Next Year's Training Needs

 

It's December, time to wrap up the holiday gifts and then wrap up the year. Examine what you have accomplished in 2012, and put together a plan for next year's training needs.

The workplace is rapidly changing; the skills that you have now may not be in demand in a few years. But, employers will always value core skills like communication, team-building, and listening. Many of the skills that you need to succeed have as much relevance in your personal life as they do in your professional life. Sure, it's important to have good ideas and good technical skills, but it's even more important to be able to present them and defend them with passion and conviction.

Make sure that you have the proper training in presentation techniques, public speaking, and negotiating skills because communicating effectively and being adept in social situations gives you a leg up in networking and forging important working relationships.

Ty Boyd Executive Communications & Coaching offers Excellence in Speaking seven times throughout 2013: February 13-15, April 10-12, June 5-7, August 7-9, October 2-4, November 6-8 and December 4-6. Click here to register. The two and a half day, limited enrollment, communications course concentrates on arguably the most important business skill: speaking well in public.

Excellence in Speaking is an entertaining, interactive class where participants prepare short talks on simple topics. Our approach to public speaking combines peer review with professional coaching. You will be on your feet at least a dozen times throughout the course and several presentations are videotaped and then reviewed one-on-one with an executive faculty member.

And while you are planning for your future, you may consider training for your team, as well. Team building is not the primary goal of Excellence in Speaking - it's just a wonderful outcome of the experience. Everybody in the room is experiencing the same thing; rolling up their sleeves and becoming vulnerable with each other. When you begin to do that, you can't help but form a strong bond - and that's how a team is born. The faculty at Ty Boyd will work directly with your organization to implement this course so that it aligns with your organization's cultural directives.

Our courses are personal development experiences that can be applied to formal presentations, business meetings and everyday communication. The confidence that our clients gain from our coaching makes a real difference in their lives - both in and out of work.

Here's to a productive 2013!