PFS Workshop: Persuasion & Influence by Lee Warren

BOOKING - This is a joint event with the Luton & St Albans institute and is bookable via their website at www.cii.co.uk/luton or click here.

‘How to persuade anyone to do anything (well, almost)’

It was like having Derren Brown help us with our business...” - Logitech

In business, you have to be persuasive if you want to succeed at any level. During this interactive seminar, led by Lee Warren, fuses magic, business psychology and showbiz to create a ‘business cabaret’ event. You will learn some of the secret skills used by magicians and mind-readers to persuade and influence people. The seminar is light-hearted in tone, but with a focus on how to use these fascinating skills ethically in business situations, communicating more persuasively with clients and colleagues. This is a ‘hands-on’ session, and everyone will get the chance to try out some of the new techniques immediately.

Learning objectives:

By attending this event, delegates will be able to identify how to:

◾stand out by making messages connect with people emotionally as well as rationally.

◾build trust quickly to increase your influence.

◾understand the client’s world, and how to do it.

◾offer more than one option in a pitch, proposal or presentation.

◾'frame' your proposition to make it memorable and credible.

◾ negotiate, and the best way to start.

◾ encourage people to commit to your ideas and act on them.

◾build long-term, influential relationships through reciprocity.

Lee has been a professional magician and mind-reader for 20 years, He is a member of the Magic Circle and was described by Prince William as ‘absolutely amazing’. Lee has written sell-out theatre shows and has been a commissioned artist at The Royal Opera House.

Lee has a strong background in sales, and he now uses this background in magic, theatre and sales to give presentations, seminars and coaching to firms including Deloitte, EY, Barclays Wealth and HSBC, helping people to become more persuasive, present better and increase their ability to get their message across to colleagues and clients.

BOOKING - This is a joint event with the Luton & St Albans institute and is bookable via their website at www.cii.co.uk/luton or click here.