A Communication Program for Managers
The impact and importance of effective communication skills is often overlooked in the work place, where constant digital connectivity may minimize the regard for effective fact to face communication.
The ability to communicate effectively is probably the most important skill at a manager’s command because all other management skills depend on it.

SMART TALK is a professional development program that focuses on effective application of specific communication skills that enhance the manager’s ability to successfully manage change, increase performance and positively impact the culture of the organization.

SMART TALK WORKSHOPS AND COACHING:
• provide participants with communication tools that serve as a basic foundation for productivity, clarity and collaboration.

• Support participants in developing the awareness and the skill to effectively use the communication tools to build bridges and make connections so that ideas flourish and actions occur.

SMART TALK MODULES:

• ATTITUDE – THE CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR Attitude is a crucial variable that has a major impact in the workplace. This module focuses on enhancing awareness of attitude and specific practices that reflect attitude to enable individuals to interact effectively in the workplace.

• COMMUNICATION BASICS - Development and mastery of specific communication basics enhances clarity, productivity and collaboration This Module focuses on the development of specific skills i.e., setting objectives, organizing and supporting ideas that serve various communication needs (feedback, presentations, meetings)

• COMMUNICATING WHERE THERE IS CONTRAST - Communication skills to manage the generation gap, gender gap and cultural differences

• COMMUNICATION STYLE AWARENESS - PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: Enhanced awareness of communication styles enables individuals to effectively use their style and it impacts their ability to effectively communicate with individuals who have differing styles of communication.

• DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS – Specific Concepts and strategies enhance managers’ capacity to engage in high-stakes conversations related to crucial work issues:

o Feedback Managing Change
o Performance Appraisals Coaching
o Disciplinary Action Delegation
o Downsizing/Layoff Interviewing

 



 

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