Advanced Communication
WWP Training Limited
Delivery Method: Face-to-face Advanced Communication
Course Aims:
This advanced communication skills programme is a stretching and interactive learning experience that focuses on your individual style of communicating. You will be given a series of practical exercises from which you get personal feedback. New skills are practiced through a variety of a learning activities and challenging scenarios and you will leave with a personal development plan to maximise your opportunities to apply the techniques learned.
Course Pre-requisites:
This programme is for you if you are Middle or Senior Manager who already has good communication skills and wants to take them to a more advanced level.
Course Objectives:
On completion of this course delegates will be able to:
- Convey ideas and information clearly and effectively
- Demonstrate appropriate confidence and assertiveness
- Adapt your communication style to develop positive relationships with a diversity of people
- Understand and demonstrate the 8 styles of influence
Course Content:
Introduction and Objectives
Build Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
- Reflecting on your personal impact and its effect on others
- Understanding the significance of inter-personal skills
- Projecting positivity to your team
- Personal development
Essential Elements of Effective Communication
- Improve first and lasting impressions with a positive self-image
- Using effective non-verbal signals
- Using positive verbal skills
- Projecting confidence
- Powerful communication skills
- Effective questioning
- Building rapport
- Networking skills
Behaviour
- Behaviour - getting it in perspective
- The four behavioural options
- Recognising our dominant behaviour traits
- React emotionally or respond objectively?
The True Nature of Assertiveness
- Defining terms – what precisely is assertiveness?
- Breaking the myths and misconceptions
When Assertiveness is Appropriate
- Giving effective feedback
- Delivering bad news
- Motivating and delegating
- Offering Leadership
- Generating two way discussions
- 1-2-1 meetings
- Team meetings
- Getting to the root cause of issues
Being Responsive
- Active listening as an assertiveness tool
- Gaining empathy and understanding
- Identifying and adapting to the four key communication styles
Influencing Skills
- Eight influencing styles
- Push and pull techniques
- Using incentives and pressures
- Negotiation tactics
Action planning
Review of Programme
Related Courses
Personal Impact
Successful Negotiating Skills
Dates available on arrangement
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either at your workplace or at one of their locations.
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