Influencing and negotiating skills
Gaining buy-in from internal and external stakeholders is an essential part of being a good leader. In order to influence the thinking and behaviour of others, you need to understand their perspective, communicate confidently and build a relationship.
Our course covers:
- What is influence and why it is important
- Exploring motivation and engagement
- Developing partnerships that contribute to shared targets
- Making connections and creating momentum
- Exploring skills needed to broker agreements and partnerships
- Enhancing communication and presentation skills
- Identifying and using ‘levers’ in negotiation
- Specific strategies to improve your influencing skills and applying these to the workplace
- Practical experiential learning exercises to integrate learning
- All courses are offered on a Face to Face or Virtual basis.
- Bespoke & Open Training Courses Available.
Case Studies
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Parental Capacity to-Change Training - Leicestershire
We provided a 2-day core programme for a range of staff in the early help and social care teams.Read More -
Achieving for Children - Motivational Interviewing Training
We provided 2 day Motivational Interviewing programmes to ensure that staff had knowledge and awareness how to use motivational interviewing as a techniqueRead More -
Evaluation - Leeds Intensive Positive Behaviour Support Service
We were commissioned by Leeds City Council to conduct an evaluation of the Intensive Positive Behaviour Support project.Read More -
Advanced Team around the Family Training – Cheshire West and Chester
Cheshire West and Chester have a strong internal whole family working vision and agenda and were looking for a training organisation to support with further implementation and training for its wider partners.Read More
Cancellation Policy
We are very flexible and will do our utmost to rearrange training should the need arise, but our trainers obviously commit themselves to the training days agreed and so if you need to cancel at short notice we will need to charge a cancellation fee to cover their time.
Please see our cancellation terms / fees.