Foundations of Leadership: Leadership & Communication Sample Agenda

Goals

• Demonstrate the communication process and how we can control it.
• Develop an awareness of paralinguistics and begin to leverage their benefits.
• Show how communication patterns relate to leader effectiveness.
• Learn the different approaches for communication and when to use each.
• Practice using questions to improve communications.
• Understand the Levels of Resistance and how to craft a persuasive message.

Three-Hour Workshop

• Warm-up stretches.
• Review and practice the Socratic Method.
• Examine congruent communications.
• Practice paralinguistics through interactive challanges.
• Review various communication forums and peform a self-assessment.
• Discuss persuasive communications.
• Practice persuasive communications in an interactive challenge.