ILM Accredited - Advanced Communication Skills

This instructor-led-training will enable you how to get your point across in the most effective way

Course Overview

Course Details
Instructor Led Training
Duration: 3 days
Workshop size: 25 participants
Delivery: Classroom or Online
ILM Course Code: E40P-01

Course Objectives

Communicate verbally with clarity, confidence and sensitivity
Use appropriate questioning techniques
Communicate effectively in meetings and over the phone
Write clear, concise and professional business messages
Interpret and manage body language and emotions
Adapt communication styles for different people and situations
Use communication tools to influence and persuade

Training Techniques

Experiential learning
Case studies
Group learning and discussion
Individual challenges
Collaborative and competitive tasks
Training videos
Role plays and simulations

Overview

Here is what we will cover in
this course

What Is Effective Communication?

-The communication process

-Roles of the sender and receiver

-Barriers to communication

-Overcoming the barriers

-The role of perceptions

-Ladders of inference

Communication Styles

-Communication styles and preferences

-Recognising styles

-Adapting your style for effective communication

-Social styles inventory

-Recognising styles

-Flexing and adapting

Verbal Communication

-Active questioning skills

-Active listening skills

-Getting your point of view across

-Building rapport – sounding friendly and confident

-Telephone etiquette

-Giving and receiving feedback

Different Behaviours

-Aggressive

-Passive

-Assertive

-Becoming more assertive

-Building confidence

-Johari’s window

Non-Verbal Communication

-Body language signals

-Interpreting body language

-Managing body language

Principles Of Written Communication

-Structuring the communication

-Getting the main points across

-Accuracy and style

-Email etiquette

ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION

ILM Assured

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Patrick Jones - Course author