The most important communication behavior is being able to communicate in an open, safe, and supportive culture. High performance teams use a wide variety of effective communication skills, the bottom line is to be understood. We will show you how to practice the three R's - be reliable, responsible, and reasonable. Understand how to maintain optimal levels of communication awareness. Learning Objectives Explain common team communication challenges. Implement 20 communication traits of effective team members Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Credibility is the ability to inspire belief. The two dimensions of credibility are trustworthiness and expertise. Understand the steps for building credibility that include planning, training, listening, trusting others, building democracy, and building community. Implement the disciplines of credibility to increase 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, Identify top four qualities expected of leaders Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Discover how to open discussion with a positive attitude, keeping an atmosphere of trust and cooperation. Use collaborative win-win negotiation to satisfy underlying needs of both parties. Understand how you can be in control and build high-trust, positive client relationships. Learning Objectives Describe steps for opening a discussion, Explain four ways to build high-trust, positive client relationships, Apply five criteria for high-quality negotiations, Summarize win-win alternatives to positional bargaining 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
Resiliency is the capacity to deal with change and continue to adapt or develop. Emotional resilience is determined partly qualities you're born with. With a little effort however, resiliency can be strengthened over time by anyone. Discover the characteristics of resilient people and how to ensure you don't only use resiliency in times of adversity. Learning Objectives Provide examples of resilient people, Answer questions about building resiliency, Develop resiliency as a way of life 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
Poor hiring practices shows up in both the bottom line and in hidden costs. A focused and organized recruitment strategy begins with a checklist of items to guide the hiring process and we will show you how to write effective job descriptions. We will help you to understand why interviews, reference checks and testing are critical in the hiring process. Learning Objectives Describe elements of effective hiring using a checklist,Write an effective job description, Implement guidelines for conducting an interview Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Arguments are used to persuade and contain a claim and conclusion and explanations are used to increase understanding by finding the best reasoned answer through a learning process. Understand the four steps for optimal understanding and how to use questioning to increase your level of understanding. Discover the power of reflection as it will help you to make the correct decisions. Learning Objectives Explain the difference between arguments and explanations, Apply four steps to optimal understanding Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams
Assertive behavior is to confidently express what one feels, believes, or thinks while respecting the boundaries of feelings, beliefs, and thoughts of others. Understand the three components of interpersonal communication in more detail, verbal, vocal and visual message. We will show you how to own your thoughts and feelings and take a stand to express your rights or emotions. Learning Objectives Identify the three components of interpersonal communication, Describe the benefits of assertiveness, Explain verbal, vocal, and visual language and behaviors Target Audience Managers, Team Leaders, Young Professionals, Sales Professionals, Customer Service Teams