PEOPLE SKILLS
65% of teenagers don’t feel comfortable engaging with someone face to face. As more of our world moves online, students are no longer developing the critical ‘people skills’ they’ll need in life. Our ability to influence others, be charismatic, make new friends and speak with confidence in public has been shown to have a stronger correlation to our long-term success than our IQ.
Number of hours per week spent online by the average teenager
80% of all communication comes from non verbal signs
Being a good listener is a crucial part of good people skills, but not one of Dwight’s strenghts
Being a ‘people person’ is a skill we can learn like any other. Books like ‘How to Win Friends and Influence People’ and ‘The Charisma Myth’ have brought simple, easy to adopt strategies to the lives of millions for years, and this class does the same, in a format that’s easy for students to understand.
Students will learn;
- Interpreting and using body language
- The importance of eye contact while talking
- Listening, versus just waiting to talk
- Being persuasive without arguing
- Using their personal strengths to develop a charisma style of their own