Elevate your career and personal effectiveness through our course, designed to redefine how you manage your most critical resource—energy.
Optimising Energy for Peak Performance is an online course that will help you understand energy management for greater physical energy and mental clarity.
In this professional development course, you will discover how to boost energy naturally using the power of positive self-talk, sleep hygiene, exercise, diet, mood-improving activities, and more. You’ll also learn the commonly perpetuated myths about managing the body’s energy supply and how to challenge them using proven strategies.
You will learn how to harness emotional and intellectual energies, the limitations of stress and time management, and how to avoid occupational burnout.
On completion of this course, you will feel empowered to improve your energy levels, leading to enhanced decision-making, productivity, and overall well-being.”
Course Structure
Unit - Optimising Energy for Peak Performance
Unit 1 – Personal Energy: A Key To Success
- What is personal energy?
- Examples of the three types of personal energy
- The real energy crisis
- How leaders become and remain energized
- Implications for everyone
- Supplementary notes: physical energy production
- The nature of energy
- Units of measurement
- Energy production pathways from different foods
- Energy production from breathing
- Practical application of breathing
- Respiratory quotient (ie. Rq or re)
- Resting quotient
- Aerobic capacity and burning fat
- What happens during exercise?
Unit 2 – 14 Keys to Managing Your Personal Energy
- What are the keys to managing personal energy?
- What you do and think
- When you do things
- How you do things
- How you prioritize energy expenditures key
- How you reward thoughts and actions
- The impact of negative and positive self-talk
- Identifying and conquering sources of stress
- Eating an energy-enhancing diet
- Developing an exercise program
- Engaging in mood-improving activities
- Participating in energy-increasing activities
- Improving sleep patterns
- Creating a healthy environment
- Securing others’ support for energy management efforts
- Supplementary notes: energy & aerobic fitness
- ATP and ADP
- Sources of ATP
- Krebs cycle
- Summary of the aerobic energy system:
Unit 3 – 10 Falsehoods About Managing Energy Supply
- Myth 1. “there is no way anyone can learn to increase their energy level or to manage it better”.
- Myth 2. “i will always have all the energy i need whenever i need it, as long as i live.
- Myth 3. “i don’t have to concern myself with my energy level. Either i have energy or i don’t”.
- Myth 4. “i have no control over anything else. Why should i try to deal with my personal energy level when it is low?”
- Myth 5. “you are either born highly energized or you are not. You can never change that.
- Myth 6. “it doesn’t matter when i do things. Timing has nothing to do with how well i perform various tasks”.
- Myth 7. “i can just turn my energy lever to the “on” position when i start my workday and leave it there. The energy will continue to flow until quitting time”.
- Myth 8. “tension has no bearing on how much personal energy i have”.
- Myth 9: “what i eat or drink has nothing to do with my energy level”.
- Myth 10. “my mood has nothing to do with my energy level”.
- Fatigue & recovery
- Stages of fatigue
- Fatigue between work sessions
- Recovery from strenuous activity or tasks
- Oxygen debt and lactic acid
- Recovery from strenuous mental activity
- Strategies for recovering from mental activity.
Unit 4 – The “Other” Energies: Emotional and Intellectual
- Values and energy
- Intellectual energy
- Factors that contribute to shortages in intellectual energy
- Assessing your intellectual energy
- The primacy of emotional energy
- Factors that contribute significantly to shortages in emotional energy
- Assessing your emotional energy
- Supplementary notes: breathing
- Additional recommended reading
Unit 5 – The Myth of Invincibility
- Leadership and energy
- Enhancement of energy
- Supplementary notes: nutrition
- The recommended daily intake (rdi)
- The balanced diet
- The food pyramid
- The basics for healthy eating
- Carbohydrates, proteins and fats
- Carbohydrates
- The glycemic index
- Proteins
- Fats
- Other factors affecting nutrition
- Initial quality of ingredients used
- Range of ingredients used
- Compatibility of ingredients
- Cooking methods used
- Eating
- Major food groups
- Food allergies and food intolerance
- Allergies
Unit 6 – The Limits of Stress and Time Management
- General limits
- Basic points about personal energy
- Supplementary notes: stretching exercises
- Stretching the upper body
- Stretching the lower body
Unit 7 – Occupational Self-Sabotage
- Re-active and pro-active approaches
- Why people work
- Causes of avoidance
- The impact of avoidance
- What are “avoiders” trying to avoid?
- Bases for avoidance
- Supplementary notes: recreation and personal energy
- Energy and play
- Therapeutic benefits of recreation
Study Hours
Estimated duration 50 hours
Course Delivery and Start
Start anytime, self-paced and 100% online
Assessment
Assessment will be comprised of written exercises, including short-answer questions, reflective tasks, short reports and/or projects. There are no examinations or due dates for assessment. As a result, you can complete training in your own time and at your own pace with the assistance of unlimited tutor support.
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Graduation
A Certificate of Attainment and Statement of Results will be issued upon successful completion of this course.
How to Enrol
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Course FAQs
Why Choose Australian Online Courses?
- Professional development that is widely recognised and respected;
- Improve your employment opportunities;
- Study online, anywhere via our elearning system;
- High-quality professional development programs written by industry experts;
- All course materials provided online – no textbooks to buy;
- Unlimited tutor support via email;
- We offer twelve (12) months’ access, with extensions available upon application (fees apply);
- Course may be tax deductible; see your tax advisor.
Are there any entry requirements or pre-requisites?
There are no course or subject pre-requisites for entry into our programs. However, our professional development programs are generally intended for people over the age of 18. In some circumstances, enrolments from younger people may be considered. Please complete the AOC Parent Guardian Consent Form prior to enrolling and submit here.
Are there any computer requirements?
To study online with Australian Online Courses you will need a computer (desktop PC/laptop) running a current/updated operating system with reliable high-speed internet access. You will need to use the Google Chrome browser to access your course.
When can I start this course?
You can start within 60 minutes during business hours when you enrol and pay in full with a credit card!
Credit card: Within 60 mins during business hours.
BPAY: Within 1-2 working days.
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Cheque/Money Order: Upon receipt of mailed cheque.
How is this course delivered?
This course is delivered online via our easy-to-navigate Learning Management System (LMS), where you will discover interactive online learning/written content, resources and assessment.
Do I need to attend classes or undertake any work placements?
No. All courses are delivered online via our LMS and there are no work placement requirements in this course.
What support can I expect from Australian Online Courses?
Unlimited tutor support is available throughout your studies via email only during business hours Monday to Friday. Our Administrative team are available Monday to Friday via email, live chat and telephone.
I am an international student. Can I enrol into this course?
Yes! We accept enrolments from individuals both within Australia and internationally; location is no barrier to entry into our programs.
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