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Training Course on Influencing Skills

Influencing Skills

Time: 1 day
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Course Overview

Master the components of influence with this dynamic course. Understand the building blocks of Influence, Communication, Persuasion, delivered by Management Expert Margaret Considine.

This workshop will reintroduce you to some of the tools and tactics of influencing and persuasion that will enhance your communication skills and help you to persuade people in your direction. The good news is that influencing is a skill that can be learned. And as with most skills, it’s one that has to be developed.

What this course will give you:
This course is a positive development tool which will enable you to further develop a range of behaviours and strategies in order to master influencing effectively. Mastering effective influencing skills or the art of persuasion, not only increases a company’s bottom line but it opens doors to opportunities in order to achieve even greater success for your organisation and will build your employees confidence and self-esteem

Who Should Attend:
This course is suitable for managers or anyone who needs to communication more effectively in order to influence at all levels of the organisation.


Course Outline Practical Negotiation Skills delivered by Negotiation skills specialist Margaret Considine

Session One: The Fundamentals of Influencing

  • Understanding the fundamentals of influencing>
  • Master the key influencing behaviours in order to influence effectively internally and externally

Session Two: Building Relationships

  • Understanding the importance of trust and integrity and building relationships in influencing
  • Build rapport effortlessly and use pacing and leading to influence others

Session Three: Understanding difference Communication Styles

  • Learn the difference between negotiation, influencing and manipulation

Session Four: Understand your own Style

  • Find out your own influencing style and learn the six principles of effective persuasion
Time: 1 day
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Course Benefits:

  • Acquire practical techniques, strategies and skills for influencing people with impact
  • Apply influence strategies to gain commitment and foster collaboration
  • 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
  • Develop problem solving techniques, understand adversarial versus partnership negotiation and identify the true power and position of both parties