Course Outline
Day 1
INTRODUCTION
- Background context
- Role definition
- Soft skills overview
- Perception, numeracy gaps, and human nature
- Money, metrics, and market dynamics
1. COMMUNICATION – PARADOX, PURPOSE, AND INTENTION
- The purpose and intention of communication
- To educate
- To inform
- To persuade
- Key conclusions
2. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
- Identifying who you are addressing
- Worldviews, perspectives, and cognitive schemas
- Managing jargon in mixed audiences
- Cultural and national context
- Level of detail and abstraction
3. COMMUNICATION METHODS AND TOOLS
- Essential tools
- Text and summaries for screen-based communication
- The rule of three
- Using examples and analogies
4. STORYTELLING
- The ubiquity, cycles, and biological wiring of stories
- Applying stories in the workplace
- Techniques for effective storytelling
- Non-verbal communication
- The lasting impact and power of narratives
Day 2
5. PRESENTING DATA AND INFORMATION
- Distinguishing data from information
- Determining the appropriate level of detail
- Establishing trusted sources
- Visualizing data and information
6. INTERPRETATION OF DATA
- Understanding confirmation bias
- Clarifying communication intent
- Communicating status effectively
7. FEEDBACK
- Feedback models
- Situation, Behaviour, and Impact (SBI) model
- Sandwich feedback model
- Pendleton feedback model
- Situation, Task, Action, and Result (STAR) model
- SAID feedback model
- Strategies for receiving good feedback
- Active listening techniques
- Strategies for giving good feedback
- Providing constructive feedback
- Key conclusions
Day 3
8. COLLABORATION
- The value of collaboration
- Defining collaboration
- Fostering a collaborative culture
- Key conclusions
9. COLLABORATION TOOLS
- Common collaboration platforms and suites
- MS SharePoint
- Google Workspace
- Atlassian
- Kahootz
- HighQ
- Guidelines for selecting the right collaboration tool
10. ANALYSING YOUR COLLABORATION SKILLS
- The Johari window model
- Conciseness
- Assertiveness
- Basic assertion
- Empathic assertion
- Consequence assertion
- Discrepancy technique
- Repetition technique
- Fogging technique
11. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COLLABORATION
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Social awareness
- Relationship management
12. PERSONAL BRANDING
- Disklosure and intent
- Building your personal brand
- Step 1: Define your objectives
- Step 2: Align goals
- Step 3: Identify your audience and purpose
- Step 4: Engage effectively
- Key brand characteristics
13. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
- The history of Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
- The role of 'Can-do' spirit and faith
- Developing and maintaining a PMA
- Cultivating distilled positivity
- Conclusion
14. NETWORKING
15. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Requirements
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
There are no strict prerequisites for enrollment, though prior professional experience in any field is beneficial.
Attendees
This course is typically suited for professionals with several years of experience. However, the content is broadly applicable and can benefit individuals from most disciplines. It is particularly valuable for specialists who frequently need to explain complex or niche concepts to non-technical audiences.
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