Diplomacy, Influence and Persuasion

Course Summary

Personal power ensures your success at work. Join life coach Jacquie Wise to learn the principles of diplomacy and the art of persuasion. Avoid misunderstandings, handle unreasonable people and conflicts and enhance your leadership skills. This course is suitable for prersonal as well as professional needs. It is for those who are challenged by difficult people and sensitive situations, and by those who want to be more effective team leaders, negotiators and influencers.

• What is diplomacy? Identify the characteristics of diplomatic people
• Understanding the psychology behind people’s eactions and defences
• Find out what it takes to become diplomatically firm
• Deal with bullies and other difficult people
• Manage your manager
• Stand firm and stay calm in the face of conflict and confrontation
• Deal with criticism and angry people
• Give negative feedback constructively for positive outcomes and relationships
• Ask for what you want clearly
• Set boundaries and limits and get others to respect them
• Turn conflict into constructive situations and relationships
• Develop scripts in class of what to say and role-play how to say it

Jacquie Wise has been in private practice as a psychotherapist for 40 years, specialising in self-esteem. Her work has included corporate consulting, training and coaching in both the private and public sectors. She has first-hand experience of difficult situations and people and has developed constructive ways of handling them. She has coached private clients on how to deal with difficult managers and corporate psychopaths. She guarantees individual attention in her warm and lively workshops.

Please bring a note pad and pen.