As a (corporate) leader, there is a need for consistent enhancement of your public speaking, persuasive communication, and leadership skills. You need the skills of effective public speaking and persuasive communication to succeed because you must be able to convince your followers, and clients and even win people with initial opposing views over during deliberations or arguments.

Leadership is very complex. Everything, they say, rises and falls on leadership. That is why those in leadership positions need to sharpen their leadership skills and know what it means to achieve leadership influence, proficiency, and success.

It is noteworthy that one thing that is central to leadership success is effective communication, especially oral communication skills.

Objective/Benefits Of The Course

This course aims to enhance your leadership as well as oral and written communication capability and linguistic proficiency.

At the end of the program, you will be able to:

• Transform into a great leader
• Prepare a presentation and determine the best or most appropriate oral delivery technique
• Overcome their psychological, physiological, linguistic, and knowledge-level-induced fears; speak confidently and display exceptional oratorical competence during presentations
• Easily write persuasive business proposals and make winning business presentations
• Exploit strategic decisions to advantage and effectively persuade people
• Clear the cobweb of Nigerian English away from your (global) career prospects through mastery of correct usage of basic grammatical concepts
• Among many other benefits.

What To Cover?

Module One: Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

Some of the discussion areas:

• Process of preparing excellent presentations for effective delivery.
• Oral delivery methods.
• How to use body language to enhance your presentations.
• Building self-confidence/overcoming your fears.
• Differentiating between anxiety and fears.
• Overcoming your temporary stammer.
• Connecting effectively with the audience/Enhancing your speaking engagement with humor.
• Managing the stage effectively.                  
• Handling the dreaded question-and-answer session with ease/How to handle a hostile audience.

Module Two: General Persuasive Communication

Some of the discussion areas:

• Sequence of general persuasion and persuasive speaking skills.
• Enhancing your business communication with persuasive headings.
• Proposals and how to write persuasive business proposals.
• Written response to Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Letter and formal proposal structures.

Module Three: Oral Business Presentations

Some of the discussion areas:

• Advantages and disadvantages of oral (business) presentations.
• Ordinary oral business presentations.
• Sales presentations (including solicited follow-ups to Persuasive Business Proposals).
• Closing more consulting sales orally.
• General technical presentations.
• Oral response to Request for Proposal (i.e. Oral proposal).

Module Four: Motivational Speaking Skills

Areas of discussion:

• How to Become an Exceptional Political Motivational Speaker.
• Motivating Your Audience with Strong Practical Commitment.

Module Five: Mastering Basic Grammatical Concepts Of English Language

Some of the discussion areas:

• Clearing the cobweb of Nigerian English away from your (global) presentations.
• Interpreting dictionary symbols (e.g. “U”, “C”, “V”, “N”, Prep”, etc.) guiding word usage to avoid grammatical errors in your presentations.
• Mastering the application of grammatical Indirect Speech and exceptional cases of its usage
• Using a proper arrangement of words (Word Order) to achieve intended communication and response.
• Grammatical voice and diplomacy of communication.
• Mastering correct usage of various Tenses for accurate relation of action to time.
• Communicating intended possibilities with accurate employment of Conditional Clauses.

Module Six: Voice Control And Standard Pronunciation Skills (Diction And Elocution)

Some of the discussion areas:

• Enriching your oral presentations with effective voice control (voice modulation/vocal variety/intonation; depth and quality of voice tone).
• Holding the microphone confidently and using it to achieve effective voice control.
• Understanding different sounds of the English Language.
• Right situation to use Standard British English pronunciation in Nigeria/second language environment.
• Inaccurate pronunciation in Nigerian/second-language environment English and effects on stress; and non-usage of intonation to reflect a level of cordiality, etc.

Module Seven: Effective Leadership Skills

Some of the discussion areas:

• What Leadership Means.
• Difference between Leadership and Management.
• Attributes of a Good Leader.
• Developing Followers’ Leadership Ability through Effective Leadership Influence.