SFN in the room session – November 10th – Interactifs - Social Intelligence

 

Interactifs is a training and coaching company that specialises in the
development of ‘social intelligence’.

The Interactifs Discipline© combines a unique perspective on the components of successful interpersonal relationships, an effective training methodology (a mix of training and coaching), and principles that transcend cultural barriers.

We liberate people from having to make the familiar choice between being clear, direct, and straight-to-the-point, but with the risk of coming over as curt, abrupt, or even brutal, or of being polite, courteous, and respectful, but with the risk of beating around the bush and lacking impact and focus.

Our original approach equips people in organisations of all sizes and at all levels (from the board down) with a simple set of verbal behaviours and reflexes which enable them, in all their interactions, to produce results more often and more efficiently, whilst at the same time building trust and esteem in their professional relationships.  

This short ‘taster’ of the Interactifs Discipline© will cover: a guided brainstorm with the audience on the principles behind effective, trusting, professional relationships, followed by highly interactive, role-play-based activities to provide insight into current behaviours, and discovery of the constants of behaviour that create and build productive, professional relationships.

Why it matters:
Most people are taught to read and write. Few are taught to speak and listen. Listening and speaking are behaviours and reflexes that we learn through life experience and ‘do’ as the moment necessitates or are dictated by our emotions in any situation. A small number of people have the natural talent to produce results from their interactions (however challenging) more often, yet all people can be taught to make it count when they talk.

Lack of effectiveness in professional relationships is a hidden cost that’s rarely measured, yet it’s one of the most easily accessible forms of profit that exists.

Join us November 10, 5.30 - 7.00pm at Bendalta, Level 5/32 York st, Sydney

Speaker bio — Steve Sheppard

Steve Sheppard is a certified trainer/coach in interpersonal skills, and a qualified marketing researcher. He runs Interactifs ANZ, delivering the Interactifs Discipline© to multiple industries and job types. Before running Interactifs, Steve ran Brand Story, a marketing research and brand strategy consultancy working across multiple sectors, with a focus on the building and construction sectors, government campaigns, and government-supported industries and associations.  He has over 25 years’ experience running and moderating focus groups, and brand and marketing workshops across almost every industry sector, as well as working for leading advertising agencies in London and Sydney.

Steve’s facilitation style is thought-provoking and inspiring, and premised on a key question for all humans: ‘How do you like to be spoken to?’

Steve’s training workshops are highly engaging and involve reverse pedagogy; experience it first, then learn from deconstruction and reconstruction, and no PowerPoint!

You will leave with concrete takeaways that can be used in any interaction.

“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” - Coco Chanel.