Credibility can make the difference between winning or losing customers and winning or losing your job. But exactly what is it, and how do you get it? You will understand the two dimensions of credibility, trustworthiness and expertise. We will show you steps for building credibility in any situation and implement the disciplines of credibility. Learning Objectives Explain why credibility is the core of effective leadership, Apply steps for gaining and maintaining credibility, Describe three ways to restore damaged credibility Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Negotiation is a strategy for resolving differences. Discover what is required to collaborate, create win-win outcomes and when you should compromise. Understand the five levels of negotiations and how you can best be prepared for any negotiation. How can you use a variety of strategies to advance the conversation and follow the seven steps of effective negotiation? Learning Objectives Identify opportunities for negotiation, Explain the qualities of win-win negotiations, Prepare for a negotiation, Employ five negotiation strategies Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Personal accountability is about taking control of your life to achieve the outcomes you want by design, not by default. Understand the difference between the victim and victor and apply the four stages of the victim or victor cycle to keep your team accountable. Understand why collaboration will be vital throughout the four stages when others accountable. Learning Objectives Define personal accountability, Describe the four stages of the Victim Cycle, Implement the four stages of accountability Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand why fear, habit, laziness and perfectionism are four personal obstacles to action and how to manage this. Fear is the biggest obstacle and we will show you how to get rid of fear by following 7 steps. You will learn how to convert obstacles into opportunities. Learning Objectives Describe four common internal obstacles to action, Identify the symptoms of fear, Explain two types of external workplace obstacles, Implement 10 tips for turning obstacles into opportunities Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Some situations foster greater confidence than others. Success and failure are not events, but self-fulfilling tendencies. The core of confidence is competence. When you know what you're doing and have the skills necessary to execute a plan of action, confidence naturally builds. Discover five ways to identify your strengths and four ways to develop strengths. Learning Objectives Describe how confidence builds rapport, Identify your strengths, Implement four ways to develop your strengths confidence, Summarize strategies for managing weaknesses Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
The benefits of networking are increased referrals, reciprocity, more resources, problem solving, increased visibility, more friends, and more fun. Discover how to expand your circle of influence and be seen and hear at networking events. We will show you how to use effective networking etiquette to start conversations and enter group discussions. Learning Objectives Explain the benefits of networking, Apply networking strategies to expand your circle of influence, Identify the criteria for high-return networking events, Describe networking etiquette Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Confirming a sale takes both nature-or common sense, and nurture-good technique. You will learn how to look for verbal and visual buying signals throughout. We will show you how getting to yes requires stacking building blocks of smaller yeses and how to always advance the sale to the next realistic step. Learning Objectives Explain the ABC's of getting to yes, Identify buying signals, Implement steps for getting to yes, Build a pyramid of yeses that lead to a confirmation Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Pros of consensus-building are to gain widespread agreement with a group, but it's more time consuming that voting. There's no room for competitive positions trying to win over others in consensus. Agreement requires what's best for the team. Discover ways to navigate agreements and implement six steps for reaching team consensus. Learning Objectives Describe the conditions for successfully reaching consensus, Apply a quick-consensus model for urgent decisions, Implement six steps for reaching team consensus Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Warm calls are contacts made to a prospect with whom you have a relationship connection either through your own networking or a third party. Understand the referral truths and why it is important for you. Discover how to apply a warm call prospecting strategy to sell more in less time and why the key to this is consistency. Learning Objectives Define referrals, Summarize three referral truths, Describe 11 warm call referral strategies for selling more in less time Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Understand the factors that contribute to poor performance include lack of understanding roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities. We will show you how to measure team performance by individual behavior, individual results to the team, team group dynamics and, team group results. Use the RASIC matrix system to bring clarity and structure to unclear team roles and responsibilities so that you can structure high-performance results. Learning Objectives Apply four ways to measure team performance, Implement the RASIC method for structuring high performance Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams