KnoWiz Workshop Designs

Knowledge Wizards is
• A boutique 15 year old L&D Company driven by a passion to make organizations and
individuals succeed.
• We work with limited clients for holistic end to end performance enhancement solutions
spread over 3 to 12 months in areas of Leadership, Managerial & Personal Effectiveness, Soft
skills, Business development and Client management skills.
• Our unique model integrates Corporate Training & Executive Coaching to deliver long term
impact for organizations and individuals.
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Module List
Module Name
1 Big Picture Thinking 17 Negotiation Skills

2 Business Communication 18 Personal Branding
3 Communication Mastery 19 Persuade with Power
4 Contextual Leadership 20 Planning and Organizing
5 Critical and Logical Thinking 21 Power of Networking
6 Customer Leadership 22 Presentation and Pitching Skills
7 Customer Orientation 23 Problem Solving
8 Competency Based Interviewing Skills 24 Professionalism
9 Emotional Intelligence 25 Project Management Fundamentals
10 Giving and Receiving Feedback 26 Result Orientation
Handling Conflicts & Difficult
11 27 Selling Skills
Conversations
12 Impactful Presentations 28 Strategic Thinking
13 Influencing and Negotiation Skills 29 Team Building
14 Influence & Responsibility 30 Team Work and Collaboration
15 Managing Change 31 Team Leadership
16 Motivating Self & Others 32 The Art of Delegation
Big Picture Thinking
Train your brain to think big
What participants will learn

• What is Big Picture Thinking?
• Importance of Big Picture Thinking
• The Big Picture Thinking Process
• Barriers to Big Picture Thinking
• Benefits of Big Picture Thinking
• Traits of a Big Picture Thinker
• How to improve Big Picture Thinking
What demonstrable behaviours

will they show
• Declutter their mind
• Consider alternatives and think strategically
• Develop big picture thinking outlook
Business Communication
How to communicate effectively in business

• The communication process – Verbal, Non-verbal and Listening
• Recognizing the importance of communication as a life-long learning
project
• Communicating professionally during challenging times
• Practicing listening, writing and speaking skills
• Building trusted relationships

will they show
• Reduction in misunderstandings because of incorrect communication
• Increase in speed of resolving issues
• Better interpersonal relationships
• Renewed enthusiasm in interacting and communicating with each
other
Communication Mastery
The key skill to enhance performance and build trusted relationships

• Understand the communication process
• Understand the 7 C’s of communication
• Know the importance of communication in an organization
• Understand what is noise in communication modes of communication
• Learn about the various barriers to communication
• Understand the difference between listening and hearing
• Build trusted relationships

will they show
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Different strategies of communication for different situations and stakeholders
• Reduction in misunderstandings because of incorrect communication
• Increase in speed of resolving issues and better interpersonal relationships
• Renewed enthusiasm in interacting and communicating with each other
• Smooth hosting and participation in the tele and video conference call meetings
Contextual Leadership
Use different strokes (styles) for different folks to build a solid team

• Identify your leadership styles
• Learn the four types of leadership styles
• Assess the readiness level of your team members
• Apply the right leadership style with the readiness level of the team
members
• Develop team members from one readiness level to next level
• Identify current performance and future potentials
• Learn the concept of performance contracting

will they show
• Using the right style with the readiness level of the team member Understand
team members development needs and help them develop
• Apply leadership tools in day to day situations
• Move team members from one level of performance to the next level.
Critical and Logical Learning
Strategies in decision making

• What is Thinking?
• Types of Thinking
• Aspects of Critical Thinking
• Why Think Critically?
• Barriers to Critical Thinking
• What is Result Orientation?
• Process Oriented Vs. Result Oriented
• Steps to Being Result Oriented

will they show
• Will gather and evaluate information to think critically
• Keep an open mind
• Look at options for being result oriented
Customer Leadership
Aligning your organization to customer satisfaction and service

• Evolution of products and services
• How customer values adapt and behave for products, delivery
systems and services with time and technology
• How customer expectations have evolved
• Why is customer focus a leadership issue
• Role of a leader in defining customer leadership
• Ten key customer-focused leadership principles
• Handling service failure
• 4 Dimensions of Customer Service
• Effective Partnership
• Principles of Service Design
What demonstrable behaviours will they show

• Shift in customer service satisfaction and service
• Shift in empathy component in observable terms
• Proactive approach towards resolving customer issues
Customer Orientation
Judging your performance through your customers

• Definition of Customer Orientation
• Why good Customer Orientation is life blood for a company
• Stories of Dread And Delight (in Customer Orientation) as opposed to
day-to-day occurrence
• Characteristics of good Customer Orientation – friendliness, empathy,
accuracy, professionalism, promptness and honesty
• Handling angry and upset customer (vocal and relatively quiet)
• Skills practice (handling different customer scenarios)
• How to develop customer focus and be their preferred choice

• Shift in customer service orientation
• Shift in empathy component in observable terms
• Enhanced skill in dealing with angry and customer behavior (internal
and external)
• Proactive approach towards resolving customer issues
Competency Based Interviewing Skills
The interviewing technique you should be using

• Importance of hiring the right people
• Why behavioural interviewing
• Define the technique of competency based behavioural interviews (CBI)
• Compare different types of interviewing techniques
• Understand the various questioning techniques
• Analyse different methodologies of CBI
• Demonstrate the step by step CBI technique of interviews
• Conduct practice interviews

• Effective process for creating competency requirements for a position
• Effectively apply the principles of CBI for screening and selecting the right
candidate for the job
• Enhance professional interviewing skills
• Define a defensible evaluation process for selection of candidates
Emotional Intelligence
Enhance your personal effectiveness by becoming emotionally intelligent

• Understand the relevance Emotional Intelligence at work
• Learn the neuro-science of our brain and manage perception
• Develop self awareness and learn to mange emotions effectively
• Use Emotional Intelligence to stay motivated and achieve goals
• Build relationship by recognizing emotions of others
• Enhance empathy skills for ongoing effectiveness with self and others

• Handling stressful work situations better by managing emotions
• Not getting carried away by emotions thereby minimizing
misunderstandings
• Knowing when to apply own strength and when to draw on the
strengths of others within the team
• Improved relationship with colleagues
• Ability to motivate self and others to achieve personal and
organizational goals
Giving and Receiving Feedback
Building constructive communication for enhancing performance

• Need for feedback
• Body language in feedback
• Characteristics of good feedback
• Sandwich Technique
• SBI Tool
• Creating a culture of feedback
• Common mistakes and action plan
What demonstrable behaviours will

they show
• Pursue actively to receive feedback
• Give structured, empathic, objective feedback
• Enhance performance of self and others
• Create a conducive environment for open interaction
Handling Conflicts & Difficult Conversations
From conflict to connection

• Understand what is Conflict?
• Understand the Types and Causes of Conflict?
• Understand the Five Conflict-Handling Modes
• Learn how people react to conflict
• Understand your personal conflict style
• Develop strategies for dealing with conflict
• Manage difficult conversations

will they show
• Ability to identify and steer conflicts and close them quickly
• How to close conflicts in a sensible, fairly and efficient manner
• How to understand conflicts and leverage the energy derived from
them
• How to listen through conflicts and reflect with good intent
• Ability to engage and manage difficult conversations
Impactful Presentations
Enhance your personal effectiveness by becoming emotionally intelligent

• Prepare presentations that inform, infer and persuade
Three Rules To Form a Pyramid
• To develop the ability to communicate complex ideas and data in a clear,
Structure
concise, complete and correct way, which is easily understood and absorbed
by the reader
• To identify personal strengths and areas for development in presentation
delivery skills
• Become more competent and confident while delivering formal and
informal presentation
• To apply these skills in real work applications

• Prepare structured presentation
• Show confidence in presentation
• Handle different types of audience and keep their interest alive
• Influence in decision making by making inspiring presentations
Influencing and Negotiation Skills
Use your influence skills to successfully negotiate

• Understand the 3 Ps of Social Influence
• Learn how to influence through persuasion
• Explain the Six principles of persuasion
• Understand what is negotiation?
• List components of negotiation
• Planning and preparation
• Negotiation strategies and tactics

they show
• Ability to use influence through persuasion
• Ability to plan and strategize effectively for negotiation
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• More confident and assured behavior
Influence & Responsibility
Use influence more than authority

• Understanding Influence and Assertiveness
• Importance and Benefits
• How to be Assertive
• Learning to say ‘No’
• Myths about Assertiveness
• Scenario based Insights

will they show
• Using clout in an appropriate manner
• Ability in adopting dynamically
• Ability to prioritize effectively
• Clarity in accepting tasks and responsibilities
• More confident and assured behavior
Managing Change
Handle transitions

• What is change?
• Inevitability of change
• Factors that bring about change
• Types of change
• Managing change
• The change process
• Skills of a change leader

will they show
• Leading change programmatically
• Painting a powerful vision of the change outcome
• Agility in adapting dynamically
• Clarity in assigning tasks and responsibilities
• Impassionate review of progress
Motivating Self & Others
Motivating self and other to perform

• Use of Johari window & SWOT analysis
• Understand self-confidence & ways to build it
• How to be assertive at work to drive performance
• Ways to stay motivated at work
• Set standards for self

will they show
• Be self–motivated
• Be ready to set standards for self, take initiative, meet performance standards
• Constantly challenge self
• Take ownership to deliver performance par excellence
Negotiation Skills
Finding solutions that are acceptable to both the sides

• Explain the phases and skills involved in a typical complex negotiation
• Prepare and plan in a systematic, flexible and effective way
• Use a greater awareness of your own and others’ behavior to negotiate
more effectively

• Win-win thinking
• Preparing for Negotiation
• Understanding BAFTA and WAP
• Separate people from the problem
• Focus on interests, not positions
• Invent options for mutual gain
• Insist on using objective criteria
Personal Branding
How you look + How you act + How you speak = Your personal brand

• Understand how to create a Positive Professional Image
• Understand what is a Personal Brand
• Elements of Personal Brand
• Understand how to create your Personal Brand

they show
• A Positive Professional Image
• Appropriate Dressing
• Looking the part
Persuade with Power
Persuade as opposed to “I will tell you”

• How to expand your locus of control
• 3Ps of social influence
• Science of persuasion
• Tools for persuasion

will they show
• Communicate and influence more effectively
• Demonstrate increased flexibility in influencing situations
• Develop and maintain rapport with others quickly and effectively
• Look at new and more effective approach
• Increase in confidence in handling difficult situations and during confrontations
Planning & Organizing
Understand Impact of Planning on Personal and Organization growth

• Neuroscience behind why we procrastinate
• Pillars of Planning And Organizing
• Time Management Matrix
• Prioritization
• Delegation

will they show
• Manage their tasks and meet the timelines as per plan
• Be composed in stressful plan changes
• Meet customer priorities and reduce customer escalation on planning and
organizing
• Improve productivity of the team
Power of Networking
Get connected

• About networking
• How to network in your workplace
• Understand professional networks
• Nurturing networks

will they show
• Build long term professional relationships
• Gain insights into how things ‘really work’ inside other
organizations or fields of business.
Presentation and Pitching Skills
Pitching and Presenting with Confidence

• What is the meaning of Pitching Skills?
• What is the significance of pitching in business?
• What are the points to bear in mind before making a pitch?
• What are the plus points of an effective pitch?
• How to handle objections in pitching?
• What are the basics of creating a good presentation
• Tips and tricks
• How to prepare for contingencies Creating a Basic Presentation
• Use Company Standard Presentation template
• How to use body language to your advantage (7 powerful body • Transfer notes from outlines
• Choose “Internal” or “confidential”
language tips) • Use customer logo, if needed after approval
• Avoid covering logo, title line and ©footnote at
bottom
• Avoid adding unnecessary information to
What demonstrable behaviours will they show template
• Confidently prepare for a pitch

• Confidently present pitching solutions
• Confidently handle objections in pitching?
• Prepare structured presentation
• Show confidence in presentation
• Handle different types of audience and keep their interest alive
• Influence in decision making by making inspiring presentations
Problem Solving
Working towards a solution

• Define and Re-define the problem
• Fish-bone analysis
• Formulate creative approaches
• Divergent and convergent thinking
• Generate ideas – innovate
• Evaluate ideas and shortlist
• Draw up an action plan
• Just do it! (implement the ideas)

will they show
• How to solve problems and achieve set goals
• How to break down problems to understand them in a better way
• Generate and evaluate ideas for effective solutions
• Difference between following process ‘in head’ and simply following it
Professionalism
Knowing when to do it, how to do it and doing it

• Who is a professional?
• Characteristics and qualities of a professional
• What defines professionalism?
• How is professionalism measured?
• Unprofessional behaviours
• Professionalism from the customer’s perspective and from the team’s
perspective

will they show
• Clearly differentiate between professional and unprofessional behavior
• Practice/demonstrate professional behaviours with team and customers
• Enhanced professional working relationship with all key stakeholders
Project Management Fundamental
Proactive project management = fewer problems

• About the three dimensions of project management
• The five phases of a project lifecycle based on the PMI framework
• Tools and templates to successfully execute your projects (awareness)

• Develop greater confidence in planning, scoping and managing projects
• Gain a deeper understanding of core project management competencies
• Build a project management plan with your project team in a emulated project environment
Results Orientation
Critical and logical thinking for Result Orientation

• The Mind-set of Getting Things Done
• Result Oriented Vs. Process Oriented
• Art of questioning
• How to develop Problem Analysing Skills

• Achieving efficient, timely, quality results by directing efforts on
expected outcomes
• Addressing immediate client/organization needs
• Having a strategic overlook
Selling Skills
Identify, generate, influence a need or a want
• About the sales process
• Pre-work and prospecting
• Uncovering needs
• Proposing solutions
• Handling objections
• Closing

• Greater understanding of what makes a customer buy
• Focused and confident approach towards customers
• Discovering customer needs not shared explicitly
• Handling customer objections effectively
• Closing the deals efficiently
Strategic Thinking
Thinking conceptually, imaginatively, systematically and opportunistically

• Why is Strategic Thinking a challenge?
• Strategic thinking journey
• What is Strategic Thinking?
• Visualizing the Field, Detecting Patterns and Creating
scenarios
• Implementing the Strategy
• Traits of a strategic thinker

will they show
• Min-shift towards strategic thinking
• Committed approach to taking an active role in developing successful
strategies for the business
• Have greater confidence in their ability to drive and/or contribute to the
strategic agenda
Team Building
You don’t build a business, you build a team

• Team and Teamwork
• Difference between Team and a Group
• Stages of team evolution
• Team Synergy and why Teamwork fails
• Thinking Collaboratively and collaborative language
• Applying the concept of teamwork
• Experiencing crucial elements of teamwork
• Demonstrating how each one of us can become more
valuable team members
• Identifying our role in a team

• Think collaboratively
• Implement collaborative concepts and models in their workplace
• Communicate effectively and clearly
Team Work and Collaboration
You don’t build a business, you build a team

• Importance of teamwork – within the current business context
• Characteristics of a successful team
• How to build and manage a team
• Key Elements of Collaboration
• Models of Collaboration
• Governance of Collaboration
• Challenges and barriers in successful teamwork
• Methodologies and processes to drive a team to successfully
achieve the desired goal
• 5 Cs of a successful team

• Think collaboratively
• Implement collaborative concepts and models in their workplace
• Communicate effectively and clearly
Team Leadership
What a team leader must be and do

• Understand what a Champion Team is all about
• Identify the characteristics of a Champion Team
• Understand the role of a Leader in building the team
• Use Dunham and Pierce’s Leadership Model to build Leadership
• Understand how to imbibe Leadership Qualities

• Build a champion team and not a team of champions
• Establish shared ownership for outcomes / results
• Help team members achieve their full potential
• Motivate and inspire team
• Help build a self managed team
The Art of Delegation
You can do anything, but not everything

• What is Delegation
• Three levels of Delegation
• Steps to Delegation
• Understanding Empowerment
• What and when to delegate
• Barriers to Delegation
• What not to Delegate

will they show
• Give better instructions for better results
• Follow the right steps to delegate
• Empower team members
• Recognize common delegation pitfalls and avoid them
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Participant Guide Facilitator Guide

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Collateral Action Learning Plan

(Visual Learning Aid) (Implementation in Real Life)
Module Components
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1 Big Picture Thinking 17 Negotiation Skills

16 Motivating Self & Others 32 The Art of Delegation

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