6 Tailoring courses in Midsomer Norton

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Introducing the Art Therapy and Expressive Therapies Package: Unleash Your Creativity, Heal, and Flourish Are you seeking a unique and powerful way to express your emotions, process experiences, and find healing? Miss Date Doctor’s Art Therapy and Expressive Therapies Package offers you a creative and transformative journey to explore your inner world, tap into your creativity, and promote emotional well-being. Art therapy and expressive therapies provide a non-verbal and imaginative outlet for processing emotions and experiences. Through various creative mediums, you’ll discover new insights, release emotional tension, and cultivate a deeper connection with yourself. Here’s how the Art Therapy and Expressive Therapies Package can benefit you: * Creative Expression: Engage in various expressive art forms, such as drawing, painting, sculpting, and collage-making. These creative expressions allow you to communicate thoughts and feelings that might be challenging to put into words. * Emotional Release: Through art, you can release emotions that may have been suppressed or difficult to express verbally. The creative process can be cathartic, enabling you to process complex feelings and experiences. * Self-Exploration: Art therapy encourages self-reflection and introspection. As you create art, you’ll gain insights into your thoughts, emotions, and subconscious mind, fostering greater self-awareness. * Empowerment and Agency: Art therapy emphasizes the process rather than the end result, empowering you to embrace imperfection and experiment without judgment. This approach can extend to other aspects of life, promoting a sense of agency and resilience. * Stress Reduction: Engaging in creative activities can reduce stress and promote relaxation. The meditative aspects of art therapy can provide a welcome escape from daily pressures and anxieties. * Healing Trauma: For individuals who have experienced trauma, art therapy can be a gentle and effective way to explore and heal from emotional wounds. The creative process can foster a sense of safety and control in processing traumatic memories. * Enhancing Communication: For those who find it challenging to express themselves verbally, art therapy offers an alternative means of communication. It can improve verbal expression and interpersonal skills. * Building Confidence: Creating art allows you to tap into your inherent creativity, fostering a sense of accomplishment and boosting self-confidence. As you witness the fruits of your artistic expression, you’ll gain greater confidence in your abilities. Participating in art therapy and expressive therapies at Miss Date Doctor is a journey of self-discovery and growth. Our skilled therapists will guide you in exploring various artistic mediums and techniques, tailoring the experience to suit your unique needs and preferences. Experience the transformative power of creativity, heal from emotional wounds, and flourish in the Art Therapy and Expressive Therapies Package. Embrace art as a powerful tool for self-expression and personal growth. Unleash your creativity and find healing in the beautiful world of art therapy. 3 X 1 hour sessions https://relationshipsmdd.com/product/art-therapy-and-expressive-therapies-package/ [https://relationshipsmdd.com/product/art-therapy-and-expressive-therapies-package/]

Take your sales people from average to high performance. Motivate and develop experienced sales professionals with some new insights and learning. Applying NLP principles, techniques and models, this workshop will introduce the core attitudes and behaviours that differentiate the excellent sales person from the average one. The programme will help participants: * Understand and adopt the mindset and beliefs needed for sales excellence * Build rapport and connect with buyers at a deeper and more personal level * Recognise some of the thinking and language patterns that make each individual unique * Ask powerful questions to further understand the unique world of the individual and how they make decisions * Apply tools and techniques to empathise with clients - seeing things from their perspectives * Tailor their sales approach to the individual buyer's style, and talk in their language * Influence with integrity and sell to organisations and individuals successfully 1 INTRODUCTION * Aims and objectives of the programme * Personal introductions and objectives * Workshop overview 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO NLP AND SALES EXCELLENCE WITH NLP * An overview of NLP and applying it to selling * The pillars of NLP * The NLP model of communication * The difference that makes the difference 3 BUILDING ENHANCED RAPPORT * Defining rapport and why it is important when selling * Going beyond the initial small talk * Building relationships with individual decision-makers * Matching and mirroring * Levels of rapport 4 UNDERSTANDING THE BUYER'S PERSONAL BUYING MAP * How we take in, filter and process information * How we judge others based on our own experiences of the world * The different ways in which we communicate when selling * Recognising and understanding the language and thinking patterns of others * Adapting your sales communication style to different buyers 5 MAKING SENSE OF THE BUYING PROCESS * How we filter information through our senses * Understanding how we see, hear and experience the world * Visual, auditory and kinaesthetic buyers * Listening for key insights * What different buyers want from you to help them to buy * Applying sensory awareness to the sales process 6 SUCCESSFUL SALES MINDSET * The connection between thoughts and actions * The sales beliefs of excellence * Identifying negative thoughts and beliefs that are holding you back * How to change your mindset * Adopting the sales beliefs of excellence 7 POWERFUL QUESTIONS * Reviewing and honing your questioning skills * Understanding the questions that great sales people ask * Avoiding assumptions * Clean language questions * Getting to the bottom of it - precision questions * Turbo-charging how you qualify 8 INFLUENCING WITH INTEGRITY * Understanding empathy * Stepping into the buyer's shoes * Speaking the buyer's language * Tailoring your sales approach to the individual * Match, pace, lead - how to take your buyer with you 9 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER * Personal learning summary and action plans

Do you hear yourself saying the same thing over and over again? Do you want to bring some new skills to your role? If you have been in a sales role for some time it is easy to fall into a comfortable pattern. This workshop will help you incorporate advanced techniques drawn from NLP, behavioural science and social psychology into your existing skills. This course will help you: * Use the consultative sales process to achieve more cross-sales * Employ advanced rapport-building skills * Assess the buying preferences of a customer * Articulate the link between customer goals and needs * Identify your customer's needs and wants * Use advanced questioning techniques to gather information * Resist the temptation to tell when it would be better to ask * Identify communication preferences * Given various scenarios, present a product to the explicit need of a customer * Appreciate the impact of the language used during this stage of the sale and decide what language is appropriate with a variety of customers * Handle objections positively * Close the sale or gain commitment to further action 1 INTRODUCTION * Aims and objectives of the training * Personal introductions and objectives * Self-assessment of existing sales skills * Overview of content 2 UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AND YOUR CUSTOMERS * Personal communication style and what this means in a sales situation * Wants versus needs * What motivates people to buy * Using social media tools such as LinkedIn * Managing your portfolio to maximise sales * Preparing to sell 3 THE SALES PROCESS * Overview of the consultative sales process * Review personal strengths and weaknesses as a salesperson * Habits of top-performing sales people * Common pitfalls * Articulate sales goals 4 BUILDING RAPPORT * 11 decisions that customers make in the first 9 seconds * Spotting buyer communication preferences * Building rapport with a wide variety of customers * Dealing with emotions * Keeping control 5 QUESTIONING AND LISTENING * Assumptions and how they trip us up * Structured questioning * Looking for cross-sales * Honing your listening skills * Identifying buyers' motivation * Using summaries to move the customer forward 6 PRESENTING PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS * Choosing the right time to present * Using features, advantages and benefits * Tailoring your presentation of products and services to match buyer preferences and motivations 7 GAINING COMMITMENT * When to close * Dealing with difficult customers * 5 things to avoid when handling a customer objection 8 MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS * The link between service and sales * Using customer surveys * Winning back lost business 9 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER * Skills practice * Personal learning summary and action plans

The market for professional services is becoming increasingly competitive, with some firms and individuals becoming very effective at winning new work, leaving others lagging way behind. Given the choice between spending time on client work and business development work, we all tend to choose that which we feel to be easier, more attractive and more aligned with our image of ourselves. We stay within our comfort zones, we focus on client work, and we only resort to business development work when we have to, which can also lead to 'feast or famine' syndrome. The programme will help participants: * Understand the professional business development approach and the style that is appropriate for their business and their clients * Follow a process to guide their conversations and business development meetings * Prepare thoroughly for a business development meeting/contact with a client to ensure they use their time efficiently and maximise results * Create a great first impression and professional opening to a conversation * Ask open questions and listen effectively in order to spot opportunities, understand needs and progress the opportunity * Identify and understand buying and decision-making processes and criteria * Skilfully and confidently handle questions and objections * Sell the benefits of their services and approach over those of their competitors * Progress the sale by agreeing next steps and gaining commitment appropriately 1 INTRODUCTION * Aims and objectives of the programme * Personal introductions and objectives * Workshop overview 2 AN INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND SELLING FOR PROFESSIONALS * What is selling? * Who are you selling to? * The buying experience * What clients want * The four-step business development process * The business development cycle and pipeline management * Upselling and cross-selling as well as winning new clients 3 NETWORKING AND GENERATING LEADS * What is networking? * Networking objectives * It's not what you know but who you know * Asking for referrals and introductions * Making appointments from networking activity 4 OPENING THE SALES RELATIONSHIP/SALES MEETING * What potential customers are thinking * Judging first impressions * Creating positive first impressions * Building rapport and creating interest and impact * Earning the right 5 CORE COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR PROFESSIONAL SELLING * Overcoming barriers to listening * The art of listening * Questioning refresher * Types of questions * Questioning funnel 6 UNDERSTANDING AND IDENTIFYING NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES * Identifying the questions to ask to identify needs and opportunities * Questions to move us through the buying and selling process * Understanding their buying processes * Asking questions that position you as a 'trusted adviser' * The questions that give you a competitive advantage * Knowing when you have asked enough questions 7 INTRODUCING SOLUTIONS * Tailoring your 'pitch' to the client * Speaking the client's language * Using features and benefits * Applying the benefit cycle 8 HANDLING OBJECTIONS AND CONCERNS * Identifying the typical objections and concerns * Understanding why clients raise objections and concerns * Following a structure for handling objections * Handling the price objection 9 GAINING COMMITMENT * Knowing when to close * The art of checking * Recognising buying signals * Small c and big C 10 PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER * Personal learning summary and action plans

Organisational retreat, organisational seminar, executive development,