Session Overview: One-to-One Communication Scenarios

By now, your arsenal is probably loaded with some basic guidelines on how to be effective in verbal communication, written communication and non-verbal communication. But, how do you decide what is more important for a particular professional conversation?

For example, what is the right way to communicate in a job interview? What is the right emotion for a compensation discussion with a subordinate? How do you provide critical feedback? Or, how do you have a decent informal conversation with a colleague? We will deal with some of these aspects in this session.

We will not discuss how you can answer a question such as ‘Tell me about yourself’ or share tips on ‘How to ask for a raise’ or explain the feedback sandwich. But, we will analyse these situations from a neutral point of view, which will help you prepare for such situations or answer such questions effectively.

In this session

David will discuss how you can utilise empathy and compassion in different workplace scenarios that involve communicating with an individual. Specifically, he will lead you through the following scenarios:

1. Job interviews
2. Compensation discussions
3. Informal workplace discussions
4. Feedback conversations

People you will hear from in this session

David F. Poritzky

CEO, Envista Strategies 

David has over 20 years of experience in commercialising research-based projects, developing high-impact industry events and leading companies and teams through all levels of the growth process. An MBA graduate from the Wharton School, David formed Envista Strategies to advise and invest in early-stage start-ups. Envista Strategies focusses on strategy, fund-raising and revenue generation. David is a proven communicator and has taught MBA-level Business Communication courses as well as a series of Business Analytics and Management courses.