Leading with Confidence

Courses Syllabus

Introduction

This course is designed for delegates who wish to achieve a high level of self confidence and the ability to communicate in a strong, assertive and confident manner. This high level of confidence is needed in a variety of everyday business situations especially when communicating to groups or individuals. It is a proven fact that an individual’s level of personal self-confidence will impact greatly on one’s business success.

Further, this course is designed for people who wish to boost their confidence and assertiveness so that they can lead people more effectively.

This course will feature:

• How to demonstrate assertiveness when necessary
• The application of techniques to win others to your way of thinking
• How to communicate confidently  to groups of people
• The application of techniques to get your point across strongly in a meeting
• How to communicate professionally to senior management

objectives

By the end of this seminar you will be able to:

• Speak to groups in a way that will inspire and motivate them
• Put your message across  assertively in business meetings
• Get people to buy into your ideas
• Speak with passion and confidence
• Project confidence and credibility to those you work with

Contents

Day One

Creating a Confident and Credible Image

• Where does self confidence come from
• The comfort zone and its impact on business success
• Banishing the fear of speaking in public
• Self perception and its impact on confidence
• How being confident can help you raise your profile
• Body language and its impact on credibility

Day Two

Confident Communication to Groups

• How to run efficient and effective meetings
• How to prepare for and structure a business presentation
• How to get over the nerves of giving a business presentation
• Dealing with questions from senior leaders
• How to sell yourself and your organization and your ideas
• Building rapport in business presentations

Day Three

Confident Communicating to Get Results

• The power of using stories to get messages across
• Using analogies effectively
• Using evidence to win people over to your way of thinking
• Increasing your personal power and charisma
• When to be strong and when to play weak
• Inclusive/exclusive language and its effect on people

Day Four

Communicating Passion

• The importance of passion
• Developing courage and confidence in conflict situations
• Beating  your comfort zone and taking more risks
• Using our full range of communication
• Powerful closes that move people to action
• Become a magnetic personality

Day Five

Enhancing your Profile Within the Business

• How to conduct yourself to senior people
• How to sell change to people who don’t want to change
• How to sell unpopular policies to team
• How to make yourself memorable
• Be a radiator, not a drain
• The speaking challenge