Theatreworks: Influence and Rapport

Booking and details
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

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.

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.
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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