Course : Managers: arguing and persuading

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Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. FDE
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Managers: arguing and persuading

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Learning to persuade someone in a presentation or face-to-face situation is a complex exercise. This course will enable you to develop a listening relationship, deal with obstructions and objections, and ensure your leadership around motivation and objectives by adapting your speeches to the situation.


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IN-HOUSE
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In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. FDE
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




Learning to persuade someone in a presentation or face-to-face situation is a complex exercise. This course will enable you to develop a listening relationship, deal with obstructions and objections, and ensure your leadership around motivation and objectives by adapting your speeches to the situation.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Persuade your interlocutor in presentation or face-to-face situations
Enrich your argumentation and identify your influencing style
Develop your listening skills
Use objections to become more convincing
Dealing constructively with difficult situations

Intended audience
Managers, new managers, project managers.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Playful role-playing and exchanges that encourage a high level of involvement from participants.

Course schedule

1
Arguing, convincing, persuading

  • Vectors of persuasion in presentations and face-to-face interviews.
  • What persuades or dissuades.
  • The different registers of argumentation and the critical path of persuasion.
  • Knowing and identifying the motivational levers/weaknesses of my contacts.
Exercise
Brainstorming on the challenges and levers of persuasion. Role-playing in front of the group.

2
Develop your persuasiveness in front of a group

  • Identify your influencing style.
  • Work on "presence", gestures and voice.
  • Enrich your arguments (examples, narratives, metaphors, quotations).
  • Enhance to involve.
Exercise
Self-diagnosis of value systems. Practical application with audience interaction.

3
Develop your ability to win over people face-to-face

  • Be clear about your objectives and the game of influence.
  • The right questions to ask.
  • Facilitating conditions for a constructive exchange.
  • Adapt your argumentation to your interlocutor.
  • Two influence strategies: contagion or conversion.
Role-playing
Illustration of different strategic approaches to persuasion.

4
Removing obstacles and laying the foundations for a relationship of trust

  • Listen to other people's arguments and understand hidden messages.
  • Avoid over-reactivity.
  • Use objections to increase persuasiveness.
  • Developing creativity to overcome deadlocks.
  • Know how to use allies.
Exercise
Playful group exercise of mutual influence. Highlighting practices and behaviors to be favored and avoided.

5
Dealing constructively with difficult situations

  • Staying on top in difficult situations.
  • Bypass obstruction tactics: polemics, manipulation, aggression.
  • Remain authentic, honest and demonstrate your values.
  • Flexible support for attitude change.
  • Answering awkward questions.
Role-playing
Role-playing group influence in a change management context.


Customer reviews
5 / 5
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STEFANO B.
22/10/25
5 / 5

Excellent contactDynamic Happy Living
NICOLAS C.
22/10/25
5 / 5

Top training! Top quality exercises Very good attention span
SANDRINE A.
15/05/25
5 / 5

surprisingThank you Audrey!



Publication date : 05/23/2024


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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 21 May, 8 Oct., 26 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 21 May, 8 Oct., 26 Nov.