Educational institutions
I want to improve the (inter)personal effectiveness of our students
For a university or college to truly have impact, students need to perform well academically and professionally. Both aren't achieved by academic knowledge and skills alone. For students to be truly successful in their academic and professional life, they need to be able to effectively manage themselves and their relationships with diverse others.
Our programmes aren't one-off workshops. Each module combines a short taught session with weeks of real-life practice and structured reflection with a peer — because behaviour change happens through repetition, not a single afternoon.
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“It’s likely that most of what you currently learn at school will be irrelevant by the time you are 40… My best advice is to focus on personal resilience and emotional intelligence”
Programme Format
These programmes can be embedded in the curriculum or offered alongside it. Our student training programmes focus on three types of learning:
Formal learning: Each module starts with a small-group training session, introducing students to the topic, goals, and exercises of the module. During the session, students already start exploring, experimenting, and practising the skills belonging to the module.
Experiential learning: In the weeks between training sessions, students keep practising the skills belonging to the module, in the context of their own life, through weekly exercises.
Social learning: Each module, students meet up with their buddy to reflect, share, and learn by discussing the provided reflection questions.
Example modules: self- and social awareness, emotional intelligence, stress management, teamwork, intercultural competence, conflict management, personal branding and networking, professional conduct, and power and influence.
In practice
This is the exact structure behind the personal and professional development programme we've delivered for several years at a business school within a major Dutch research university — now a mandatory part of the master's curriculum, after its impact convinced the faculty to embed it structurally.
Student quotes
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“The CPP classes have been of enormous advantage to me. Not only did it help me become more skilled in terms of professional conduct and provided me with useful skills such as active listening and having more meaningful conversations, but the biggest advantage for me personally is that it helped me in becoming more secure in myself. I have been very insecure for a very long time, and due to the CPP classes, I can finally say how proud I am of everything I have achieved and how confident I am that I will manage to become even more successful. Next to that, the CPP classes were a safe space for me where I would look forward to go to every month, and I really think that this program has been a great addition to my last year of studying at the Business School at the UvA.”
Connect & Practice Programme student (UvA)
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I loved the course, so many different factors when it comes to negotiation were covered and the group presentations even showed more factors, covering a lot. I learned a lot about value and how to set a good reservation point. The negotiation exercises in the class were also very handy, because we had to put in practice what we just learned.
Negotiation student (Erasmus University)
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“I think CPP has tremendous value and it’s a course like nothing else at the UvA. It’s a course about self improvement and a good blue print to become a better version of yourself and a better young professional. Lisanne is a very good and kind teacher with eye for everyone in the class. Job well done! Easily one of the most useful and best course during my 4 years at the UvA.”
Connect & Practice Programme student (UvA)