In association with PwC, IIA NZ is pleased to showcase PwC's Personal Development and Leadership Training portfolio.

Effective Communication - thinking on your feet for finance and business professionals

Are you responsible for driving quality relationships with external and internal stakeholders? Would you like to be more effective in meetings to enable you to drive better business outcomes?

In today's fast-paced business environment characterised by information overload and high opportunity costs for time, getting your ideas across clearly, concisely and persuasively - even if you have little or no time to prepare - is a skill business professionals can't do without.

Facilitated by Janine Gould, founder and director of Communicate Consultants.

By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

• Build effective relationships and be convincing and memorable when speaking to management, clients, peers and other stakeholders .
• Understand how to use the power of positive feedback.
• Be able to lead and influence meetings to ensure that you make an impact.

Workshop agenda

Relationship building and networking

This session will help you understand how to effectively enhance your skills in building positive relationships:

• The importance of building and maintaining business relationships.
• The challenges you find in relationship building and its purpose in today's work context.
• Introverts and extroverts - tips on working with each other.
• Mapping your networks - how to make the best use of your time building and maintaining relationships.

Engaging and impactful meetings

This session will show you how to successfully lead and influence meetings:

• Preparing for your meeting - quick tips for the variety of meetings.
• Managing diverse styles and position levels.
• Taking charge and adapting your style.
• Leading the meeting - the speech of orientation.
• Being concise and clear about your purpose.
• Thinking with clarity - the PREP method.
• Creating the conversation.

Harnessing the power of feedback

This session will show you how to focus on adding impact to your relationships using the power of positive feedback:

• The principles behind successful feedback.
• Skill building
• The body language of rapport
• Using the DENBA method - planning and having the conversation
• Going effective feedback 'Catch them doing something good'

On completion of the course, you will receive a digital certificate of completion and gain 7 CPD hours.

PwC extends a 10% discount to all IIA NZ members attending this course.
Please use promotional code: IIANZ10 when registering.

Course dates:

• 11 March - PwC Auckland
• 13 March - PwC Wellington

Click here to register.