By Mike Figliuolo, Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC

Master High-Stakes Communication

Language: English
All Levels

Course description

When pitching ideas and trying to influence others in high-stakes situations, it’s important to take a deliberate approach to your communications if you want to get recommendations approved.

Influence comes down to making compelling pitches. The higher the stakes at hand, the more important it is for you to communicate clearly, succinctly, and convincingly. The course covers understanding the audience and their agendas, knowing how decisions are made, crafting a compelling narrative, getting stakeholder input, and bringing the right facts to back up your idea. The value of this course to participants and the organization are faster approval ideas leading to shorter time to impact, and quicker approval processes which saves time and effort.

Objectives - Understand the Audience and Their “Button” - Know the Players, Agendas, and How Decisions are Made - Get Input on Your Narrative - Let Others Think the Idea is Theirs - Bring the Right Facts to the Conversation

Who is it for: The target audience for this course is anyone who has to communicate and influence others in high-stakes situations.

Course overview - 5

  • Understand the Audience and Their “Button”

  • Know the Players, Agendas, and How Decisions are Made

  • Get Input on Your Narrative

  • Let Others Think the Idea is Theirs

  • Bring the Right Facts to the Conversation

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Meet your instructor

Mike Figliuolo
Mike FigliuoloManaging Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC
Mike Figliuolo is founder and managing director of thoughtLEADERS, LLC, a professional services training firm. He is an internationally recognized speaker and blogger on the topics of leadership, communications, decision-making, problem solving, and other critical business skills. An honor graduate from West Point, Mike served in the US Army as a combat arms officer. Before founding his own company, he was an assistant professor at Duke University, a consultant at McKinsey & Company, and an executive at Capital One and Scotts Miracle-Gro. He is the author of One Piece of Paper: The Simple Approach to Powerful, Personal Leadership (www.onepieceofpaper.com), Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results (www.leadinsidethebox.com), and The Elegant Pitch: Create a Compelling Recommendation, Build Broad Support, and Get it Approved (www.elegantpitch.com). Mike's blog and the programs he teaches can be found at www.thoughtleadersllc.com.