Assertiveness Training in Cape Town

A highly participative course involving individual and group discussions and skills practice to enable delegates to share ideas and develop their skill levels. Audience Anyone who is looking to enhance their assertiveness skills Aim This course aims to raise confidence and increase the delegate’s ability to communicate confidently and assertively with colleagues and customers. Objectives By the end of the programme the participants will:

• Understand and overcome the barriers to being assertive
• Recognise behaviour traits within yourself and others and learn effective strategies for managing them
• Communicate effectively with a wide range of people to achieve a win-win situation wherever possible
• Effectively manage difficult situations.

Goal The training will be to review and improve the competencies needed to achieve their business objectives in terms of both individual work and teamwork, particularly through the acquisition of skills by the participants such as:

• Building an effective communication style with others
• Practical analysis of the barriers of communication and active techniques to prevent their occurrence
• Building support assembly relationships
• Effective team work
• Awareness of mutual influence in relation team-unit and unit-team
• The ability to use a variety of techniques to manage conflict
• Change their attitudes and behavior modeling constructive (eg assertive posture)

Method of work The training is designed as an interactive, where participants share is over 80% of the time. Each session follows a similar dynamic: opening a new exercise habits (to build awareness), mini-lecture on the techniques (knowledge), practicing new tactics and techniques (skills). After the close of each session, participants receive support materials for sessions discussed.
Practical material is summed giving a mini lecture explaining the theoretical basis and fundamental psychological mechanisms which participants experience while working on the training room.

Purpose of training: For all striving to effectively and efficiently deal with conflict situations. Training for people who want to develop their skills in using the conflict in the work of the team who aim to develop the ability to apply strategies, methods and techniques of conflict management. Benefits of training course: Using the methods and techniques to solve conflict situations, effective conflict management, effective communication in conflict situations, skillful preparation of the analysis needs of the parties of the conflict and the formulation of the problem, the use of stress management skills, emotional and assertive techniques in resolving such conflicts. Skills acquired during the training:

• communicate effectively in conflict situations
• identify sources of conflict
• analysis of the needs of the parties to the conflict and the formulation of the problem
• using the methods and techniques to solve conflicts
• to the principles of assertiveness and managing emotions in conflict resolution
• application of the principles of assertive resist tampering
• appropriate behavior in conflict
• implement these stress management, emotional

Training method: lectures, simulations, case studies, role playing, giving feedback to participants

The Team Roles identified by Dr Meredith Belbin are used extensively in organisations worldwide. This course will guide you through the Team Roles theory to help identify ways to use your strengths to your advantage and manage your weaknesses as best you can. The course is suitable for individuals who want to learn to function better in, or improve their management of, teams. It is also ideal for existing teams, who, together, can examine ways to work more effectively in their specific environment.

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage their own behaviour before they can influence others’ behaviour
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various communications media available
• Manage their internal and external customers and stakeholders

Format of the course The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and
• Case Studies

Audience Staff who need to be fully aware of the issues surrounding Communicating and Influencing:

• Their colleagues
• Their bosses
• Their internal and external customers and stakeholders

Format of the course The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and Case Studies

By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage their own behaviour before they can influence others’ behaviour
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various communications media available
• Manage their internal and external customers and stakeholders
• Explain how to deal with the difficult situations they may encounter in the office

As the pace of change accelerates with digital business and Business 3.0, organization boundaries and alliances are constantly shifting.  To survive and thrive in this new knowledge economy, teams and individuals need to learn how to resolve conflict more effectively while maintaining long term relationships. Unfortunately, most professionals receive very little education in effective conflict resolution, leading to situations where conflict is either avoided, responses are passive agressive, or even worse, schoolyard bullying becomes the dominent means of winning conflict. This instructor-led, live training (onsite or remote) is aimed at executives, leaders, teams and business individuals who wish to learn how to resolve conflict using practical, simple to follow yet highly effective conflict models.  By the conclusion of the course, you will have experience with 14 powerful plug-and-play tools that can help you resolve conflict while maintaining positive relationships in the workplace. By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify the 5 stages of effective conflict resolution.
• Agree how to deal with conflict before it starts 
• Manage themselves positively through conflict. 
• Work with proven methods to resolve conflict faster and more effectively
• Rehearse conflict to achieve a better outcome
• Learn from conflict to approach future conflicts differently.

The program includes simulations, role playing activities, and interactive workshops to give you the necessary practical experience.  The course has an empahsis on fun, interactive, practical, visual and analogy based learning to help embed the models while moving at a fast pace.  You can expect to hear about topics ranging from buildings, to emotions, to preparing your conflict dish, to lemmings, leading 20th Century pyschologists, Harvard Business models, Yogic breathing, kidnapping, rice, chairs and Les Miserables.    Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

In an increasingly globalised world, we work in more multicultural environments where conflicts between individuals and groups are possible. The fundamental belief behind conflict resolution is that conflicts are unavoidable but that they are manageable. Assertiveness, self-confidence, negotiation ability, interpersonal and other skills are pivotal in supporting conflict resolution. In our everyday life, we encounter many occasions where we consciously or unconsciously (with family members, friends, clients, business partners) manage conflicts. Mastering conflict resolution helps to resolve conflicts effectively, as well as helping us to communicate better, persuade efficiently, improve business results as well as enhancing organisational and personal behavior and performance. This course offers a mix of theories and concepts, combined with group exercises and individual activities to enable delegates to share ideas and develop their skills. Objectives:

• To understand the fundamentals and nuances of conflicts in organizations
• To explore key concepts, factors, theories, types, and models in conflict resolution
• To discover the personality types, leadership styles supporting negotiation skills
• To learn the art of assertiveness and self-confidence
• To experiment, experience and practice conflict resolutions 

Audience

• Staff who need to be fully aware of the issues surrounding Influencing and Avoiding Conflict with : 
  • Their colleagues
  • Their bosses
  • Their internal and external customers and stakeholders

Course Objectives By the end of the course, delegates will be able to:

• Appreciate the need to manage their own behaviour before they can influence others’ behaviour
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of the various communications media available
• Manage their internal and external customers and stakeholders

Format The course will be a highly-interactive combination of:

• Facilitated Discussions
• Slide Presentations
• Exercises and 
• Case Studies

This two day course is designed for people who want to achieve better outcomes from their negotiations with customers, suppliers and colleagues. It teaches the skills and tactics used by effective negotiators and builds the confidence needed to succeed. Delegates learn the different negotiating styles and how to maximise their personal power while protecting important relationships. The course is highly participative with a combination of lecture, discussion, coaching and exercises.