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Theatreworks: Influence and Rapport

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Booking and details

Now booking to June 2025
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The event location is

Clore Learning Centre

Dorfman Theatre entrance, National Theatre, London SE1 9PX

Looking to level up your influence and increase your confidence? Find out more about our Personal Impact course, a perfect partner for Influence and Rapport.

Understand different communication styles, and learn how you can use them to improve your professional performance.

In this one day course, you’ll build the skills and tools to help build effective relationships in the workplace, and leverage them to influence and persuade the teams and clients that you work with.

93% of Theatreworks participants said they learnt skills they can take away and apply. 

 

Course overview

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What will I learn?

  • The ability to adapt your communication style to the demands of each interaction
  • Tools for influencing and persuading colleagues and clients
  • Skills for building and maintaining productive working relationships
  • The confidence to improvise and deal with the unexpected in meetings

You’ll receive feedback and coaching from our Theatreworks trainers throughout the session, with individual feedback emailed to you afterwards.

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When does it take place?

Our one-day open courses take place in person.

Where: National Theatre, South Bank
When: 9.30am – 4.30pm

Each course is followed by the opportunity to see a show at the National Theatre.

Courses run every 2-3 months and are open to individuals or groups. Team training is offered through our bespoke courses.

What people say

I got insights relevant to my own behaviours and that I can apply in working with others.

Thanks to the leaders for being so engaging and encouraging – I had fun and learnt all at the same time!

I’ve been inspired to improve my skillset.

Discounts and concessions

We offer discounted places to charities, the NHS and government employees.

 Register for a discounted place

If you book Personal Impact alongside our Influence and Rapport course, you will receive a 10% discount.

About Theatreworks

Theatreworks is the National Theatre’s communication skills training for professionals. We run open courses available for individuals to book, as well as bespoke courses for organisations.

Find out more about Theatreworks

Contact us

Sheila Chawla
Theatreworks Programme Manager

Cara Vaitilingam
Senior Programme Coordinator

You can contact the Theatreworks team on theatreworks@nationaltheatre.org.uk

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