Course Overview

Domain
Business, Communication and Design
Format
Short Course
Duration
2 days
Fee Subsidy
Up to 90% SF Funding

In today’s digital age, it is increasingly habitual for many to spend their daily life plugged into digital devices.

The habit encourages oblivion and affects our communication skills which may cause ineffective communication and interpersonal interactions with our co-workers which could be detrimental in the workplace.

As such, this workshop aims to reduce friction between individuals working in teams, and to heighten self-awareness and relationship-management skills translating to higher work productivity.

In this 1-day workshop, spanning 2 days, you will be able to critically reflect on the challenges they face as a communicator in the workplace, identify ways to better manage emotions while engaged in online and face-to-face interactions, and apply various communication frameworks to facilitate more effective personal interactions in the workplace.

Who Should Attend

  • Recent university graduates, junior staff, new to the workplace
  • Professionals, including educators, who see a need for reinvigorating their interpersonal style, and applying their EQ skills towards more effective communication

What You Will Learn

  • Reflect critically on the challenges you face as a communicator in contextually complex situations in your workplace
  • Appraise your strengths and limitations in interpersonal competence and cultural awareness
  • Demonstrate how self-awareness and perception influence your workplace communication decisions
  • Explain how the environment and personal identities shape your communication style
  • Identify the key emotional intelligence competencies
    Identify ways of managing emotions in online and face-to-face interactions
  • Detect your emotional triggers and develop means of managing them
  • Discover how emotional intelligence (EQ) can help you develop more positive relationships
  • Apply strategies that promote supportive communication
  • Apply your understanding of various communication frameworks to the workplace so as to facilitate more effective personal interactions

Teaching Team

Brad Blackstone
Brad Blackstone

Senior Lecturer, Centre for Professional Communication, Singapore Institute of Technology

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Schedule

Course Run Dates
April 2023 Run 12 April and 24 May
(Half a session each day)

Certificate and Assessment

A Certificate of Participation will be issued to participants who

  • Attend at least 75% of the course
  • Undertake and pass non-credit bearing assessment during the course

Fee Structure

The full fee for this course is S$872.00.

Category After SF Funding
Singapore Citizen (Below 40) S$261.60
Singapore Citizen (40 & Above) S$101.60
Singapore PR / LTVP+ Holder S$261.60
Non-Singapore Citizen S$872.00 (No Funding)


Note: All fees above include GST. GST applies to individuals and Singapore-registered companies.

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