Professional Focus: An introduction to behaviour in business
Lecture
Publication date:
26 May 2020
Last updated:
25 February 2025
Author(s):
Professional Focus, Robin Hills
Discover the psychology behind what really motivates and influences your clients, colleagues and customers.
Discover what makes people tick, how they react to situations and why they behave the way they do. You’ll learn how to inspire top performance, gain trust, win confidence, and build lasting relationships – more effectively and with great results.
Learning Objectives:
- Explain why self-awareness is important and describe the benefits of good levels of self-awareness
- Recognise how emotional data shapes your professional behavioural responses
- Determine the needs and psychology of the four behavioural styles that influence relationships
- Examine how to adapt your communication style to professionally engage with people at a deeper level
- Describe ways to demonstrate empathy
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