Review - The People Skills Course

Review

The People Skills Course

Life In Orpington’s co-founder, Nicky, spent a day on The People Skills Course, which is aimed at improving people and management skills for business success. Here’s what she thought...

First impressions The People Skills Course offers a one-day interactive workshop and is run by Chandra Sharma and Zeenat Noorani, who immediately put me at ease and helped me feel relaxed. There were two others on the course and the small group size meant that the course was more personalised and I felt more comfortable opening up without feeling judged.

The course The course is split into two modules – the first is aimed at managing yourself and people. We were taught that understanding yourself and others is the first step to improving your business performance. Zeenat is very knowledgeable on NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) and gave a great presentation on its benefits and how to use it to help you succeed in business. Communication and language was also a large part of the module and we were shown techniques and strategies on body language, self worth and how to change a negative into a positive.

The second module covered self-development and dealing with imposter syndrome, a psychological term to describe the doubting of your accomplishments and of not being worthy of success. Astonishingly, 70% of people are affected by imposter syndrome at some point in their career. Learning how to change your mindset and put yourself on the same level as others is key to overcoming this and being successful in business. I've seen Chandra at many networking events and he always delivers a great pitch, so I found the section on elevator pitches a really useful part of the module, as well as breathing techniques to help with public speaking. I also learned great tips on how to network successfully and build relationships.

Who’s it for? If lack of confidence and low self-belief is negatively impacting your business or you are struggling to communicate effectively with your employees and/ or customers, then this course would be beneficial. I learned how to develop my people skills and engage and motivate others. The course covers a wide range of topics and scenarios that can be applied to many situations that can help you work successfully towards your goals. Overall impressions Chandra and Zeenat make a fantastic team; their passion for communication and language really came across in the course. They are both approachable, supportive and they instantly put you at ease. I was apprehensive about some aspects of the course to begin with, but they helped me feel relaxed. I also felt that what I said was valued, as this information was then used to form part of the training; tailoring it to our own needs meant that the course was bespoke and I got so much more from it. Overall, the course is jam-packed with techniques and tools aimed at helping you move forward in business. Everyone was given a personal workbook that covered each of the modules – it was a great idea as it’s an intensive course, so it allows you to take much of that information away to digest over the following weeks.

Chandra and Zeenat support those who take the course by offering a follow-up group support call a month later, followed by another two after that. I really enjoyed The People Skills Course; it was eye-opening and I came away feeling uplifted and empowered, with plenty of practical tools and strategies on how I can move forward in business to reach my goals. I feel that I’ve learned new skills that I can implement to make a positive impact on my business. In fact, a few days later my one-minute introduction at a networking event was vastly different to the ones I’d previously been giving – and people seemed much more responsive to it by approaching me afterwards. I would highly recommend the course to anyone wanting to develop effective business relationships, enhance their emotional intelligence and improve their ability to influence and engage more effectively with people.

You can book The People skills course at http://bit.ly/2NKJFPK or for more information email thepeopleskillscourse@gmail.com or see @The People Skills Course on Facebook.

“If You Want to Be Good In Business You Need To Be Great With People"