Highlights
Sometimes, appearing confident may seem impossible, but you, too, can learn how
Body language, eye contact, and listening skills can help significantly
Objectives
- Identifying and managing positive and negative nonverbal signals
- Integrating confidence techniques into daily habits for a personal and professional edge
Learning Tools
- Role plays, simulations, improvisation
- Self-examination, peer/trainer feedback
- Games, challenges
- Discussion, exchange
- Video clips
Take-aways
- Tools for appearing more confident in high-stakes situations
- Tips for more adept conversation—socially and professionally
- Heightened sensitivity to the power of nonverbal messages
- Your filmed sessions for future practice
Prerequisite
- Highly recommended: Center Stage: Starring You; Dealing with Difficult People
Seminar Essentials
Mastering your nonverbal signals
- Hand shakes, gestures, and space bubbles
- What your body is saying (while your mouth is saying something else)
- Possessing your space with your body
- Eye contact: the right dose
Faking it until you make it
- Body language do’s and don’ts - and how to take culture into account
- Showcasing your strengths
- Recognizing your weaknesses without obsessing about them
- Remembering to track your successes and lessons learned and take advantage of them next time round
Practicing the part
- Brainwashing yourself with controlled positive thinking
- Paying attention to grooming, social norms, cultural norms, and power accessories
- General knowledge and topics of discussion
- Showing authentic interest in others