Value Proposition – Communication Skills - Stating Your Case
Requirements
- Students who will benefit most from this course will be those who already have had at least a couple of years experience working cross functionally and those who can appreciate the context of a technology department.
Description
We need to convince, and in the business world, we need to get to the point and state our case quickly and effectively. To help us do this, employing the "Value Propositions" technique helps clarify our thinking on what is important to the person we are speaking to. This course helps improve your communication skills and how you manage your relationships.
The course includes:
What is a Value Proposition
Define a Value Proposition
Value Proposition Framework, examples and case study.
This course is the second in a series that cover our “VITAR” framework for Relationship Management. Relationship Management is a core skill for anyone who needs to interact with people to get the job done. Different approaches, values, ways of communicating, empathy, ego and authenticity are all important considerations, yet in the bustle of our daily lives, we either forget, rely on our innate stock of skills because they have worked in the past or just muddle through. We could get the job done far quicker, but we need to unlock the code of Effective Relationships to do so. Having a solid "Value Proposition" is one of the keys that unlock that code.
To understand where this course fits into the “VITAR” framework for Relationship Management Series, Search for the FREE course in Relationship Management / Overview by Jon Baxter.
Benefits of applying the VITAR Framework for Relationship Management:
Become a Trusted Advisor
Move away from taking orders to being called for advice
Recognise the fundamental principles behind trust
Check-in with your influencing behaviours
Understand AND practice "soft skills” of persuasion and influence
Enable Clearer Communications.
Manage expectations consistently
Adjust your style of engagement
Start with your audience's challenges in mind
Early and Senior Engagement
Access Decision Makers earlier in developing ideas based on trust and credibility.
Inspire confidence to deal with Senior Stakeholders
Gain Role Clarity
Best practices for enabling relationship management
Clarify a colleague's contribution
Hold people to account
Who this course is for:
- Ideal for Junior Managers new to the role Typical roles include Customer Success Managers, Account Managers, Business Analysts, Service Managers, Product Managers, Project Managers, Business Partners and Solution Architects.
Instructor
Jon has been passionately leading change in the UK in Strategic Partnering for the past five years since recognising the gap of where most organisations currently work at and where they want to be. He has created the proprietary SDBP® certificate and training programme. He has led the Strategic IT Partner Forum, a bi-annual conference that provides thought leadership, CXO level insight and practical application to 95 delegates in the UK.
Jon continues to write about and research Strategic Partnering, especially in the context of Digital Transformation. He has a top tier global corporate client list who subscribes to his coaching and workshops - recognised for their integrated, practical and implementable approach. Well over 300 delegates have attended one of Jon's workshops and events over the past 4 years.
Delegates on Jon's workshops appreciate his candour in bringing to life his experiences of working as a leader and manager in sometimes very challenging corporate roles that help audiences reflect on how they work and what they could do differently in order to step-change their own performance and that of their organisation.