Herding Cats

For those wishing to effortlessly communicate with impact and awareness across the full range of people they have to deal with … including those hard-to-reach big cat personalities in every organisation.

FORMAT

Half day accelerated workshop followed by post course e-prompts and buddy coaching to help integrate learning into day-to-day behaviours. Practical and interactive. Includes group work and work in pairs.

THEMES

• What’s so useful about the cats and dogs model
• How to tell cat and dog personalities apart
• What makes cats so challenging for most people to deal with
• The importance of non-verbal communication
• Independent reference points when communicating with anyone, especially cats
• When to go for eye contact and when to look somewhere else
• Getting out of ‘trouble’
• How to use your breathing for influence
  

WHAT PARTICIPANTS CAN DO AS A RESULT

• Understand how to use ”credible and approachable” non verbal communication when sending or inviting information
• Judge when and how to use an “independent point of reference” to deliver volatile information without damaging relationships
• Know how and when to use eye to eye contact and when and how to look elsewhere in the room depending on what is to be communicated
• Be able to command the attention of your listener(s) with simple non verbal communication
• Easily ‘get out of trouble’ when a cat personality (or anyone at all) takes them on and makes life difficult
• Use the most powerful indicator of your own state and your listeners - breathing
  

FOR A COURSE DELIVERED AT YOUR ORGANISATION

Number of trainer(s): 1
Investment per group: £1,950.00

FEEDBACK

“I have come away very positive and ready to tackle those ‘big cats’!” – participant industry, telecoms

“Fabulous. And so simple.” – participant industry, financial services

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INTERESTED?

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