Engage, influence and persuade. It takes more than facts to shift someone else’s thinking. Often we are more influenced by factors such as rapport, dissonance, identification with the speaker and the emotional impact of an argument.
Course Catalogue:
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
All problems are communication problems. Everything else is a sub-heading.
Communication has such a profound impact on everything we do, and great communication can transform the way an organisation interacts, both internally and with the wider word.
Enhancing the skills of empathy, relationship building and language mastery, these courses are packed with a range of practical tools that can be used to revolutionise everyday communications.
What goals could your organisation achieve if everyone communicated better?
Impactful in both our personal and professional lives, these courses interlink to elevate the conversation, transform messaging and create a more connected and inclusive organisation with a common language and more aligned goals.
Individual Bookings
See our calendar for all scheduled courses in this category & book a space online now.
Group bookings
If you have a team/group of people that require training, feel free to book online on any upcoming public course. However, we can also provide dedicated courses just for you - at our premises or yours - from our catalogue or bespoke. Please contact us so that we can discuss your exact needs.
Advanced De-escalation Skills
Specialist skills for volatile situations. Following on from our popular “De-escalating Conflict and Aggression”, this more advanced course further develops skills in preventing violence and responding to aggression.
Debriefing Skills
Reflection, review and resilience. Debriefing is a critical professional skill which can mean the difference between rectifying issues with continuous improvement and continually repeating the same experiences.
Managing Challenging Personalities
Diverse personalities and how to engage them. This evidence-driven session draws on psychological research to develop skills for communicating with people with a wide range of perspectives, behaviours, attitudes and approaches.
Empathy in Action
The transformative power of deep understanding. Empathy is a key element of Emotional Intelligence and has been hailed as a twenty-first century “superpower” for anyone dealing with human beings. Going far beyond intellectual understanding or sympathy, which might be considered “feeling for” someone, empathy is all about “feeling with”.
Cultural Diversity and Inclusive Communication
Identity, insight and inclusion. Culture plays a huge role in the way we view the world and how we operate. It impacts our expectations, values, needs and perspectives. Research clearly shows that culturally diverse workplaces enjoy a range of benefits such as higher productivity, higher loyalty and work quality, lower absenteeism and presenteeism, better working relationships, lower staff turnover and are simply better places to work.
Public Speaking for Changemakers
This is not your average public speaking course! It is a specialist course for those who already have some speaking skills and want to hone their persuasive communication, craft a compelling message and make a difference in the world.
Better Professional Writing
Clarity, continuity and creativity. This course is designed for people who use writing in their professional lives and would like to enhance the style, impact and clarity of their work.
Public Speaking: Intermediate
Improve your presentations! Designed for those who have completed an introductory course and/or have speaking experience, this one-day program will extend your skills and range as a speaker.
Defensible Documentation
Improved professional record keeping. This workshop assists health and community workers to develop and maintain quality consumer records and ensure information is useful and appropriate.
Difficult Conversations and Delivering Feedback
Compassion, clarity and courage. All of us have to face difficult conversations in the workplace and the way we prepare and approach these can make the difference between a disaster and moving forward positively. Such conversations might involve conflicting opinions, giving feedback, uncomfortable topics, addressing complaints and grievances or delivering bad news.
Assertive Communication
Standing your ground. Assertiveness is all about open and honest communication, without being either aggressive or passive. Assertive people stand up for their own and others’ rights in a calm and positive manner and feel comfortable and confident handling conflict and disagreement with others.
Mental Health Communication and Support
Recognise and respond to mental health symptoms. Sometimes the difference between a person becoming overwhelmed by a mental health issue and getting the help they need is the caring intervention of an ordinary person like you.
Public Speaking: Introductory
Introductory public speaking skills. Designed for beginners and those who feel nervous about public speaking, this one-day program will boost your confidence and upgrade your skills..
Collaboration and Conflict Resolution
Communication, clarity and compassion. So much of what we do relies on our ability to work collaboratively with others, yet this is a skill most of us have never been taught.
De-escalating Conflict and Aggression
Prevent violence and defuse volatile situations. Conflict is an inevitable part of dealing with people and we will all encounter an aggressive customer or agitated colleague at some time.
How we respond to a potential crisis can make the difference between smooth resolution and an emergency situation.
Develop Your Emotional Intelligence
Many of our professional and relationship skills are underpinned by our Emotional Intelligence: the ability to manage our own emotions and sensitively respond to those of others.
A high EQ will help us better manage our relationships and can have significant benefits in terms of building rapport with clients and colleagues, negotiation skills, managing a stressful environment, dealing with deadlines, managing change and functioning as a team player.
Mastering Ceremonies
Being a Master of Ceremonies is a unique skill set which encompasses audience engagement, public speaking, and program management, while setting the event tone and supporting other presenters.