Personal Impact Hothouse
Personal Impact Hothouse focuses on the importance of creating a good first impression and maintaining that throughout a conversation or meeting.This is a very interactive course with constant exercises and demonstrations of technique and science throughout. People will get a set of communication skills that they can use immediately in work situations or in their everyday life.
Participants will learn:
- Why first impressions count
- How our personal impact is linked to our brain chemistry
- Learning to be relaxed and confident
- The importance of personal energy & different energy states
- How to meet and greet people and being sensitive to different cultural norms (geographical and company)
- Techniques to remember names
- Being aware of and reading facial expressions in communication
- Eye contact and how they are ‘the windows to the soul’
- The importance of smiling
- Giving, receiving and reading handshakes
- Hand gestures and what they might signify
- Using the voice as a tool
- The art of small talk and how to become good at it
- Connecting with people: developing and deepening conversations
- Using space and what it signifies
- Body language: reading and using it to advantage
- Handling difficult and high status individuals
- Managing conversations in stressful environments