Advanced Communication & Problem Solving

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This highly interactive training course will look into the tried and trusted management processes, procedures and methodology used by many companies to build productive and cohesive units whilst establishing strong working relationships. It will explore: behaviour; communication; leadership styles; problem identification to solution generation; evaluating creative techniques; how to challenge more outcome

Excellent communication is essential for the creation of a highly effective and productive organisation; building rapport with people develops trust, openness and meaningful relationships. Decision making and problem solving represent the most important of all managerial and leadership activities; making timely, well-considered and informed decisions, will lead your team and organisation to deserved success.

This training course will feature:

  • The psychology of personality and how this influences the solutions we select ensuring greater understanding of the behavioural traits of yourself and others
  • The application of whole brain thinking to the problem solving process in order to balance the logical and creative dimensions of problem solving
  • Assessing personal creativity and challenge the mental blocks that limit our thinking
  • Practical solutions to work related issues through Neuro Linguistic Programming, Emotional Intelligence and psychometric profiling
  • Advanced communication and motivation models essential to modern day business units that will greatly enhanced leadership skills

The Structure

By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:

  • Determine pragmatic methods for effective problem solving
  • Appreciate the impact of personality on creativity, decision making & problem solving process
  • Develop strategies for creating a positive work environment
  • Recognise differing behavioural styles & learn to adapt to build lasting rapport
  • Understand your key roles in encouraging & developing your staff thru the power of personal motivation & effective communication

Who is this Training Course for?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals or anyone wishing to improve their communication, interpersonal, problem solving and decision-making skills. It will greatly benefit:

  • Leaders who seek to challenge the culture of their organisation and ignite innovation
  • Team leaders interested in further developing their management skills and building collaborative practice
  • Professionals wanting to further develop their management and leadership techniques
  • Organisational leaders who make key business decisions
  • New members of the management teams & anyone wishing to improve their communication, interpersonal, problem solving and decision making skills
  • Those being developed for promotion or those who can disseminate newly learned skills within the workplace
  • Those who want to be able to build lasting rapport with those around them

The Course Content

Module 1: Advanced Communication & Interpersonal Skills

Day One: How to Build Lasting Rapport

  • The art of building lasting rapport
  • How to identify behavioural traits and react to them
  • How to modify your own behaviour to match other’s
  • Sharpen your senses to the signals others are sending you
  • Connect with colleagues and clients at a level that creates deeper trust and commitment
  • Read body language in order to understand how others are thinking and responding to you

 

Day Two: Self-Awareness: How to Gain a Greater Understanding of Yourself

  • Key concepts of NLP and Emotional Intelligence
  • Connecting your feelings for greater self awareness
  • Eliciting emotions
  • Noticing your unconscious messages and following your intuitions
  • Self-talk and what it means
  • Internal and external referencing

 

Day Three: Crystal Clear Communication

  • Powerful listening and questioning techniques
  • Thinking and language patterns
  • Sub-modalities
  • Perceptual positions
  • Climates of trust
  • Well formed outcomes

 

Day Four: Empathy: The Ability to Understand Situations from Another’s Perspective

  • Review how to sharpen your senses to the signals others are sending you
  • Communicating first impressions - the secrets of body language
  • How we communicate
  • Filters to communication
  • Learning Styles
  • Modelling: how others do things

 

Day Five: Motivation: How to get the most from Yourself and Other

  • Logical levels of change
  • The importance of values in motivation
  • Eliciting values for yourself and your organisation
  • Setting goals that motivate
  • Creating a positive future for your organisation

Testing your well-formed outcomes