Communicate to Influence and Persuade with Confidence

Thriving in the Matrixed Workplace

Thriving within the intricate dynamics of motivating individuals toward a shared vision can prove challenging. In today's matrixed work environments, your capacity to influence stands as a linchpin for professional success. However, mastering the art of persuasion, particularly in complex landscapes, presents considerable hurdles. It's not just about what you say, but the timing and manner in which you convey it. This mastery empowers enhanced confidence, heightened lead engagement, and the cultivation of trust and recognition.

Empowerment through Strategic Communication: Influence and Persuasion Workshop

Step into a dynamic and interactive workshop that pulses with energy and insights. Here, you'll unlock the nuances of effective communication, learning to navigate collaboration while driving swift and impactful outcomes. This immersive experience equips you with the tools to tailor engagement and communication approaches, transforming them into potent instruments of influence and persuasion. Dive into useful techniques and practical methods that embolden you to wield influence with confidence. Enter a realm where influence becomes not just a skill, but a pathway to trust, recognition, and success within the matrixed workplace.

Upon completion of the course, learners will be able to:

• Prepare to Influence and Persuade
• Improve the quality of communication with your team
• Gain better self and social awareness
• Developing Your Influencing and Persuasive Skills
• Selecting the Right Approach
• Practice Persuasion and Influencing Skills
• Manage and overcome communication challenges
• Better establish trust and rapport with other people
• Better understand nine different speaking styles, blind spots, body language cues and distorted patterns
• Explore opportunities to influence and win people over

Executives,managers, senior as well as seasoned managers who are leading, mentoring and coaching team members,sharpening their skill set to gain self awareness, learn best practices, and discover innovative ways to transfer essential skills.

"Ram is able to engage his audience in a fun and interactive way. His delivery is clear and concise and he helps the audience to remember key learning points in a unique way." - Desmond Kan, Assistant Director (Communications and Engagement, MOM ACE Group)

"An inspiring trainer who has managed to bring laughter into classroom trainings and yet imparts valuable life skills and career knowledge to the trainees. " - Seok Yee Ng, Head of FP&A and Legal Entity Management (MBA (Banking & Finance) and CA (Singapore))

"Absolutely fantastic to have him as a facilitator. Approachable and knowledgeable. The way he facilitated the classroom despite in the zoom setting is very engaging. Thanks Ram!" - Mohd Helmi, Flight Attendant at Singapore Airlines

Santhanaram Jayaram has more than 28 years of experience in both the private and public sector including Financial Services - Retail and Learning and Development. Qualified for the Million Dollar Round Table in 2005, 2006 & 2007. Author of Ram up your Laughter. Appeared on National TV, Radio, Print. Current Board of Director for a Credit Co- operative with over 43,500 members (Telecoms Credit Co-operative) and Director of Security companies - Security Masters and Secure Guard. Some of the companies he has worked with ranges from Mcdonald’s, Coca-cola, Singapore Airlines, UOB Bank, Starbucks, Fox Channel International, Baker Hughes, UBS bank, Biomin, Singtel, Scoot, Daimler Financial Services.

With his versatility, engaging presence and diverse industry experience in hosting, facilitating and relating to a diverse group ranging from the PMETs to the C-suite, such as Lee Kuan Yew's School of Public Policy’s Senior Management Program, Regional Agency Workshop QBE Insurance, Regional Symposiums Strategic Project Management: Greater Business Results in Uncertain economy, Project of the Year Award by Project Management Institute Singapore, Ram has also appeared in Print, Radio ,National TV and on Netflix. Besides personalising and customizing trainings to multi-national corporations, universities, and private associations, he also specialises in helping top level executives to improve their operational efficiencies; relate better thru communication skills, pioneer creativity thru design thinking skills, become better leaders thru leadership and people management, deliver greater service excellence and move up the next level thru career coaching. 

Qualifications

- Master of Business Administration (Oklahoma City University)

- Bachelor of Science (Hons) (University of Bradford)

- Advance Certificate in Training and Development (ACTA)

- Master NLP Practitioner (American Board of Neuro-Linguistic Psychology)

- Certified in Laughter Yoga, Identi3 profiling, Enneagram, FIRO-B, Belbin Team Roles