Course Outline
Day 1
INTRODUCTION
- Context and background
- Defining roles
- Understanding soft skills
- Perception, numerical illiteracy, and human behaviour
- Money, metrics, and market dynamics
1. COMMUNICATION – PARADOX, PURPOSE, AND INTENTION
- Understanding the purpose and intent of communication
- To educate
- To inform
- To persuade
- Key takeaways
2. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE
- Identifying your audience
- Worldviews, perspectives, and mental models
- Handling jargon and diverse audiences
- Cultural and geographical context
- Level of detail and abstraction
3. COMMUNICATION METHODS AND TOOLS
- Available tools
- Screen-based text and summaries
- The rule of three
- Using examples and analogies
4. STORYTELLING
- The ubiquity, cycles, and innate nature of storytelling
- Applying stories in the workplace
- Techniques for effective storytelling
- Non-verbal cues
- The enduring power of narratives
Day 2
5. PRESENTING DATA AND INFORMATION
- Distinguishing between data and information
- Determining the appropriate level of detail
- Identifying trusted sources
- Data and information visualisation
6. INTERPRETATION OF DATA
- Addressing confirmation bias
- Clarifying communication intent
- Understanding communication status
7. FEEDBACK
- Feedback models
- Situation, behaviour and impact (SBI) model
- Sandwich feedback model
- Pendleton feedback model
- Situation, task, action and result (STAR) feedback model
- SAID feedback model
- Strategies for receiving constructive feedback
- Active listening techniques
- How to deliver effective feedback
- Principles of constructive feedback
- Key conclusions
Day 3
8. COLLABORATION
- The importance of collaboration
- Defining collaboration
- Fostering a collaborative culture
- Summary of key points
9. COLLABORATION TOOLS
- Popular collaboration platforms
- MS SharePoint
- Google Workspace
- Atlassian
- Kahootz
- HighQ
- Criteria for selecting the right collaboration tool
10. ANALYSING YOUR COLLABORATION SKILLS
- The Johari model
- Conciseness
- Assertiveness
- Basic assertion
- Empathic assertion
- Consequence assertion
- Discrepancy technique
- Repetition technique
- Fogging technique
11. EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND COLLABORATION
- Self-awareness
- Self-management
- Social awareness
- Relationship management
12. PERSONAL BRANDING
- Disclosure and intent
- Steps to build your personal brand
- Step 1: Identifying your objectives
- Step 2: Aligning goals
- Step 3: Defining your audience and purpose
- Step 4: Engagement strategies
- Key brand characteristics
13. POSITIVE ATTITUDE
- History of Positive Mental Attitude (PMA)
- Embracing a ‘can-do’ mindset and faith
- Developing and maintaining PMA
- Essence of positivity
- Concluding remarks
14. NETWORKING
15. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
Requirements
Prerequisite Knowledge and Skills
There are no mandatory prerequisites for enrollment, though candidates with some prior professional experience in any field will likely find the content more relevant.
Target Audience
While the course is typically suited for professionals with a few years of experience, the curriculum is broadly applicable across most disciplines. It is particularly beneficial for specialists who frequently need to explain complex or niche concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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