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Introduction to communication

  • The communication process and its stages
  • The importance of verbal and nonverbal communication
  • Techniques and tools for effective communication

Principles of effective communication as a vital element for professional contacts within your organisation

  • Self-analysis of personal communication style
  • Common communication errors
  • Identifying communication barriers
  • Stages of interpersonal contact development
  • Direct communication versus telephone communication

Communication within organisations

  • Network communication in an organisational context
  • Information flow models and their optimisation
  • Tasks and internal communication tools

Effective conversations

  • Developing self-image as both sender and receiver of messages
  • Factors influencing the quality of professional contacts between staff
  • Active listening as a tool for effective communication
  • Factors that hinder hearing and understanding speech
  • The art of asking questions
  • Psychological mechanisms and techniques for influence

Steps to building a team and their impact on cooperation

  • Stages of team development: principles of operation and potential hazards at each stage
  • Approaches to working through all stages
  • Identifying team roles

Conflict and competition in groups as a potential threat to cooperation

  • Sources and types of conflict
  • Strategies for dealing with conflict
  • Competition within the group: advantages and disadvantages

Sources and types of conflict

Maintaining harmony and good relations with others: the concept of assertive behaviour

  • The concept of assertiveness
  • Understanding personal rights
  • Determining when to adopt an assertive stance
  • Types of behaviour: aggressive, submissive, and assertive
  • Constructing 'I' messages as the basis for assertively expressing opinions, judgments, and emotions
  • Understanding why we hesitate to say 'no' and what holds us back
  • Practising self-assertive behaviours

Respecting oneself and others: outcomes of agreement or refusal

  • The ability to deny and refuse
  • The ability to argue effectively
  • Recognising manipulation
  • Accepting negative and positive responses to criticism
  • Providing constructive feedback
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