Duration: 5 Days
Why Choose this Training Course?
Effective communication in the workplace is of critical importance to your professional reputation, your advancement in your company and being recognised for your efforts. Yet many women in the workplace inadvertently undermine how confident and knowledgeable they appear through their communication behaviours. In this insightful and practical course, you will discover why it is that women need a different strategy to be successful when working with men or in a male-dominated business.
This LEADWomen training course is not about women correcting their “weaknesses” it’s to help highlight subconscious behaviours that need to be changed to stop reinforcing negative gender stereotypes. If you feel that you’d like to become a more confident communicator in the workplace and break through the glass ceiling sign up for this programme now. It could change your life by:
- Helping you develop body language that declares empowerment
- Developing a vocal style that makes people want to listen to you
- Ensuring that you deliver powerful messages that will be acted on
- Teaching you the linguistic techniques to win attention and respect
- Helping you to be more confident and assertive
What are the Goals?
By the end of this LEADWomen course, participants will be able to:
- Recognise the language, demeanor, and posture of submission
- Establish a strong professional persona that commands respect and notice
- Use a tone and pitch of voice that gets you heard and listened to
- Use assertiveness techniques that do not provoke resentment
- Boost their physiological power responses to be more confident
- Use power language to influence and persuade
Training Methodology
This LEADWomen training course uses a wide variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure effective assimilation and retention of the information presented.
The LEADWOmen course is highly interactive and will prompt delegates to reflect on their own thinking and communication style and practice. The tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide variety of methods including direct input, discussions, case studies and group and individual exercises to focus on the themes of the course, practice skills and receive expert coaching and feedback. This will include vocal coaching, presentation skills, posture and body language.
This LEADWomen workshop is designed for all professionals who would like to improve their business communication skills and assertiveness. While designed for women, it is also relevant to men who feel that they are not listened to as they deserve in the workplace. It is highly suited to women who:
- Want to be promoted but feel that their potential is not recognized
- Have just been promoted but have still to earn the respect of their peers
- Want a positive career path to advancement
- Are female professionals in male-dominated professions
Course Outline
Day 1:
Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars
- The typical gender differences that favours men over women in the workplace
- Role models: lessons from the ‘Iron Lady’ and other successful women
- Eight common behaviours that undermine your position
- Establishing boundaries and norms
- Understanding different personality types and how to deal with them
- Assertiveness and setting personal goals
- Seeking and taking constructive criticism
Day 2:
You as a ‘brand’
- Making a powerful and lasting first impression
- Creating a professional image
- Powerful listening and questioning techniques
- How to modify your behaviours to match other’s
- NLP, de-centring and perceptual positions
- Read body language to understand how others are thinking of you
- Learning to be more assertive
Day 3:
Creating the Right Message
- Different styles of communication
- Setting SMART objectives that focus on your audience
- Key messages and clear structure
- The elevator pitch and why it works
- Creating a ‘map’ for your audience
- Harnessing nerves in a creative way
Day 4:
Using Power Language
- Harnessing the power of the mind – through Mind Mapping
- Plain English and clarity
- Direct, declarative language – when and how to use it
- Communicating to persuade
- Power language to convince people
- Avoiding ‘Weakeners’
Day 5:
The Art and Science of Performance
- The critical importance of pitch and vocal tone
- Stance and Alexander Technique
- Projection and control of volume
- Using the body to create impact
- The vocal skills of top presenters
- How to influence an audience and handle questions with ease
- Action planning for developing your brand long-term
The Certificate
- LEADWomen Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
