Overview
A lot of talented leaders and potential leaders are uncomfortable in the limelight. If you are one of them, how can you manage your preference to stay under the radar while developing a successful career and reaching your full potential?
This course will help you understand the strengths and potential drawbacks of your natural introvert preferences, so you can use them to your advantage in the workplace.
What you''ll learn
On this practical and interactive one day programme, you will acquire techniques to help you navigate being an introvert in the workplace and situations that commonly cause you anxiety. You will learn:
- How to create a confident impression when you introduce yourself
- Four ways to participate effectively and raise your profile in meetings without being the subject expert
- A simple, four-step structure to help you explain your opinions clearly to others
- Advice for dealing with difficult questions
- A handy technique for responding assertively to verbal challenges
- A simple tool that you can use to put your suggestions over in a way that will sell them to your audience
- Verbal and physical techniques for sounding and looking confident in public situations
- Knowing your choices, building flexibility and being in control of your responses
- Strategies for ‘cocktail party’ type events
- Seven simple techniques you can use to build a strong professional network
Who is it for?
This course about succeeding as an introvert at work will suit participants at all levels who:
- Don’t feel they do themselves justice in meetings or group situations
- Have taken on a role that requires them to put forward ideas in meetings composed of anything from 6 to 100 participants
- Feel their ideas and contribution can get overlooked and realise they need to raise their profile in order to improve their career prospects
