values and how it influences their decisions and life
 Know their own self-worth and understand what self-respect means
 Know how to prioritize action plans to achieve their life-purpose
 Understand different behavioural styles, their own as well as the teams'
 Draw on methods to control their emotions
 Communicate for understanding
 Keep the argument out of the disagreement
 Establish personal boundaries
 Do strategic planning
 Be a good role model
 Understand team dynamics and identify where they are currently in the team
 Use skills to motivate others
 Gain skills to empower the team
Some of the comments of people who completed this program are as follow:
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“Bright Star made me understand that I need to live in excellence, average isn't enough for me any longer; the
practical tools will help me to accomplish this.”
“I was going through a huge crisis. My life was turned upside down and I didn't know where to start fixing it.
Then I did the Bright Star Program….”
“The one-on-one mentoring session that followed really brought the principles home. The mentor helped me to
see how I can apply each principle to my unique situation. Life changing!” (Anonymous, Cape Town)
“This program is life changing! Easy to understand. Just enough information to apply.”
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3. Bosasa Youth Centres
Contact Person: Jacky Leyds (CEO)
Cell 083 607 1529
Africa Skills Village
Contact Person: Elsie Harmse (MD)
Cell: 082 820 4379
The success of the Bright Star LifeSkills program lies in the interaction and group dynamics of
an outcomes-based facilitation approach. A PowerPoint presentation is used; complemented
with workbooks. There are at least two activities per theme. Various interactive games and
role-plays are part of each session. Participants use various teaching aids that assist them in
mastering the different concepts.
Seta – accreditation is optional with an extra 1-hour pre-assessment presentation.
During the 1-hour group mentor session each principle is discussed and strategized for
application to the participant’s lives and position within the company.
After completion of the program (three modules and a mentor session) a detailed report on
the program is presented to top management.
The Bright Star Program is accredited with the Services Seta under Compass Academy of
Learning (Accreditation number: CK2007/234303/23) with NQF level 4 and 12 credits.
The unit standard ID is no: 242824 and the unit standard title is: Apply leadership concepts
in a work context. (The accreditation is an additional R450 per person)
The costs of R600 per person per module (= R1800 for all three modules) are inclusive of:
 Facilitation and Training
 Workbooks and all other material
 Mentor session (approximately 1 hour in a group) within 4 weeks of the programme
Venue:
The full programme can be facilitated at the premises of the company or organisation.
Alternatively, if the company’s needs are for only a few, e.g. 3 or 4 or 5 employees, they can
join a public group.
Venue: Wellington Museum, Church Street, Wellington, Tel: 021 873 4710
Proposed dates for programme facilitated in a public session @ the Wellington Museum:
Module One: Thursday 10 April 2014
Module Two: Thursday 24 April 2014
Module Three: Thursday 15 May 2014
The cost does NOT include individual accreditations. The cost of accreditation is R450 per
person as this is done through Compass Academy of Learning.
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4. www.brightstarlifeskills.co.za
Margaux Reitsma (Bright Star qualified Facilitator and Trainer) of Uluma HR
Cell 083 444 1926 / Tel 021 873 1116
E-mail: margaux@kingsley.co.za
(Registered Facilitator and Assessor with
Services Seta and EDTP Seta)
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