Effective Communication Skills

Effective Communication Skills for IT Professionals

 An innovative and effective way to improve leadership, supervisory and coaching skills, increase teamwork and cooperation, and drive tangible business results for IT professionals.

• About the Program
• Participant Testimonials
• More about the course
• Logistics

The Program

Recently the Managing Director of a VC firm in the Bay area told me, "There is a real absence of leadership in business today and much of it is due to the inability to communicate effectively." While that breakdown in communication permeates the entire organization, it appears to be brutally apparent between the IT group and their internal customers.

Customers struggle to communicate their requirements and as a consequence projects are delivered late, require extensive rework and everyone ends up frustrated. We believe it is time for IT professionals to take the lead and TAG's Effective Communication Skills for IT Professionals program is designed to assist you to lead that effort in your organization.

Conducted over two consecutive Fridays, Effective Communication Skills for IT Professionals will help you:

• Establish common goals for every interaction.
• Assess needs and the decision makers levels of involvement.
• Position solutions that are appropriate from an IT perspective as well as effective from a customer perspective.
• The ability to obtain commitments and "co-ownership" rather that simple agreements or compliance/surrender.

If these skills would add to your personal success, help your group, department and/or company be more successful then this program is designed specifically for you. Space is limited limited to 20 spots so enroll today! 

Documenting measurable performance improvements and business results from training is becoming increasingly important to businesses focused on growth and continued success.  To get this kind of verifiable success, you need a higher-powered training program that combines technical and interpersonal skills to produce measurable business results.  We recommend Effective Communication Skills for IT Professionals because:

1. The skills are drawn from award-winning leadership, teamwork, sales and service programs with proven track records.
2. The skills are measurable, not vague, soft or fuzzy. 
3. The skills yield immediate return-on-investment outcomes, guaranteed.

When was the last time you saw measurable increases in people's sheer competence as a result of training?  When was the last time you saw greater profit as a direct result of training? You will see it with Effective Communication Skills for IT Professionals because it already has a track record for producing those outcomes.

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Previous Participant Feedback

"I think the PAR method will increase my success at having project achieve buy-in and implementation." - Heather Voigt

"I think the PAR approach is very innovative and a refreshing new concept in learning how to be an effective communicator" - Katie Ewers, SunTrust

"This was a great experience. I believe this training will help further my career as well as help improve my personal life." - Ubong Ekpe

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Integrated Skills

 IT Professionals creating effective, conflict-free work groups, communicating, discussing and implementing ideas, creating more open, cooperative and active work groups. Effective Communication Skills is designed to be highly interactive; all the skills are illustrated and then practiced using real business issues, ideas and recommendations.  The program isn't "taught."  It is coached while people are in a special work session focused on implementing real work.  So you see if the skills make a difference - immediately!

Adaptability

Because this program focuses on real work, it is automatically tailored to the issues the participants want and need to address. 

Specifications

Lunch and snacka and all materials are provided, including seven award-winning video lessons, a Coaching Kit for each participant and pre-meeting preparation. The meeting leader is a properly certified PAR senior partner with an extensive background of coaching.

Before the Course

Participants are invited to a real work session to implement real work with their associates.  They are asked to bring six to ten business improvement recommendations with them; they will try to get them implemented and measured for tangible results.  During the meeting they will receive special coaching on how to succeed at getting support and measurable results.  Details will be sent to registered participants prior to the course.

What You'll Learn

•   What Professionals Listen To That Others Do Not
•   How Professionals Establish Conversational Rapport Quickly
•   How Professionals Get the Key Facts: Analytical Business Skills
•   How Professionals Position (Align) Their Ideas
•   How Professionals Get "Buy-in," Support and Commitment
•   How Professionals Manage Resistance or Reluctance
•   How to Bring about Commitments and Closure

Please click here to download a brochure with more specific details about each topic.

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Logistics  

Sessions 

• August
  Dates: Friday's, August 8th, and 15th
  Time: 8:30am- 5:00pm
  Location: Hodges Room, 75 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308*
  Registration: Click Here to Register
• December
  Dates: Friday's, December 5th and 12th
  Time: 8:30am- 5:00pm
  Location: Hodges Room, 75 5th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30308*
  Registration: Click Here to Register
• *For information on bringing this program on-site to your company, contact Amanda Shook at (404)920-2023 or

Cost

• TAG Members: $525
  Premier Corporate Members:$475
  Non-Members: $625
  Group Rate: 5 or more from the same company. Call for more information.

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