This lesson is designed to inspire students to put their enterprise skills into action, whether it’s to become an entrepreneur or to develop transferable skills for work, with guidance focused on a suite of activities, including a film and interactive content. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: • Understand the different skills and behaviours it takes to develop an enterprising mindset and how these work together to help them best succeed. • Demonstrate an understanding of enterprise skills within real-world contexts. • Identify examples in their own personal development and ongoing learning where they can build entrepreneurial skills. By making use of the ‘Your enterprise journey’ tool, students can start connecting real-world experiences with opportunities to be enterprising. The tool offers a range of scenarios based on different points in young people’s education and employment, exploring the six key ‘ingredients’ of an enterprising mindset. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This lesson is designed to help young people identify positive workplace behaviours and understand how they can practise these in everyday life to always present a good impression at work. The lesson explores the importance of appropriate communication and body language and responding assertively to different workplace situations. Lesson learning outcomes By the end of this lesson students will be able to: • Understand the importance of behaving in the right way at work and illustrate rules which can help make the right impression • Identify the impact of body language and how this can help make a good impression • Describe assertiveness and demonstrate ways to respond assertively to different situations There are other tools and resources that you may want to explore after completing this lesson. These include the ‘Workplace challenge’ interactive tool where students practise handling difficult work situations they may encounter. Why not build personal skills through lessons such as ‘Listening and presenting (communication)’ lesson and ‘Staying positive (resilience)’ lesson? Refer to our Content guide to find out how LifeSkills resources can be used in PSHE, English lessons and much more. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This toolkit provides insights and tips to demonstrate how social action plays a strong part in developing a young person’s skillset and what they stand for. It contains practical ideas, films, and activities to help build a social action programme which will support students in developing valuable employability skills. This toolkit aims to: • Provide insights, tips and stories from fellow educators to broaden your knowledge of social action. • Inspire young people to get involved in social action by highlighting the potential benefits to their community and future employers. Featuring a comprehensive, step-by-step plan, this interactive PDF can be easily tailored to your delivery needs, from delivering a series of sessions to running standalone activities. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/

This quick-fire activity focuses on introducing students to the idea of a professional social networking site, such as LinkedIn, to develop their careers. Take this activity further with the Tailoring your CV and using networks (for 16–19) and Networking skills (for 14–16) lessons. To browse the range of LifeSkills resources, visit https://barclayslifeskills.com/help-others/lessons/