Effective rhetoric for managers

Speak concisely - convince with style

This training is held in German.
As a manager and leader, you need excellent rhetorical skills to be able to inspire other people with your ideas and innovations and implement your plans. Use effective language to win over your audience and convince your counterpart in direct dialog. With clear and compelling arguments, logical conclusions, the right questioning techniques and confident body language, you can master even difficult management situations and tricky conversations - even in a virtual context.

Contents

Rhetorical tools - used effectively

  • Essentials of a good speech: Motivating and leading listeners.
  • Rhetorical stylistic devices and their effective use.
  • Storytelling: Create effective images in the minds of your audience.

The first impression is decisive - the last one remains

  • Creating safety and enthusiasm right from the start.
  • "You can only ignite in others what burns within yourself" - strategies and tips for more charisma, charm and esprit when giving a speech.
  • Individual amplifiers for more confidence and persuasiveness.

Arguing effectively and asserting yourself

  • Preparation is half the battle: Building a targeted argument.
  • Clear choice of words and unambiguous body language for optimum effect.
  • He who asks, leads: Professional questioning techniques in difficult situations.
  • Dealing confidently with divergent interests.

Convince instead of persuade

  • Rationality and emotionality in argumentation.
  • Targeted use of gestures, facial expressions and spatial presence.
  • Language and power: sovereignty instead of dominance.
  • Know your individual strengths and develop your speaking personality.

Firstly, things turn out differently ...

  • Breakdowns, bad luck and mishaps: Effective immediate aid measures for minor and major disasters.
  • Say goodbye to speech inhibition: the right way to deal with a frog in your throat, stage fright and co.
  • Never be at a loss for words again: Strengthen your repartee - be confident in the face of unfair attacks.

Learning environment

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this qualification measure after you have registered.

Your benefit

  • You will develop your rhetorical skills and use the full range of oratory skills strategically and stylishly after this training .
  • They argue and discuss with a new power of persuasion, without having to bend.
  • They build individually on your personality and tailor your learning to your existing skills.
  • With helpful practical tips and valuable strategies, you will gain even more confidence and consolidate your sovereignty.
  • Professional, realistic exercises and individual feedback will make you even more convincing in discussions and presentations - even in virtual contexts.

Methods

In-person events

Intensive, practice-based training with speaking tasks, participant presentations, video feedback and speech analysis, individual and group work, exercises and self-reflection, participants and trainer feedback.

Live online events

Intensive, practice-based training with speaking tasks, participant presentations, video feedback and speech analysis, individual and group work, exercises and self-reflection, participants and trainer feedback.

The seminar concept of the live online seminar is optimized and adapted for online implementation. We use a tried-and-tested virtual seminar environment that is adapted to your specific learning needs and supports interactivity between the trainer and participants.

Recommended for

Executives at all levels, entrepreneurs, managing directors, managers, management consultants, management assistants.

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

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