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Good course that will certainly make a difference at work in my communication style and effectiveness
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Judy Schreiber
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Standard Bank
 
Influencing with Impact - handshake to close a deal
 

Influencing skills training

 

Why attend this influencing and persuading course?


Imagine being able to influence people with confidence, clarity and ease. Whether you want to get others to buy your ideas, make a request when you have no authority or convince a customer that you can provide what they want, this practical and experiential influencing skills course is for you. Within no time you’ll begin to notice how your influencing and persuading ability has shifted to the next level.
 

Who is this influencing skills course for?


Anyone who wants to influence and persuade others with impact will benefit from attending this course.
 

Benefits of this influencing skills training

  • Acquire practical techniques and strategies for influencing people with impact
  • Build rapport effortlessly and use pacing and leading to influence others
  • Increase your confidence in getting buy-in to ideas
  • Win people over, build and maintain trust and make a positive impact when persuading
  • Be more aware of the impact your persuasion style has on others and be able to vary it as needed
  • Assert yourself when faced with strong characters or those in positions of authority

What you will learn

  • What is influencing? What is persuading? What is manipulation?
  • Rapport and why it’s vital for success in influencing
  • Using behavioural styles to persuade more effectively
  • The power that comes from selling ideas
  • Using trust to increase your influence
  • Powerful psychological persuasion strategies
  • Persuading upwards
  • How to handle challenging situations
Course details
Maximum participants: 8
Duration: 1 day
Available as: In-company & Open course
In-company course price: Please contact us
Open course price: £495.00 + VAT
   
UK open course dates:  4 Feb 2009
 3 Apr 2009
 10 Jun 2009
 
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