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General Business Communication Skills

(A two-day programme)

This programme has been designed to assist delegates who have had limited exposure to the business environment to acquire effective business communication skills.

Programme Content:

  • What are the differences between communicating on the telephone and communicating face-to-face?

  • What are the barriers that impair effective telephone communications and a review of solutions for eliminating these negative factors.

  • How can you ensure that your greeting sets the most effective tone for the rest of the conversation?

  • Voice expertise.

  • Basic business and professional telephone vocabulary & communication skills for providing effective client service

  • Tips on how to deal with the challenges presented on the telephone by our multi-lingual business environment

  • Effective message taking and transfer skills.

  • How to maintain control during every telephone encounter and other time-saving tips.

  • Tips on how to deal with angry or irate callers.

  • Other skills that can assist in consistently projecting an effective image of the company during every telephone conversation.

  • How to remain assertive without projecting aggression.

  • Advanced face-to-face communication skills.

  • Some advanced service excellence techniques that you can offer to both your internal and external clients during every contact.

  • How to turn conflict into an opportunity to build positive long-term relationships with customers/clients or colleagues.

  • Consultation – a communication tool for this age

  • Cellphone etiquette and Fax and E-mail protocol

  • The impact, which a negative attitude has on our communication ability and how working at being motivated can improve your communication ability.

Programme Originator: Renett Estelle Grové


For further information, please contact:
Renett Grové

Tel: (011) 792-4084 or Email renett@dynamiclt.co.za
International +27 11 792-4084

Randburg Johannesburg South Africa

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Last modified: 09 June 2008