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Effective Communication Skills Training With Tim Stokes

How to Improve Communication Skills, Effective Communication Skills, Soft Skills

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Effective Communication Skills Training

With

Tim Stokes

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Effective Communication Skills Training

Webinar Contents The 6 Steps to Effective Delegation The No.1 Profit Strategy in Business - DISC Profiles How to Convert More Leads into Sales The Critical Requirement for Hiring Great Staff How to Motivate Your Staff to Work as Hard as You

WARNING: This content may press your buttons!

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Where Did This Information Come From?

7 different businessesPaid for education from top entrepreneurs

Dozens of employees17 years training 1,200+ business owners

25 years of personal development 4 personal mentors/advisors

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Case Study Example

Working 80 hours/week 5 vans in front yard No family time or holidays

Clint’s history – electrical contracting business

Outcome: complete control of his life & business

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How Well Do You Communicate?

Do people often frustrate you?Do you get angry with people?

Do people listen & act on what you say?Do you trust people or what they say?

Do you think people are very predictable?How did you go with your answers?

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What Holds all Businesses Back?

The owner’s under developed People skills

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The Best Way to Learn about People

Learn a lot about…

YourselfWe all have blind spots (i.e. a personality) and the true

cost in a business is a FORTUNE!

Being aware of your personality is the first step of improving it and your people skills

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Effective Delegation

2 Essential Background Facts about People…

1. People naturally err on the side of pessimism

2. People do what they feel right in doing, & the ego creates evidence to support it

Business owners miss out on a LOT by not developing people knowledge, like these facts

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The 6 Steps to Effective Delegation

1. Create a basic system for the task to delegate2. Test it with only one variable (person)3. Monitor/review & correct it (don’t assume)4. Promote it to get “ownership”5. Give the task a KPI or performance standard6. Update your system Registrar with changes made

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The BEST People Skill – DISC Profiles

Dominant InfluenceSteadyCompliant

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The Dominant D Profile

Very straight with people, often seen as arrogantPut staff under constant pressureOften intimidate staff so they don’t speak upGoal orientated, can’t say no to a challengeLack patience, so end up doing what others should

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The Influence I Profile

Great talkers, can be talked into buying from matesMake friends, like to be liked, can be a bit softLike variety, adapt to change, but can be inconsistentGreat with spontaneity, follow through often lackingTalk easily, but can forget what they said

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The Steady – S Profile

Very caring, sometimes too much for bad staffTeam orientated, rarely criticise staff who need itLike others to initiate new challenges, then follow Very caring, but others often don’t see itLack of assertiveness leads to low cash flow issues

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The Compliant C Profile

Like attention to detail, can miss the ‘BIG picture’Love schedules, routines, but not so much peopleLike to do the same work over and overLike to plan and work their plan, not spontaneous Work to high standards, sometimes too high

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Understanding DISC Profile Graphs

Work/Adapted Home/Pressure

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Tips on Converting More Leads into Sales

Learn DISC Profiles (Sales W’shop + 1 month study)Be first to quote, not last

Be on time, do everything you say (integrity)Put a LOT in writing, if you say it, write it!

Follow up, don’t assume they don’t have questions

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The No. 1 Recruitment Criteria

A Positive Attitude• A willingness to engage people in a positive way

(so ask them tricky questions in the interview), e.g. ‘What’s your greatest success in life?’

• They say “sure” when asked to do something extra. And apologise for mistakes made (once only).

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How to Motivate Your Staff

DISC Profile all your team Talk about it in a team meeting with all staff

Keep running weekly team meetingsHave everyone talk, not just you

Bring numbers into team meetings to discuss

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Regular staff turnover

Low profit margins or poor cash flow (increasing these requires a change of mindset)

Few and very short holidays (the business doesn’t have systems and/or good staff)

A mediocre personal salary (& hourly rate?)

The Cost of Unmotivated Staff

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In Summary

Success in life is a choice, as are; your salary, your happiness, hours you work, holidays etc.

Choosing to learn about people, and stretching your ‘comfort zone’ leads to greater success

Your ability to get along with people determines how happy, wealthy and fulfilled your life is

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Want to Change Some Things in Your Life?

The biggest (client) successes came through

Mindset changeThey now work less hours, while their business

profits increased faster (e.g. accountant in Penrith)

Working SMARTER means working less!

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The Communication Skills Training Workshop

A very special 4½ hour online training event to; Expand your mind, entrepreneurially Greatly enhance your people skills Show you the specific areas you need to grow in Free up your time & Make you & your staff happier & more productive

All for only… $497!

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What the Workshop Includes FREE DISC Profile tool to profile you and all your staff What your DISC Profile reveals (‘blind spots’) What weaknesses are in your business (DISC Profile) Entrepreneur Mindset Secrets to end your busyness The “4 Ingredients of Super Success” & how to apply them How to use Napoleon Hill’s Think & Grow Rich secret How to identify & overcome any mindset limitations What matters most to concentrate on for your success

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Special Workshop BONUSES

A Personal Development PlanContaining the BEST personal growth books,

with a schedule of learningPlus

The Brain Programming System – how to train your brain to think positive towards any goal!

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Workshop Date & Times

The Workshop are delivered online (with everyone on video & audio in discussion)

The are held from 1:00pm to 5:30pm or from 8.30am to 1pm

(in multiple time zones)

A digital workbook will be provided (to print out & write in, or to type in)

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How to Register

Open a browser and go to: www.profittrans4mations.com/people-skills

Fill in your details and hit ‘Register my place’ An invoice will arrive in your Inbox Reply with your preferred payment option May payment 3 days prior to the workshop

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This Information WORKS!

In less than 12 months, clients have…Added $300,000 to their net profit

Gone from working 80 hours to zeroTripled their sales income in months

Added up to $8.5 Million in sales in 12 monthsBecome completely de-stressed & happy

From a change of mindset (i.e. personal growth)

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Finishing up

Any questions?

Contact us through the website or emails received

All the best with your communication success!

www.profittrans4mations.com/people-skills