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The Complete Business Thinker

A set of courses to master the individual and collaborative skills needed for success in the modern business world

Structured thinking

• Blend creative and logical thinking to brilliant effect
• Be confident in finding the right questions you should be working on
• Accelerate the thinking on projects to get to the best answer faster
• Manage collaborative thinking through visual and interactive processes
• Master the tools and techniques for creative inspiration and logical reasoning
• Ensure your thinking takes account of emotions and personality types
• Avoid the common thinking errors and wasted effort
• Maximise your influence through turning your thinking into great communication

Strategy planning

• Set direction and how to get there
• Become adept at spotting and interpreting current and future trends
• Use system mapping, SWOT and force field analysis to understand your environment
• Think creatively about your future success with scenario planning and options modelling
• Practice powerful market analysis and customer segmentation techniques
• Learn the best practices turning a strategy into winning programmes and projects

Facilitation skills

• Design and run great meetings
• Develop skills for designing and running your own meetings
• Manage group dynamics and diverse personalities
• Know how to handle difficult questions or awkward participants
• Gain confidence in speaking within a group and delivering your own inputs
• Have ideas to help colleagues with their meetings, as facilitator or participant
• Save money by minimising spend on consultants and improving team productivity
• Reduce the stress of overloaded diaries full of poorly designed meetings

Personal influence

• Get others to hear your ideas
• Refine your personal USP and brand
• Improve your confidence and capability to communicate in public (including TV and radio)
• Be proactive in preparing for talking about big issues to staff and external parties
• Become proficient in communicating ‘good’ and ‘bad’ news effectively
• Respond well to difficult questioning
• Increase the impact of your work

 

Structured thinking course details

Facilitation course details

idenk development programmes are run as either one-day or two-day events
For more details call 01223 503609 or email courses@idenk.com