Personal Impact and Power - being yourself with more skill

This is for you, as a young professional, who wants to be perceived as credible as possible - especially around those more senior to you; you could be worried you sound quite young on the phone; you never think about how to use your body in important situations such as high level meetings, presentations or even how you walk around the office and you want to start a meeting with impact.

This practical workshop largely focuses on how we communicate rather than what we say. The tools and techniques, have been drawn from fields, such as: psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, communication and acting. All of them can be applied in situations in which you want to make greater impact. The emphasis is on creating insight and increasing confidence. We take a detailed look at how you can improve your ability to influence others by ensuring that you are not unconsciously eroding your impact.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the session delegates will be able to;

• Gain clarity on the impact that they would like to make in certain contexts
• Understand how they can address the gap between how they are currently making an impact and how they would like to come across
• Understand the components of a first and last impression
• Increase their awareness of unhelpful thought patterns and understand how to change them
• Spot unhelpful language patterns and create more effective messages
• Understand the role of body language in turning up and turning down power and reflect on own habits that are getting in the way
• Effectively match body language to the message or the intention
• Speak so people will listen - using voice control, emphasis, tone and pitch
• Use two models to create an effective message and open a meeting with impact
• Apply the models, frameworks and phrases to relevant situations in which they would like to make a greater impact