Effective Techniques for Building Better Work Relationships through Results-Oriented Communication
Course Overview
• Build better rapport and gain the trust of your colleagues
• Discover the basic competencies critical to solid work relationships
• Develop flexibility in actions, thoughts, and feelings to better handle any situation
• Avoid mistakes and conflicts that may result from misinterpreting others or ineffective listening
• Influence and motivate others to first-rate performance
• Learn how to use direct and indirect messages accurately
• Build your self-esteem as you discover a new self-awareness
• Identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities in your work relationships
• Understand values, beliefs, attitudes, and perceptual processes
• Understand emotions and how they translate into emotional intelligence
• Master the keys to excellent communication: observe, listen, analyze, plan, and communicate
Training Format:In-class, Virtual, In-house
Location:Lagos, Accra, Nairobi, Kigali
Language:English, French
Nigeria Price:
₦300000
Int'l., (Nigeria) Price:
$1000
Ghana Price:
$4000
Kenya Price:
$5500
Rwanda Price:
$6000
Nigeria Price:₦300000
Int'l., (Nigeria) Price:
$1000
Ghana Price:
$4000
Kenya Price:
$4000
Rwanda Price:
$4000
Nigeria Price: ₦300000
Int'l., (Nigeria) Price:
$1000
Ghana Price: $4000
Kenya Price: $4000
Rwanda Price: $4000
Effective Work Relationships
• How do you build work relationships
• Learn behaviors that support or undermine your relationships
• Assessing your relationships
Communication and Perceptions
• World view, perception, and work relationships
• Trust busters and how to fix them
• The five axioms of conscious communication
• Mirroring and rapport
Investigating Emotions and Emotional Intelligence
• Social intelligence and multiple intelligences
• Assessing your multiple intelligences
• Five domains of emotional intelligence
• Improving work relationships through emotional intelligence
Building Better Relationships with Ourselves and Others
• Perception, world view, emotional intelligence – and you
• Self-awareness, self-esteem, and self-concept
• Case study to understand your styles – and how to flex them
Relationship Building
• Managing assumptions in order to build trusting work relationships
• Consciously building trust at work
• Developing and showing a positive attitude
Express Needs within Work Relationships
• Expressing needs and influencing others
• Performing an interpersonal needs inventory
• The shape and sound of assertiveness
• Completing an influential SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Profile
Relational Communication
• Identifying your communication style: how you relate most often
• Sharpening verbal and nonverbal behaviors and skills
• Applying direct and indirect messages for more flexible communication
• Using feedback and questioning skills to better understand other
Relational Listening
• Listening barriers and their impact on effective work relationships
• A listening improvement map
• Improving listening by asking good questions
• Applying active and reflective listening skills in various situations
Addressing Relational Change and Conflict
• Practicing relational change
• Addressing conflict and relational change
• Selecting your conflict-resolution style
• Planning to resolve conflicts assertively
• Resolving conflicts with work relationships in mind
• Developing and practicing a conflict-resolution plan
1ST BATCH: Tuesday, March 3, 2026 — Friday, March 6, 2026.
2ND BATCH: Tuesday, July 7, 2026 — Friday, July 10, 2026.
3RD BATCH: Tuesday, November 3, 2026 — Friday, November 6, 2026.
The training methodology integrates lectures, interactive discussions, collaborative group exercises, and
illustrative examples. Participants will acquire a blend of theoretical insights and hands-on practical
experience, emphasizing the application of learned techniques. This approach ensures that attendees return
to their professional environments equipped with both the competence and self-assurance to effectively
implement the acquired skills in their responsibilities.
