Assertiveness and influence

1 Influencing others: Assertiveness and other skills

This is an intensive workshop for small groups of selected participants who wish to develop their skill of influencing other people. We look at various ways we influence people, at techniques of listening and questioning, how our preferred behaviour patterns control how we interact with others and how we may become more assertive without becoming aggressive. This is an active, participatory workshop that extends over two days which are separated by two or three weeks. In the time between the two days, participants practice new skills and prepare work for the second day.

The workshop includes a consideration of our behaviour in groups, of push and pull as influencing styles, the principles of emotional intelligence, an introduction to neuro-linguistic programming and aims overall to encourage self-reflection and understanding.