The power of words: black rhetoric and alterocentrism

Confident in negotiations, employee dialogues, argumentation, conducting discussions and conflicts

This training is held in German.
Get what you ask for! According to behavioral psychology studies, we spend a large part of our working time negotiating big and small things. This highly effective training course with negotiation and rhetoric expert Prof. Dr. Karsten Bredemeier focuses on practice sessions on the topics of pitching, negotiating, discussions and deals - rounded off with professional coaching to improve your personality performance. Whether virtually or in direct contact: With new conversation patterns, you will develop a special power and magic in persuasion and presentation skills.

Contents

training training with Prof. Dr. Karsten Bredemeier

Strategy and dramaturgy of successful dialogs, negotiations and arguments

  • Consistently stage welcome rituals and negotiating authority (also remotely).
  • Bringing about decisions in stages: The negotiation cascade and doer authority.
  • Instead of questions - the appeal technique of gentle conversation and professional negotiation skills.
  • Negotiating in and with teams - dos and don'ts.
  • Spatial dramaturgy and staging of the negotiation conditions.

Show empathy and sympathy, generate respect and fairness

  • "The Godfather/Godmother" - the ethical relationship guide and values compass for managers.
  • Living cordiality and communicating appreciative respect.
  • "Ninja tips" for building and shaping relationships in New Work.
  • Status-appropriate clothing - a comparison for the image (also in the home office)!

What "power" and "fear" do - about the sunny and dark side of influence

  • Interest, intention or goals - the focused definition makes the difference.
  • Trust the "social physics".
  • Calculate discussion and negotiation goals objectively without emotions: Simply forget - the BATNA principle.

The right positioning: convincing through logical argumentation structures

  • Personal negotiation and argumentation dramaturgy.
  • Playfully apply and use behavioral psychological (pop) effects and instruments on various communication channels.
  • Valuable communication tools: The rhetoric code in business talk.
  • The magic of black rhetoric as a verbal weapon.
  • Basic patterns and development of alterocentricity for negotiations, pitches, M&A talks.

The secrets of winners: Knowing and avoiding stumbling blocks, lazy tricks and pitfalls

  • The ethical corset of utilitarianism and behavioral thinking.
  • "Quick & Dirty" - Knowing and defusing common tricks.
  • "Give the monkey sugar!" - a short lesson on metabolic blockages.
  • Defuse critical situations with confidence using the 3-T rule.
  • Counter professionally - confident repartee in escalating topics.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

Your benefit

In this training

  • you will learn to position yourself and your topics, negotiations and discussions (including virtual ones) with confidence, to withstand pressure and to master conflicts strategically and convincingly.
  • you will learn how to resolve critical conversational situations in an age-centered way.
  • you will recognize how intensive preparation, logical and brain-friendly argumentation in just a few steps can determine your success in conversations or negotiation situations.
  • you train proven deal methods, underpinned by effective psychological tools.
  • you optimize valuable individual trademark signals and communicate them in the virtual space.
  • you will learn how to conclude conversations and discussions profitably for you and your counterpart.

For professionals and those who want to become professionals, because language does more than just say things.

Methods

Theory input, video training, individual trainer feedback/coaching, practice-oriented work on challenging situations, negotiation and discussion exercises.

Recommended for

Managers and decision makers who want to maximize their professionalism in appraisal interviews, negotiations, argumentation and discussions and who want to assert themselves convincingly even in critical situations, stressful conversations or unfair contacts .

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