Understanding is the Core of Relationship
Friction in personal relationships originates from a wide variety of sources. The most common problem is a lack of understanding between people, how do they communicate with each other.
Many problems would be alleviated when at least one person understands themselves and the other person.
- 48% of relationship breakdowns occur because of communication problems.
- 20% of relationship breakdowns occur because of infidelity or trust issues.
- 4.7% of relationship breakdowns occur because of financial stress.
- 7.4% of relationship breakdowns occur because of physical or emotional abuse.
Communication Has Been Pivotal To Development
Communication has been absolutely central to our development as a species. The ability to communicate using verbal and non-verbal cues has allowed us to not only biologically evolve, but also to evolve our ideas and philosophies from generation to generation.
Considering how important it is to our lives, it is surprising that communication skills are not routinely developed more formally. Our success as individuals depends on our ability to communicate in our relationships – from the most intimate to the most formal.
When communication breaks down it often heralds the breakdown of the relationship.
Our programs are designed to help people learn to be better communicators and negotiators in both private and business lives.
Develop Emotional IQ - Develop Your Psychological Skills
We strive to improve the world by helping people understand each other.
You may not be aware of your communication skills – most people don’t think about it. However, everyone has experienced relationship tensions at some time.
How would those tensions have evolved if you had better listening skills, better speaking skills, and better negotiation skills? It is hard to imagine an interpersonal interaction that wouldn’t be improved by one or both people being able to understand each other better.
Understand Other People Better
Trying to communicate and manage conflict is almost impossible if you can’t understand other people and what they are experiencing.
The words they use represents only a small part of communication. So much more comes from their non verbal communication and when you can ‘read’ this part of communication you have a far greater understanding of what is happening, and what is being communicated.
Understand Yourself Better
You must understand yourself before you can understand others. When you understand yourself, your own emotions, and your own behaviours, the you have the ability to change and control the way you manage your own responses.
If you don’t understand yourself, it is almost impossible to respond appropriately to others in our lives.
Learn How to Respond to Negative Emotion
Responding to negative communication can be challenging. In fact many people do anything they can to avoid get involved in negative interactions.
However, if you are confident in your ability to get involved, you will be better able to manage situations that invariably arise.
As a result, those around you will be more confident in your presence, they will be comfortable to share with you, and give you more respect knowing that you are able to manage your own feelings and be conscious and aware of theirs.
Become a Leader
Sometimes, ideas of leadership are focused on industry and commercial endeavours. But leadership is more. Leadership is about how people influence and interact with others – not just in a commercial setting, but in personal, social and family settings. The real value of leadership is how we influence the people who are most important to us… not just how we influence those in commercial situations.
There Are Benefits To Understanding Each Other
- Feeling better about our own ability and higher self confidence and self-esteem.
- Developing more resilient, stable relationships including with members of your family and close personal relationships.
- Being able to resolve conflict that invariably develops between people in the natural course of life.
- Creating better working relationships with people we meet and interact with in day-to-day life.
- Managing our work lives better creating situations that reflect positively on your abilities with people creating promotion opportunities.
- Enjoy the benefits of better relationships at in personal and professional lives including greater confidence.
12 Weeks to a Better You
Our 12 Weeks to a Better You program helps participants develop a comprehensive understanding of themselves, of others and how people interact. Participants reflect on their own contributions and learn how to implement structures that improve the quality of relationships.
The program helps participants understand:
- The importance of communication.
- The importance of non verbal communication.
- How to develop and maintain self-confidence and self-esteem
- How to help others develop self-confidence and self-esteem.
- How to use active listening to develop connection.
- How to manage conflict.
- How to help someone become less emotional.
- How to negotiate with people in different situations.
- The role of psychological defences.
- How to recognise and manage difficult people.
- How to negotiate with difficult people.
- How to analyse groups of people and influence their behaviour..
- How to creating written responses to conflict.
- How to use self-reflection for a better understanding.
- How to use reflective practice to create stronger results.
- How to be a better leader.
Program Formats
The program is a coaching program supported by written content and exploratory questions designed to help participants integrate new knowledge while challenging old habits and introducing new methods.