EFFECTIVE
MEETING
SKILLS

A NON-NATIVE COMMUNICATION
learning programme available face-to-face,
virtually, and as an eLearning

Also available as a tailor-made, one-to-one executive coaching programme!

Alone we can do so little,
together we can do so much.

– Helen Keller

 

Why do this?

Nowadays, meetings are a wonderful opportunity – especially in our online world where communication technology has almost completely eliminated the need to get together.

Nevertheless, for many non-native English speaking professionals, meetings are a nightmare and the opportunity they present them with goes wasted.

Instead of seeing them as a wonderful chance to share, connect and catch up, they feel under the spotlight. The first difficulty is to catch what the fast-paced speech of their native-English speaking peers. Then, once it’s their chance to speak, the fear of making mistakes kicks in – often paralysing them. It’s easy for native-English speakers to fail to grasp this; but how would you feel if you had to represent your ideas, feelings and value in a foreign tongue?

The fact remains though, in our global world meetings are a rare and expensive professional luxury – so nothing less than full participation is acceptable.

Master meetings and difficult conversations
as a non-native English speaking executive
who needs to communicate with excellence
in the global business world!

What are the benefits?

You will start by understanding the correct professional expectations for effective meetings and conversations as well as how you can fit in with these and make a great impression on other by becoming a confident, proactive and valuable participant.

You will learn how to create a strong connection with the other party by actively listening to them, effectively recognising what is concerning them and professionally expressing your ideas, thoughts and feelings in a professional manner.

Furthermore, you will learn how to deal with conflict and the other negative factors which can destroy meetings and, in the worst case scenario, damage your business relationships.

Call us on +44 (0) 7914 691 549 or email us at hello@elcconsultants.co.uk to talk to
a Learning Advisor about this programme

Key Content

    1. The 3 golden rules for always keeping the discussion in your meetings interactive, positive, constructive and on-topic; especially when difficult and upsetting topics are on the agenda
    2. How to effectively open conversations and meetings so that you can create a positive and collaborative attitude
    3. Creating a strong, empathetic bond with the other participants by using feeling commentaries and verbal mirroring; especially when the meeting becomes negative so you can avoid conflict
    4. How to diplomatically perform negative discussion tactics like interrupting, giving unwanted news, correcting mistakes and disagreeing without upsetting any other participants
    5. Effectively dealing with the 13 common meeting derailers which lead to the discussion going off topic and a failure to achieve your meeting objectives

This is a practical and engaging workshop backed up by robust theories from psychology and communication theory and with role-play exercises replicating the exact challenges you will face on the job.

Make the most out of every opportunity to meet
by proactively sharing your ideas, feelings and opinions
with confidence, fluency, and high value

As a training experience, EMPOWERED FINANCIAL REPORTS took our attention from the very start – not just me, but the whole group.

People were saying: “Wow! It’s 9 o’clock on the day of the first session and we have already defined exactly what the key problem is with our report writing.”

I would definitely recommend this financial report writing training. It’s not just about the books and the materials, but it’s important to learn things that you will remember at work and know how to use.

I immediately applied what I learnt from the training into my real business life. The expertise of the trainer and how the training was delivered was the key to success here. What is delivered is important, but how it was delivered was what I would also like to recommend. In this sense, it was better than 99% of the training I have had till now.

Emre Tor
Corporate Business Account Manager
HSBC

The reason why I chose this training is because I’m writing emails every day – thousands of them! I’ve been trying to handle this volume of writing in the best way possible using some templates which I’ve created, but I wanted to gain more power and control over my word choice.

The training was long enough, and the content was very rich. Also, the Self-Study Tasks and Toolkit were all real lifesavers. I would definitely recommend TOTAL WORD POWER to everybody. After the training, I said to myself, “I wish I’d had this beforehand. So I advise all HR professionals to offer this to the employees in their companies; especially as early as possible in their careers.

What’s more, the TOTAL WORD POWER trainer, Andy Kovacs, was brilliant. He knew how to put the right focus on the training topics and how to keep attention high throughout. He gave the right amount of information, and his performance was meticulous and very impressive. It was a great experience – interesting, engaging and interactive!

Selcuk Candas
Deputy Head of Internal Audit
DenizBank

I think that the topic of report writing is absolutely crucial and, to be honest, I thought that it could not be taught. Writing skills are learnt through on-the-job experience and they are not an easy skill to acquire. EMPOWERED AUDIT REPORTS completely changed my opinion on this and now I’m spending all of my effort to use all of the writing techniques that I learnt.

How to make your sentences shorter; how to get rid of unclear sentences which can confuse the reader; eliminating jargon and terminology; and how to be more economic in the report – these were the most important report writing lessons which I learnt from the course.

But this training offered so much more than just report writing techniques. We learnt so much about the wider subject of effective communication.It’s essential to understand what your stakeholders want to see in your report and to fulfill these objectives. This is a big part of our mission and the course really helped me with this.

I loved that it was so interactive. You have theory and then you have direct participation, so we put what we had learnt straight into practice.

What I also really loved was the trainer’s exceptional presentation techniques. Just attending the training has taught me so much about how to present and how to build up my message logically and make it get through to my audience.

I immediately recommended this training to my line manager, Guido, and to our Country Head. I told them: “You must participate in this training because I’m now going to be using these great report writing techniques which you’re not even aware of.”

Zoltan Gamos
Compliance & Antibribery Manager
Vodafone, Hungary

In my job, I generally communicate with people by writing emails – and it’s really important that the information which I give is short, clear and well-explained. However, when I choose words in English, my explanations often get long.

TOTAL WORD POWER helped me to solve this. I learnt how to choose the right words – professional and sophisticated words – so my emails have become more economic and the writing process has become faster and more efficient. So I’m doing my job so much faster than before.

The delivery of TOTAL WORD POWER was very clear and detailed. Also, it was very visually engaging, so this helped to keep my interest throughout the 2 Live Learning Webinars. It was very practical and it was very interesting.

I would definitely recommend TOTAL WORD POWER to anybody who needs to write lots of emails in English in their job.

Emre Altinoglu
Customer Services Country Manager
Siemens

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How do we work?

We have a comprehensive catalogue of bespoke learning programmes to help busy professionals master their Leadership Communication and Expert Communication. In addition, we offering fast-track options for Non-Native Communication development for global professionals who do not speak English as their mother-tongue.

All of our programmes are supported by the latest insights from adult learner theory and the 70:20:10 model.

What is more, our programmes are delivered by expert consultants who are thought-leaders in their fields and possess a wealth of experience in both the business environment and formal learning settings.

All of which guarantees maximum ROI for your organisation.

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