Thinking on Your Feet: Communicating in a Dynamic Environment
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$1,390
Course Start Date
1 day
In person at Robson Square:
- 8:30am-4:30pm (PT)
Thinking on Your Feet: Communicating in a Dynamic Environment
Lead with agility, spontaneity and creativity
There is no script for great leadership. Leadership is constantly shifting, requiring leaders to observe what is happening in the moment, adapt on a dime, improvise with whatever is at hand, and communicate in compelling ways.
In this workshop, you will learn techniques of improvisation and integrate them into your managerial skill set. Face uncertainty with equanimity, and develop a confident, “ready for anything” mindset that enables you to adapt instantly to rapidly changing situations. Take creative leaps, and make well-calibrated decisions on the fly. Improve your communication skills by getting “off of the page” and “into the moment.” Develop shared narratives with your team to increase collaboration and participation. Let your authentic self shine through, to better engage and influence people as a leader at work and in life.
- Get out of our own head by focusing on the world around you
- Achieve the self-confidence to step out of your comfort zone
- Engage in exercises designed to ignite your ideas and develop your improv skills under a variety of circumstances
- Project a compelling presence that galvanizes others
- Hear what others are saying and keep the conversation flowing
- Connect with people in meaningful ways
- Develop agility to blaze the way for innovation and growth
Impact on your organization, team or business:
- Promote understanding, cooperation and harmony both within and between teams
- Turbocharge the organization’s internal capacity to create and innovate
- Improve the quality of group decision making and problem solving
- Bring people together for strong, united action across the entire organization
- Bolster organizational agility and sustainability for the long term
Pathways to Creativity and Resourcefulness
- Being present and connecting with your spontaneity
- Using constraint as a springboard to creativity and problem solving
- Reframing the unexpected
Building Team Cohesion
- Fostering respect, developing a group mindset, playing by the same rules and learning to build together
- Adapting to change while leading and following
- Forging connections through active listening
Creative Collaboration
- Taking stock of diverse perspectives in the room
- Techniques for collaborative problem solving
- Making use of “bad ideas”
Presence, Status, Power and Influence
- How presence and status contribute to influence
- Observing and challenging power dynamics
- Exercising appropriate levels of status and power
Storytelling as Compelling Communication
- Narrative structures and their functions
- Becoming inspired to tell a great story
- Using storytelling to capture and engage your audience
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Evan Lloyd
Client Development Specialist, Professional GrowthWhat other professionals think
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The instructors are refreshing, sincere and skilled at improv. They successfully combined education and entertainment with the exercises and classroom setup.