Strategic prospecting is a planned, organized step-by-step approach for finding potential customers. We will show you how to Keep an 'it depends' attitude and shift gears if a strategy isn't working. Understand all the considerations when creating your ideal customer profile and how to create a win-win working relationship. Learning Objectives Organize a strategic prospecting plan, Create ideal customers, Implement strategic prospecting steps Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Knowledge is power and knowledge without application is wasted potential. We will guide you to self-examine your knowledge base and identify opportunities for development. Effective leaders need both depth and breadth of knowledge in order to set an appropriate direction other will follow. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of expert status as a leader, Describe the behaviors of expertise, Assess your leadership expertise Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understanding and connection through compassionate and empathetic communication is critical. This entails actively listening, acknowledging emotions, and expressing care and concern in interpersonal interactions. By prioritizing empathy in communication, individuals can create a supportive and inclusive environment where everyone feels heard, valued, and understood. The goal is to cultivate empathy as a core communication skill, leading to more meaningful connections, improved collaboration, and enhanced overall well-being within interpersonal and professional relationships. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Understand how empathy fuels successful conversations Understand how to communicate with empathy, and we list three statements to avoid when offering support What is an empathy roadblock, and list some of the most common ones Learn about four solutions for overcoming these roadblocks Target Audience Young Professionals
Concentrating to hear messages is the first phase of authentic listening. Understand why verbal, vocal, and visual messages need to be congruent in order to be believable. Discover how to be fully present and use our tips for improved concentration. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Summarize concentration challenges Explain how to be a congruent communicator Apply tips for increasing concentration Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
How do you use the six influence techniques? Understand how to use persuasion, asserting, visioning, involving, disengaging and the 'Z' model. Be in control and master the skill to spot the required influence technique to achieve the desired result. Learning Objectives Describe how to use six influence techniques, Apply guidelines for each methods, Utilize a "Z" model to increase influence when you have no authority Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Problem recognition occurs when you become aware of a gap between where you are and where you want to be. We will guide you to proactively look for hidden problems using tools such as a gap analysis, surveys and interviews. How do you unpack a problem to see the entire problem and not only a small part of the problem? Understand what you can do to initiate problem recognition and how you can gather data. Learning Objectives Define a problem, Recognize early symptoms of common problems, Initiate a formal problem recognition process Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Rational decisions are based on reasonable, intelligent thinking. Discover how rational thinking can improve the quality of your life and help you to take a reasonable approach in knowing what to think. Understand why a checklist can help you in complex situations and apply our steps make rational decisions. Learning Objectives Explain how rational decision-making improves quality of life, Identify how the power of the checklist eliminates mistakes, Apply a checklist for rational thinking using the standards of intellectual thinking, Implement a checklist for decisions using the elements of sound reasoning Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
You can make better sense of what you read, hear and become more persuasive by understanding arguments. The purpose of an argument is to make a valid point or persuade thinking. Understand the two parts of an argument and how to use evidence to support a claim. Understand how you can evaluate a persuasive argument by focusing on pinpointing the claim, identify evidence, test the evidence and identify conclusions. Learning Objectives Explain persuasive arguments used by critical thinkers, Summarize stages and steps for recognizing and evaluating persuasive arguments, Apply the four stages of persuasive arguments Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
There are many challenges to getting the right help, most of which are our own mental self-doubt that gets in the way. We will teach you the guidelines for getting the right help. The one technique for getting help is to ask for it in the form of a statement. We will show you how to ask for the detail, be specific and thanking your helper. You will understand the benefits of a buddy system approach and group brainstorming. We will guide you on certain areas you need to be sensitive when asking or giving help. Learning Objectives Explain the challenges of getting appropriate help, Apply guidelines for getting help, Implement four techniques for getting effective help Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Problem definitions provide a target boundary, description, and measure of success. To accurately define a problem, use techniques such as data collection, symptom analysis, brainstorming, key-word analysis, force-field analysis, writing it down, and writing a conflict definition. Discover why most problems exist and how to solve the root cause of a problem. Understand the difference between being at cause or at affect and how you can be in control. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of accurate problem definition, Implement nine ways to accurately define problems, Analyze and identify root causes Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams