Are you focused on building your consultative intelligence either within your organisation or in your own venture?
In this expert-facilitated course, you will learn how to form valuable partnerships that produce strategic outcomes.
Content
You'll learn what it takes to be a trusted advisor who is called upon again and again to deliver programs that achieve the desired results.
Communicate with confidence, speak the language of the business and use shared-ownership action plans to ensure the right buy-in and allocated resources.
As you learn throughout this program, you will be networking with other professionals who are building their credibility and influence.
Program Modules
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Module 1
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The Strategic L&D Partner
Becoming a trusted advisor
Stakeholder Mapping
Strategic business alignment
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Module 2
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Relationship Intelligence and Trust
Trust accelerators and derailers
Soft influence and navigating competing needs
Conflict conversations
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Module 3
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Communicating with Impact and Data
Data Storytelling
Learner Personas
Business language and tailoring communications
Creating your evidence pitch
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Module 4
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Influencing Through Discovery
High impact questioning
Collaborative problem-solving
Gaining commitment to defined objectives
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Module 5
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Managing Shared Ownership
Project management and staged approaches
Risk mitigation
Shared ownership action plans
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Module 6
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Integration and Action Planning
Partnering mindset
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Outcomes
By the end of this course, you will be equipped to:
- Demonstrate the mindset and behaviours of a strategic L&D business partner
- Build trust and navigate challenging stakeholder dynamics with confidence
- Communicate tailored, evidence-based messages that influence decision-makers
- Diagnose true needs through skilled questioning, listening, and discovery
- Facilitate collaborative stakeholder engagement that drives shared ownership and commitment
Audience
This program is for:
- Learning Professionals and Practitioners
- Human Resources Business Partners
- Program and Project Leads
- Public Service internal consultants
- Independent and Freelance Consultants
- Career builders in a variety of organisational settings
- Anyone who wants to improve their communication and influencing skills
Complete this course if you want to:
- Build your consultative intelligence by diagnosing needs, challenging assumptions, and guiding stakeholders toward better decisions through insight-led conversations
- Translate strategic business priorities into L&D solutions that deliver aligned, measurable impact
- Build trust, manage expectations, communicate clearly and navigate complex personalities and politics with confidence
Delivery Options
Presentation Skills is offered virtually, face-to-face and in-house.
Virtual delivery | Live facilitated virtual workshop One day or split across two half day sessions. Access to Zoom is required.
Face-to-face delivery | 1-day, face-to-face course in CBD locations across Australia.
In-house delivery | Delivered to your team exclusively, online or in a location of your choice. Find out more about in-house delivery.
Follow-up Impact Session
The follow-up impact of your learning session is conducted once per quarter and is an opportunity to network with learners from other courses The focus in this session is on application of learning
