Savage Communications
EMPOWERMENT
AWAY DAY
18-19 JUNE 2024
LIVE IN
RESILIENCE:
HOW TO THRIVE IN A BUSY AGENCY
Level: All
Agency life is vibrant, varied and dynamic, which is why we love it. However, it also brings challenges: managing demanding clients, juggling multiple projects and sometimes working long hours. This motivational workshop is designed to help you navigate bumps in the road with a cool head and solution-focused attitude
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Understand the neuroscience and our brain’s responses to stress
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Appreciate the different levels of threat and learn how to deal with them
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Exercise choice and mental agility by reframing difficult situations
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Develop strategies for self-regulation
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Adopt a problem solving mindset
TRUSTED ADVISOR STATUS
Level: All
By positioning yourself as a trusted advisor, you will be able to spot opportunities, influence important business decisions and unlock client budgets. You will walk tall, as equal partners, who appreciate the value you bring to the client relationship.
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Recognise the value that you bring, positioning yourself as an equal partner and confident expert
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Learn about the components of trusted relationships
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Benchmark your own trusted advisor status
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Understand the trust equation and how to increase your score:
Credibility + Reliability +
Intimacy ÷
Self Orientation
PERSUASIVE
PRESENTATIONS
Level: All
This session will provide you with the communication skills to be able to persuade and influence clients and stakeholders. You will learn sales techniques to make persuasive recommendations and drive the organic growth of your accounts.
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Speak with gravitas and authority, whatever your seniority
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Adopt a ‘value not cost’ mindset; communicate the ‘why’ not the ‘what’ - ‘This is the difference that we make’
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Use persuasive, influencer language to sell ideas
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Build an irrefutable business case using the NOSE model:
Needs, Outcomes, Solutions, Evidence
CHALLENGING CONVERSATIONS
Level: All
During this workshop, you will learn to deal with a range of challenging scenarios, in a way that is ‘elegantly assertive’. You will gain the skills to handle difficult conversations, with grace and gravitas. This session includes practical, problem-solving exercises that will enable you to immediately put into practice what you have learned.
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Find your voice with more extraverted or senior clients
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Handle unreasonable requests and reset bad habits
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Empathise with the client’s perspective and context
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Depersonalise challenging client conversations
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Think on your feet under pressure, fielding difficult questions and objections
LEADING FROM THE BALCONY
Level: Senior
This workshop for directors and MDs will create a thought-provoking space for you to reflect on your leadership brand and behaviours. It is designed to challenge beliefs, elevate thinking, and provoke ideas for new ways of leading the agency.
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Understand the behaviours, skills and attributes of high performing leaders
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Appreciate the differences between leading and managing
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Spend more strategic time on the balcony and less on the dancefloor
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Empower your teams to deliver great work, unlocking their full potential
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Consider your image and reputation as a leader
EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT LEADERSHIP
Level: Senior
Using an enlightening self-assessment questionnaire, you will have the opportunity to explore your personal leadership style, understanding your preferences and extending your range, in order to build high performing teams.
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Develop self-awareness around your natural leadership inclinations
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Appreciate the needs and motivators of those you lead
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Acknowledge the range of emotionally intelligent leadership approaches and learn how to apply them in different settings
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Build a tailored leadership strategy for your team
IMPACT IN MEETINGS
Level: Junior to Mid
This session teaches how to show up to meetings with confidence and authority. You will learn how to present the very best version of yourself, whether virtually or in person. You will reflect on your professional brand and how you come across to others, both internally and externally.
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Understand meeting rituals and your role
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Make excellent first impressions by personalising your introductions
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Demonstrate active listening and engagement
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Maintain effortless conversations and intelligent small talk
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Drive an outcome-driven agenda
ASSERTIVENESS: CONFIDENT CONVERSATIONS
Level: Junior to Mid
This workshop offers practical techniques for feeling more confident in managing up and getting your voice heard. It looks at how to communicate from a win-win position of positive intention and self-assuredness.
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Define assertiveness and appreciate its benefits
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Understand the difference between assertive, aggressive and passive behaviour
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Appreciate the cost of not being assertive 
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Increase your locus of control
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Express yourself positively, saying yes, under your terms 
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Voice your needs and wants, confidently 
PROGRAMME OVERVIEW
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
SEEN PRESENTS
MANAGING DIRECTOR
I have worked with Savage Communications for years. Every session is packed with tangible and actionable suggestions and tools and the team always leave brimming with extra confidence and a revived attitude to put their learnings into action.
LANSONS
SENIOR HR MANAGER
We have worked with Savage Communications for a good few years now and every time they have been a dream to work with. The work is truly professional and really tailored to the needs of the organisation, meaning it’s hugely valuable and relevant. We always receive outstanding feedback from all our people, due to the expertise and enthusiasm of the trainers.
THE7STARS
DIGITAL LEAD
Thanks so much for an incredible couple of days, the course content was all really useful and interesting. Having everything directly applied to our day to day work was so valuable and will be able to be directly actioned. This is the best course I've been on thanks to your design, knowledge and hosting.