Be balanced in your approach to delivering bad news. Deliver the information tactfully, balanced with directness or the 'meat' of the message. Understand how to use the sandwich approach in more sensitive matters: good news, bad news, good news. Think with your heart when delivering bad news. Your compassion will be appreciated. Learning Objectives Explain the pros and cons of direct and indirect communication, Apply three techniques for delivering bad news Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Everything you do or say sends a message. Be aware of how your verbal, vocal and visual messages convey your intended meaning. We will guide you to present with vocal impact by controlling monotone, volume, rate of speech, and non-words. Understand how to control your posture, movement, eye contact, clothing and gestures. Learning Objectives Identify the challenges of ambiguous messages, Express your message with vocal and visual impact, Close your presentation with impactful results Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
We will help you to understand the six common excuses for unethical behavior and what are the three most pervasive ethical misconducts. Discover the ultimate guidelines for managing ethical conduct and how to show empathy, get the truth, and be sensible. Always focus on responsibility, respect and results for leading your business ethically. Learning Objectives Recognize six common excuses for unethical behavior, Define the components of ethical conduct, Implement the Three R's for leading ethically 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
Compliments are verbal or written expressions of admiration, praise, recognition, honor, congratulations, affection, or encouragement. An empowered compliment is an expression of appreciation that can cultivate confidence and creative contributions for both the sender and receiver. Benefit from our steps to deliver an empowered compliment. We will also show you the importance of acknowledging a compliment when one is offered. Learning Objectives Explain the benefits of compliments, Effectively receive a compliment, Write an empowered Thank You note 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
Critical thinking means taking control of your thoughts to see if they make sense and applying self-corrective thinking to reach the highest level of rational reasoning and fair-mindedness. We all know the consequences of unchecked and undisciplined thinking. Understand what critical thinkers do and know the three levels of thinking. We will help you to think fair, open-minded, unbiased, unprejudiced and work to overcome personal biases. Learning Objectives Explain the benefits of critical thinking, Identify the hazards of non-critical thinking, Evaluate three levels of thinkers, Apply 10 strategies for critical thinking Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Words can make or break or break a good first impression. Choose them carefully. Discover why it is important to use positive language, expressing what you can do, not what you can't. Understand how to be specific in your written and spoken communication and how to end your sentences appropriately. Be careful how you express yourself. You may not be preventing wars, but one word can save or lose a valued customer! Learning Objectives Explain the power of words used in business, Choose appropriate, more powerful word choices, Edit writing to use less words for more impact Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
There comes a time when good things (or bad) come to an end. You will understand why it is important to close a project and the contents of a final evaluation report. This last phase wraps up the details and allows you a sense of completion. The shutdown process can be complex and drawn out with lots of loose ends. We will help you to focus on the required steps required to close the project efficiently. Learning Objectives Explain the importance of project closure, Apply nine steps for closing a project, Organize the written report Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Communication skills are a fundamental aspect of success in the business world. However, many individuals encounter challenges in this area, such as difficulty in conveying their thoughts clearly, struggling to actively listen to others, or feeling anxious during public speaking. Effective communication is essential for building relationships, resolving conflicts, and making impactful presentations. Learning Objectives The following are some of the key outcomes in this course: Understand how communication is a process involving a sender, a message, and a receiver Learn why communication can fail if that process breaks down Learn why great communication skills matter to your professional success Understand five of the most common communication barriers Target Audience Young Professionals