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Influencing and Communication Skills: Questions We Are Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Our Influencing and Communication Skills courses are there to support everyday interactions in the workplace. So often we have to find ways to simply get other people to do something. Most of us have a few influencing tricks we use regularly but it’s when they don’t seem to work that we might need a few more options.

Here are some of the questions that often surface in our training rooms, with some thoughts we explore together.

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Presentation Skills: Questions We’re Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Every time we run a presentation skills course, the same kinds of questions come up, and they’re good ones. They’re the kind that show people care and have a real desire to connect with their audience. They want to hold attention, convey ideas with clarity, and feel confident while doing it.

 

Here are some of the most common questions we hear and a few thoughts from me and the Aspire team on how to approach them.

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Empathy in the Age of Polarisation: Why Spectrum Thinking Matters More Than Ever

Posted by Kitty Bertenshaw

Apparently, we are living in an age of polarisation. The pressure to divide and overcome is strong as the media urges us towards simple answers, clear villains, and binary choices. So, spectrum thinking matters more politically, socially, and culturally than ever.

 

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