Do any of these comments sound familiar?
- I think I’m average and I want to excel
- I’d like to be able to walk into a room and for people to notice me
- I want to be taken seriously when I am delivering difficult news
- I keep on being passed over for promotion – and I’m not sure why.
- I’d like to have confidence whether I’m talking to the cleaner or the CEO
- People think I’m arrogant but I’m just trying to make an impact
Presence can seem elusive. We know instantly when someone has it and when they do not. However we are all born with ‘presence’ (look at a baby or very young child). We will explore what happens along the way to inhibit our natural ability literally to ‘be present’? How to talk to people without the fears and uncertainties which can make us look nervous and ineffective. And also how to prevent self-confidence tipping over into arrogance.
What does a GetPresence workshop look like?
| Training outcomes | What happens in the workshop |
|---|---|
| Understand personal presence and how to develop it | Explore the psychology and behaviours of people with presence |
| Short presentation practice with video and trainer feedback | |
| Increase confidence in group situations | Understand what creates nerves |
| Breathing and relaxation exercises | |
| Visualisation techniques | |
| Develop a powerful and interesting voice | Speaking with clarity and impact |
| Developing vocal variety | |
| Learn how to make an impact in the first thirty seconds | Facial expression |
| Eye contact | |
| Confident body language exercises | |
| Speak succinctly and transmit a clear message | Working on objective and key message |
| How to use structure | |
| The importance of openings and endings | |
| Practice delivering a clear message | |
| Increase influence in meetings | Using positive language |
| Using questions to elicit information | |
| Moving from low to high status | |
| How to take control of a meeting | |
| Role play meeting situation with video and trainer feedback | |
| Staying in control of difficult or challenging situations. | Drawing on your personal resources |
| Incorporating voice and body language techniques | |
| Next Steps - Doing it differently in the future | Self-development plans |
| Changing behaviour permanently |