soft skills to take home
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Presentation for the "Interpersonal skills" exam ( MBA - Hochschule Esslingen)TRANSCRIPT
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SOFT SKILLS: what do I take home?
Liliana Todorinova for the « Interpersonal Skills » exam
MBA « International Industrial Management » Hochschule Esslingen
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OVERVIEW: what did I learn?
This is not a brownie
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OVERVIEW: what did I learn?
1. What is my communication style?
3. How to improve my selling skills?
4. How to negotiate professionnally?
2. How to communicate better so as to prevent and
solve conflicts?
5. How to manage others for win-win outcome?
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1. How do I communicate?
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My score Strengths Weaknesses
DRIVER
12 Confident, goal setter, likes challenges
Too direct, poor listener
ANALYTIC
8 Creative Look at all aspects of
decisions Finish what I start
Avoiding emotionnally charged confrontations Perfectionist, self critical Too much planning
RELATOR
10 Put myself in other’s shoes Caring
Sacrifice too much to keep the harmony Not focused on details
EXPRESSIVE
15 Generate enthousiasm Optimistic, positive Curious
Good talked bad listener Emotional High-Lows
According to the DARE model
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2. Communicate better to prevent & solve conflict
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What is Communication?
Sender Receiver
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MSG
Relationship
Appeal
Content
Self-disclosure
Listen ACTIVELY
To prevent conflict
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Set SMART goals Specific Measurable Agreed Realistic Timely
Deliver a PRES message
State Point, give Reason, give Example, Summarize
To prevent conflict
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Use the Sandwich Technique to deliver bad messages and negative feedback
Speak in positive statements
How to turn BAD messages GOOD
= see the glass half full
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Detect • Become aware there’s a conflict • Analyse the situation
Evaluate
• Determine the severity • How important/urgent/hard is it to solve • Find the root cause
Act • Bring parties to consensus upon root cause • De-escalate via common agreement
De-escalate a conflict
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3. Improve my selling skills
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Know what you’re selling: SWOT
Find out what the customer is looking for: Don’t assume - ASK (open/closed end questions) Listen actively
Match Product with Customer Needs Product-Feature-Function-Benefit
Speak with body and mind
Salesmen are listeners, not talkers
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4. Negotiation
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Know upfront What satisfies you and what is your limit What’s on the agenda & what are the priorities What’s your starting point Use the PFFB (steps of argumentation) for your offer Benchmark with alternatives
Who is in the dominant position?
Cursors of power (importance, competitors, info, influence, time, penalty)
Do you have a BATNA? (best alternative to negotiation agreement)
Good negotiation must be prepared
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Follow the Golden Rules Start high Before giving up smth, answer with arguments first Give up only when receive smth in return Only incremental concessions of shrinking size Achieve clear expressed agreement
Recommended readings: « Negotiation bootcamp » by Ed Brodow
Best negotiations are « win win »
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5. Improve management skills
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The FLOW model
Get the best of team members
qualification
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leng
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scared
bored
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Give the best to team members
Supporting 1
Coaching 1+2
Delegating Directing 1+2+3
low directing high
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1. Tell what to do 2. Determine how to do it 3. Monitor closely
Yourself later
Yourself now
Skip Delegate
low urgency high
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What to delegate?