Persuasive Communication for Leaders

Course Description

Do you struggle to persuade your subordinates to follow your orders? In the workplace, most of us will experience times when we need to influence and persuade others in order to get them to do things they are not willing to do. We need to apply persuasive skills in such a way that the other person will do what you want them to do willingly. In our course, Persuasive Communication for Leaders, we will teach you the different techniques and strategies you can use to improve your persuasion skills and hence enhance your leadership capabilities.

Within this 1-day workshop, participants will be taught how to use all of their communication skills including visual, vocal and verbal skills to become more persuasive and influential. They will also evaluate their own persuasive skills through questionnaires and discussion and prepare their own action plan to become more persuasive in the future.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, you would be able to:

  • Understand the fundamentals of persuasion and how it is used effectively
  • Enhance visual, vocal and verbal communication in order to be more assertive
  • Learn how to listen effectively so that you can understand and manage others
  • Apply the skills to given situations so as to become more persuasive

Course Outline

  • The difference between persuasion and other forms of influence
  • Evaluate your won persuasive skills through questionnaires and discussion
  • Understand the difference between Aggressive, passive and assertive reactions
  • How interpersonal skills like blending, contribute to personal success
  • Task focus and People focus behaviour and how it contributes to conflicts
  • The importance of listening to enhance communication
  • How to enhance our visual communication, facial expression, mannerism
  • Vocal qualities when speaking ie volume, tone and speed in conversations
  • How to use influence and be a role model in order to persuade others
  • Taking on different roles in order to be more persuasive in difficult situations
  • Recognising the persuasive skills of others and learning from such examples
  • Prepare your own action plan to become more persuasive in future

Persuasive Communication for Leaders

Course Duration:

1 Day (9.00am – 5.00pm)

Course Fee Details:

S$654 (incl. of 9% GST)

UTAP claimable

This course is not eligible for SDF Grant.

Course Schedule

Course NameCourse CodeVenueApril 2024May 2024June 2024July 2024August 2024September 2024
Persuasive Communication for LeadersASKPCLHotel--1105

Nett Course Fee
$648