Have you ever wanted to be more assertive and confident? Or deal with conflict easier? Or align people and move into action?
Or present with confidence? Or deal with challenges with clarity?
Do you have co-workers you just don’t seem to get along with? Do you wish you could “sell” your ideas better?
Maybe you’d like to master non-verbal communication? Or develop your interviewing skills?
Maybe you'd like to know how our appearance can affect other people?
Well, I have you covered in this online, self-paced course based on my award-winning workshop.
This online course is designed to help you develop your super-power of effective communication.
The course is a series of text-only modules with a short writing exercise at the end of each module for you to reflect on the lesson. Go at your own pace, with no deadlines or time restrictions in place.
We work through the principles of communication and thread them through the whole course.
We will cover why communication skills are SO important and how hiring managers are looking for communication skills above everything else.
We cover writing, presenting, running effective meetings, dressing for the moment and more!
Join hundreds of other people who are building their careers by improving their communication skills.
“Rob’s Communication Workshop is brilliant. Of all the training I’ve done over my career, it’s the one that’s had the most immediate and positive impact, both on my work and personal life.” - Sylvia
We cover:
- The science of communication
- Why DISC is SO helpful
- The basic 11 elements of Cultivated Communication
- Scenario based communication exercises
- Non-verbal communication introduction
- Listening skills
You’ll learn how to:
- Hack your own body to change your physiology!
- Literally change a hostile work environment into a friendly one
- Get the right results from emails and other written communication (I give you 10 strategies for better writing)
- Run effective meetings (who wouldn’t want better meetings?)
- Listen better
- Control your non-verbal communication whilst reading other people's
- Get people to keep talking with nothing more than a head nod
- Control dominating people in meetings
- Give feedback
- Present like you’ve been doing Keynotes for years
- and much much more!
Workshop Content
Introduction To Communication
A gentle introduction to the founding principles and communication ideas.
Why Communication Skills Are Important
A look at what employers look for and why communication skills are so important.
Models of Communication
A walk through of common models of communication and why models are useful, but all are wrong.
Communication is something the listener does
Interactive session that explains the concept that communication is something the listener does – i.e it happens in their minds.
Feedback when communicating
Why feedback is so important when communicating.
Noise
The 4 categories of noise and how these may affect the message.
PAC
All communication has a Purpose, it has an Audience and it has a Context. You have to nail all three ideally.
Non-Verbal – A SUPER-POWER
A walk through of some of the core non-verbal “tells”, what to read non-verbal communication will give you super-hero powers. Please use these super power skills for good. Please.
Written Communication
Write like you speak. Plus 10 tips for improving your writing. A real super power in the modern business world.
Meetings
In this section we’ll look at running effective meetings with some meeting rules and how to handle tricky meeting members. Non-verbal heavy.
Networking
A look at how to network effectively when representing yourself or your company at an event, conference or networking meeting.
Presentations
A look at presentations and how to deliver a good one. Great for those speaking at events, giving team presentations or company wide presentations.
Feedback
In this section we’ll approach the tricky challenge of giving somebody feedback, both positive and negative feedback.
Interviews
In this section we’ll cover the classic interview from both the interviewee and interviewer perspective. Loads of hints and tips to make interviews go better and read body language.
Active Listening
Listening shows the other person that you care. Listening also stops a lot of mis-communication.
Confidence and Self-Image
Communication is a reflection of self and having a strong self image will help you with your communication. Some tips and advice for improving self-image.
FAQ
What format is the course in?
The course is a text based course with all of the lessons split into separate modules. It runs on the Leanpub platform.
At the end of each lesson is a short written exercise, where you will be asked to reflect on what you have learned.
Is the course membership based?
No, you simply pay for the course and access is yours. There are no recurring fees.
Why is payment in USD?
Leanpub is a US company and hence, to use their platform the pricing is in USD.
How quickly will I become an effective communicator?
That all depends on how much practice you are going to put into developing these behaviours.
Good communication are merely behaviours - and only you can change your behaviours. The information and advice I offer needs putting into practice. Slowly and surely.
Why a text based course when you put out regular YouTube videos?
The answer is simple.
When I look back to all of the online courses I've sat with videos, I merely wanted the information in text. I wanted to read it and digest it along with the videos. I cover many of these topics on my YouTube channel and felt that text-only would be easier for many people to slowly work through what is a tricky skill to develop. You can keep revisiting and re-reading and practicing.
Textual lessons are less overwhelming and you can work through them at your own pace.
Text based courses, like this one, are richer in detail and easier to share with you.
Some of the lessons will be longer than others. I encourage you to work at your own pace – or blast through them if you like.
Testimonials
“I knew Rob was a great speaker as I’d seen him present at a number of industry conferences so I had high expectations of the communications workshop. Rob worked with me to understand what we wanted to be delivered and achieved, and then facilitated a jam packed workshop that had something for everyone. Rob’s energy, expertise and amiable presenting style was a big hit with all of us and we left with new skills, insights and practical knowledge.” - Scott Summers – DIRECTOR, nFocus Testing
My pledge to you
I know what it’s like buying online courses. It can be fraught with worry and skepticism.
That’s why I keep it pretty simple.
If you’re not happy with the course then the Leanpub platform will offer you a complete refund within their guaranteed 45 day period.
If you have any doubts about me and whether you’ll like my work, then why not check out the blog and YouTube channel before buying?
Knowledge is simply information in action
There are two main ways to learn.
The first is information acquisition. This is when we read or study something and learn about the theory. Like this course. It is a well constructed series of information.
The second is task acquisition. This is when we try the task at hand and learn what works and what does not.
The best learning is when we do the information acquisition and then put what we are learning into practice.
I will only share advice I have seen work firsthand and that I know works.
I will also not share advice that risks you getting into trouble.
Good communication can be learned, but it requires practice.
Without the practice, the ideas in this course are just theory and information. When you put this information in to action, you will gain knowledge.
With that – I wish you good luck and hope you enjoy the course.