The Essential Components of Success
If there is one common denominator employers say is lacking in new generations of applicants, it’s soft skills, the kinds of interpersonal and behavioral strategies that can make or break a workplace. Soft skills can include things like good communication, conflict resolution, teamwork, adaptability, and a solid work ethic.

Professional Development Programs
Professional Development with Ancora
Take a closer look at the professional development course offered by Ancora Training as part of our college partnership program.
Soft Skills for Success
Our Soft Skills for Success program was designed with the goal of teaching your students how to improve on their personal interactions and expand on their interpersonal tools and techniques. We place special emphasis on effective communication, problem-solving, values and ethics, and teamwork.
Training Delivery Style: Asynchronous online learning
Course Curriculum Topics Include
- Communication Skills
- Strengths, Weaknesses, and Skills Development
- Values and Ethics
- Team Building
- Positive and Professional Attitude
- Stress Management
- Conflict Resolution
Strategic Thinking for Student Success
Strategic Thinking for Student Success aims to help students develop skills that cultivate a flexible, resilient mindset. This course can empower your students to reflect on their lives in order to make the right changes that will allow them to achieve their academic and professional goals.
Training Delivery Style: Asynchronous online learning
Course Curriculum Topics Include
- New Beginnings: Attitude, knowledge, and goals
- Study Skills: Knowledge acquisition, memory, and online learning
- Emotional Intelligence: Definition, importance, and Application
- Critical Thinking: Daily life, future, and workplace
- Balanced Lifestyle: Work-life balance, budgeting, and baby steps
Personal Financial Literacy
There is more to managing money than just having a job and paying bills. Ancora’s Personal Financial Literacy course discusses the insight and savvy needed for students to take initiative and actively steer their finances. From earning to spending, budgeting to saving, and planning to investing— this course will help students get a firm grasp on managing their money.
Training Delivery Style: Asynchronous online learning
Course Curriculum Topics Include
- Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money
- Financial Aspect of Career Planning
- Money Management Strategy: Financial Statements and Budgeting
- Planning Your Tax Strategy
- Financial Services: Savings Plan and Payment Methods
- Introduction to Consumer Credit
- Consumer Purchasing Strategies and Legal Protection
- The Housing Decision: Factors and Finances
- Insurance: Health, Disability, Property and Motor Vehicle
- Investing Fundamentals
Custom Professional Development Training
Don’t see what you’re looking for?
Your school is unique: you may need a program that’s a combination of the above courses, or maybe you need something else entirely. Our curriculum development teams can design customized programs that include the education and hands-on training to meet your institution’s standards. As your partner, we work side-by-side to understand your goals, manage logistics, and deliver an effective and efficient solution.
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