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Choose and plan
A Skill Shortlist, a Skill Target, a Practice Plan and a Skill Breakdown with a Resource Check help you pick one skill and plan how to build it.
Camderson Academy · CA-WH-013
Build the skills you want and keep them, with plain practice habits that fit your week.
A practical, self-paced course for anyone who wants to build a new skill at work, in every role and department. Learn to choose the skill that matters now, practice in ways the research rates higher, turn daily work into practice, get useful feedback and keep going with a simple plan, with cards and templates you keep.
About 3 hours · 6 lessons · Beginner · For every role and level · Self-paced · Tools you keep
Learning at work can be clearer, steadier and more rewarding.
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Practice in your own work
Work Practice Ideas and Ask for Practice cards turn tasks you already do into practice, with a plain way to ask for what you need.
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Track it and keep going
A Learning Log, Progress Signals, Feedback Ask scripts and a 30 to 60 Day Learning Plan help you see progress and keep going, even in a busy week.
Learning outcomes
What you will be able to do
Practical outcomes, each practiced in an exercise and checked in the final assessment or the capstone.
- List eight candidate skills, rate each and write a Skill Target for the one you choose.
- Build a Practice Plan using retrieval, spaced and varied practice, and name four habits that work less well.
- Break a skill into five to eight parts and check two resources with a short quality check.
- Design three practice opportunities in your daily work and write one ask.
- Set three progress signals, write feedback questions and complete a Learning Log entry.
- Write a 30 to 60 day Learning Plan with triggers, reviews, a teach-back and a plan for a stalled week.
Your toolkit
Simple tools for building a skill
Skill Shortlist and Skill Target card
Shortlist · Value · Fit · Skill Target
List up to eight skills, rate each for value and fit, and write a Skill Target with the skill, why, what good looks like and by when.
Practice Plan
Retrieval · Spaced · Varied · Habit limited
Plan retrieval, spaced and varied practice for one skill, and name the habits you will limit.
Skill Breakdown sheet and Resource Check
Parts · First part · Three questions · Verdict
Break a skill into five to eight parts, mark which to learn first and check each resource for who made it, how current it is and whether it has practice.
Work Practice Ideas list and Ask for Practice script cards
Idea · Fit · Ask · Show results
Write three practice ideas inside your work, a stretch task, shadowing and a small project, and an ask for one of them.
Learning Log, Progress Signals sheet and Feedback Ask scripts
Signals · Feedback questions · Log
Set three signals you can count, write three specific questions for each of two people and log each practice with tried, happened and next.
30 to 60 Day Learning Plan and Teach-Back card
Routine · Triggers · Reviews · Teach-back · Stalled week
Write a routine, if-then triggers, reviews at two and four weeks, a teach-back and a plan for a stalled week.
Choose. Plan. Practice. Check. Keep going.
Curriculum
Inside the course
2 modules, 6 lessons with worked examples
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Choose and Plan
Choose the skill that matters now, plan practice that works and break the skill into parts with good resources.
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Practice, Learn and Keep Going
Use daily work as practice, get feedback, track progress and keep going with a simple plan.
What is included
Skills, tools and templates you keep and use in your work
- 6 lessons, each with a written lesson, worked examples and figures, at your own pace
- A short stand-alone example in every lesson, drawn from many kinds of workplaces
- A fillable Workbook with Try it and Reflect pages for every lesson
- Learning Templates (Word) for every teaching tool
- A practice tracker with live formulas, a solutions version and a reusable template
- Quick Reference Cards and the Practice Examples
- An optional visual companion PDF with every lesson figure
- Knowledge checks for every module and a 20-question final assessment
- A capstone you can build for your own team or from practice scenarios, with a rubric you use to check your own work
- Access to the Camderson Academy community
- A Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion when you pass the final assessment and the capstone
Is this course right for you?
This course is for you if
- You want to build a new skill at work and want a clear plan, plain scripts and a way to see progress
- You want practice habits that fit a busy week and that name what the research does and does not show
- You want the same simple habits for everyone on your team who is learning something new, whatever the department
It is not the right fit if
- You need legal, financial, medical or professional advice about a particular situation, or a course that states what any law, rule or policy requires
- You want preparation for a required training, license or exam, or advice about attention, memory or learning differences
- You want promises about how fast a skill can be learned, training on a single named tool or app, or a guide to designing training for others (see CA-WH-009)
Your instructor
Meet your instructor
Taught by Camderson Advisory
A consulting firm for practical workplace skills
Your instructor is Camderson Advisory, a consulting firm that helps organizations build practical skills for the people who do the work. In this course, your instructor helps you build everyday habits for learning on the job and gives you plain words for planning practice, asking for it and tracking progress.
About
About Camderson Academy
Camderson Academy is the education division of Camderson Advisory Services. Camderson helps leaders build organizations that work without them in the room. Everything we teach has been used in a real organization first.
Training a team?
We offer group enrollment for teams and whole organizations that want everyone, in every role and department, to build the same skills. Email connect@camderson.com to talk through your group.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need any experience or a previous course?
No. There is no prerequisite, though it helps to have one skill in mind. The examples come from many kinds of workplaces, and every exercise works for any role.
Who is this course for?
Anyone who wants to build a new skill at work, in any role or department, including new hires, specialists, supervisors and managers. The examples come from many kinds of workplaces, and the habits fit every kind of organization.
How long do I have access?
Your access does not expire. We review the course on a regular cycle, and any updates are added for you at no extra cost.
How long does it take?
About 3 hours in total, including the written lessons, the Try it exercises, the knowledge checks, the final assessment and the capstone. Everything is self-paced.
Questions about your purchase?
Email support through academy.camderson.com.
What tools do I need?
A spreadsheet program that opens .xlsx files (Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice Calc), a word processor that opens .docx files and a PDF reader. All templates and practice files are included as downloads.
Do I have to use my own work for the capstone?
No. You can build your plan for the practice scenarios in the Capstone Practice Brief included in the course. If you use your own work, leave out names, confidential details and anything that could identify a person.
Does the course recommend products or give professional advice?
No. It recommends no products or vendors, and it is general education, not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. These courses support good practice. They do not by themselves satisfy any legal or regulatory training requirement. It states no law, rule or policy, gives no advice about attention, memory or learning differences, and promises no result or speed of learning. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, so before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization, tool or author named in the sources.
What does the certificate confirm?
You receive a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion after passing the final assessment and completing the capstone. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course.
How was this course written and checked?
This course was written and edited by Camderson Advisory. Sources are listed with the date each was read. Where a source could not be opened on that date, the Sources page says so. This course teaches skills for everyday work. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice. Laws and rules vary by place and change over time, so talk with your own attorney or qualified professional about your situation. Last updated: November 2026. Next planned review: November 2027.
Build the skills you want and keep them, with plain practice habits that fit your week.
Self-paced, about 3 hours, with a Workbook, templates, Quick Reference Cards and a practice tracker.
This course earns a Camderson Academy Certificate of Completion. This certificate confirms completion of a Camderson Academy course. This course is general education about everyday habits for building skills at work: choosing a skill, planning practice, breaking a skill into parts, choosing resources, using daily work as practice, getting feedback, tracking progress and keeping going with a simple plan. It is not legal, tax, financial, medical or professional advice for your particular situation, it does not promise any particular result or speed of learning, and it does not replace your own organization's policies, procedures or the people it names to answer questions. It does not cover required job training, licenses, exams or exam preparation, learning differences or any advice about attention or memory, designing training for others, or whether learning time is paid or must be allowed, and it says nothing about what any law, rule or policy requires. Ask your manager or learning contact. Laws and rules vary by state and country and they change, and what is true for one employer or place may not be true for yours. Before you act on a real situation, talk with your own attorney or qualified professional, and use the Questions page at the end of each lesson. Where a lesson names a source, it says what the source said on the date we read it. Research findings named in the lessons come from studies with particular samples and tasks, often students and laboratory tasks, and they are not promises about any learner. These courses support good practice. They do not by themselves satisfy any legal or regulatory training requirement. Finishing this course does not qualify anyone for any job, license or professional title. Examples and numbers are illustrative, and all people and organizations in the examples are fictional. Camderson Academy is not affiliated with any organization, tool or author named in the sources and does not endorse any product.