Interpersonal communication can be positive and healthy or negative and unhealthy. When people care, they want to get along with others within a win-win environment. When people care-less, they tend to be defensive, dismissive, or have a self-serving agenda. At times, you can do everything right to communicate in a respectful, informed, and appropriate manner and still receive a chilly or non-response.
This course will give you the insights and skills to put yourself in the best position to influence others and communicate your most important ideas.
Insightful
Discover and affirm your speaking style and lift your confidence and effectiveness.
Practical
Deploy communication techniques that persuade others to want to listen.
Impactful
Immediately apply these lessons to influence every relationship positively.
Not everyone communicates well. Having effective interpersonal skills requires work, especially with difficult people. Each person is unique and want to communicate in a style that is natural to them.
You will become a very effective communicator when you take time to reflect upon your natural tendencies and work on your interpersonal skills. Then, you will better understand, connect, and influence others.
Transform How Your Team Communicates!
Interpersonal communication that is natural and engaging will help your team improve collaboration and overcome your most difficult challenges. Whether you’re in a leadership position or part of the team, every voice matters. This course will help your team understand each other and communicate more effectively.
Your company’s success depends upon strong interpersonal skills. When people communicate well with one another, they work more effectively, increasing productivity. When people struggle to communicate, personal agendas tend to undermine organizational goals.
Successful teams leverage different communication styles to be strengths for success and not deterrents.
Effective interpersonal skills help everyone:
Overcoming Communication Challenges
Everyone experiences anxiety with poor communication. Each person brings unique values, perspectives, and priorities to the team. At times, communication works well. Other times, it creates barriers.
This course will explore how to overcome challenging personalities through methods that create trust. Also, it will consider how to navigate those who do not value effective interpersonal skills.
An Interactive Training Experience
This unique training is an interactive experience beginning with a short assessment. You’ll receive a workbook, get to hear from other participants, and get to know others in new ways.
Your facilitator will work to incorporate your goals for the training that will help your team improve and appreciate interpersonal communication. If you are not sure, you can contact us or set an appointment to speak with the facilitator.
Mike did a training session for our company and all I can say is “WOW”. Our main sales rep was blown away by the training and I know I learned how to be much more confident in my speeches and proposals. Well worth the cost and highly recommended for any company that deals with in-person and large group events to help with sales.
– Jennifer S.
Frequently asked questions
Virtual Sessions
Session 1
Explore Your Natural Speaking Style
Your natural speaking style will lead to more clear, concise, and compelling communication. When two people converse, each person brings their own values, goals, and agendas. Knowing your communication strengths and challenges will help you plan for positive interpersonal communication experience regardless of the situation. In session one, we will review your results from our short proprietary assessment that measures your intrinsic motivations and explore how they influence your speaking style.
Session 2
Overcoming challenging Personalities
Some people are harder to communicate with than others. In this session, we will consider how speaking styles reflect seek to influence others, why human nature can make communication difficult, and how these psychological needs translate to playing games that undermine our confidence and trust in others. We will consider how to avoid the negative impacts of these games and still pursue our goals.
Session 3
Planning Your Next Interaction
Plan your next interaction using specific strategies, case studies, and tools. We will consider how to prepare to interact with the most difficult people in your life. Predicting how others will respond to you and planning your response to them can lower your anxiety and help you achieve your desired outcomes. You will begin to view others differently and reduce the barriers to healthy interpersonal communication.