SOFT SKILLS FOR PLANNERS
Hard skills and knowledge are
requirements for professional life – but it is the soft skills that make
us successful. A large part of a planner’s job involves soft skills. In
the planning profession they include:
- The ability to communicate
- Use personal persuasion and connections
- Have confidence, patience, a positive attitude and manage our own energy and time.
This one day interactive workshop is for all planners who need to add
soft skills to their professional and legal knowledge. Soft skills
enable better results in all planning roles.
WHO WILL BENEFIT: Planners in all organisations and roles who need to:
- Gain support from their colleagues
- Work with non-planners including members of the public
- Relate to representatives of communities and politicians
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN INCLUDES HOW TO:
- Communicate well - listening, using body language, persuading, gaining respect
- Manage your own internal energy - self motivate, deal with stress, get things done
- Create social capital - networking, collaborating and building relationships
- Using an ethical approach for communication and decision making
HOW THE WORKSHOP WORKS:
- Simple tools and frameworks with individual, team and group practice
- Learning discussions and support from other planners in the same situation
- A few practical actions that can be built into the every-day work of participants
TOPICS TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE:
- Communication Skills
- Listening with the eyes and ears
- Speaking with conviction and confidence
- Creating time and energy
- Managing your time
- Release your energy
PRESENTED BY JANIS GRUMMIT
Janis has
more than 30 years experience advising senior executives across many
organisations spanning central and local Government, the private and
not-for-profit sectors. A social anthropologist, Janis also uses her
personal knowledge of neuro science to add to her considerable
leadership experience. She has been an executive leader and now enjoys
mentoring others including individuals, companies and boards.
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