Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Think on Your Feet®


Speaking clearly under pressure is a skill that builds trust and credibility. This globally acclaimed workshop helps you organise your thoughts quickly and express ideas clearly, even under pressure.

You will learn practical techniques to communicate with confidence, structure your message and engage your audience with impact.

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What to expect

Think on Your Feet® is a proven verbal skills workshop that helps you visualise and organise your thoughts quickly to create clear, concise and persuasive messages.

You will explore strategies to stay composed under pressure, simplify complex information and get to the point with confidence. With more than half a million participants worldwide, this internationally recognised course has been helping professionals communicate key messages with impact for over 20 years in Australia.

Is this course for you


This course is designed for people at all levels who want to improve their communication skills and speak with confidence across a range of settings. It is suited to administrators, managers, senior executives, project managers, technical specialists, learning and development professionals, and anyone who needs to convey ideas clearly and persuasively.

This course is suited to individuals who want to:

  • communicate with confidence and clarity in diverse situations

  • present ideas clearly and persuasively to different audiences

  • adapt communication style to suit a range of professional contexts

  • strengthen overall communication effectiveness

What you will explore

During this training course, you will develop practical communication and influencing skills to express ideas clearly, confidently and persuasively in high-pressure or time-limited situations. The course focuses on structuring messages simply, making complex information easy to understand, and responding effectively to questions or objections while maintaining confidence and momentum.

By the end of this training course, you should be able to:

  • Structure your ideas simply and persuasively

  • Simplify complex information for clarity and understanding

  • Tell a story and bring ideas to life with memorable examples

  • Target listeners’ key concerns and bridge from question to answer

  • Present ideas with speed and confidence

  • Handle objections and questions positively while moving to middle ground

  • Use reliable fall-back techniques when caught off guard

Where this course can take you


During this training course, you will explore how to get to the point and make your message memorable. You will learn to present ideas with speed, clarity, and confidence, handle questions effectively, and bridge smoothly from question to answer in high-pressure situations.

The course focuses on moving opposing viewpoints toward common ground while selling the benefits of your ideas, products, or services. You will develop skills in storytelling that connects and persuades, and apply practical frameworks that support clear, structured thinking and impactful communication.

Course Materials: You will receive a bound course textbook containing a summary of the Think on Your Feet® formats, along with examples, worksheets, checklists and a handy wallet card for quick reference.

 

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