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English Language & Leadership for Executives Workshop Series

Subject
English, Languages for Professional and Business Purposes

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Date & time
03Sep 2025 (Wed)10:00 - 17:00 To24Sep 2025 (Wed)10:00 - 17:00
Type of Event
In-person Attendance
Venue
Sheung Shui Learning Centre
Fee
HKD 3,000.00
Enquiry
(852) 2975 5880 (Edward Chan) (edward.sne.chan@hkuspace.hku.hk)
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Soft skills are essential for business executives to manage complex situations, collaborate with others, and inspire teams to achieve their goals effectively. However, employing soft skills in English could be challenging for native and non-native English speakers.

This workshop series allows participants to dive into the world of business executives on how they deploy soft skills in English in their workplace. Participants will engage in role-playing exercises to ignite their essential leadership capabilities.

Whether you are an aspiring or new executive looking to sharpen your edge, this series will strengthen your linguistic fluency and interpersonal prowess and help you understand and unleash your potential.
 

Special Features

This workshop is suitable for executives or aspiring business executives or any business people including: Business / marketing professionals, leaders/supervisors, SME owners, junior to middle managers, office managers, staff leaders, office managers, and, more importantly, executives from the GBA and region beyond.

 

Workshop details

This cutting-edge workshop series is designed to upgrade participants’ core skillsets and sharpen their English language skills in the vibrant digital age.

The series presents the necessary tools, tips, and techniques as demanded by business people for the foreseeable future. The series is designed to:

  • Improve participants’ soft skills;
  • Help them learn the latest verbal and non-verbal communication techniques to enhance their managerial needs;
  • Provide them with useful and handy tools to power up their presentation skills
Session Topic Description
( 1 )
3 Sep.
10 am - 1 pm
Leadership and EQ  Discuss the core principles and essential elements that contribute to effective leadership approaches and what is needed to implement them successfully.
( 2 )
3 Sep.
2 pm - 5 pm
Active Listening and Networking Develop advanced active listening techniques to enhance networking effectiveness and strengthen communication with key stakeholders.
( 3 )
10 Sep.
10 am - 1 pm
Problem Solving and Critical Thinking Examine the core principles of critical thinking and problem-solving, and apply these skills to address complex challenges.
( 4 )
10 Sep.
2 pm - 5 pm
Negotiation Explore and develop a range of negotiation strategies to effectively achieve target outcomes.
( 5 )
17 Sep.
10 am - 1 pm
Conflict Management Explore diverse conflict resolution methodologies and learn to apply them effectively in navigating various conflict scenarios
( 6 )
17 Sep.
2 pm - 5 pm
Public Speaking through Storytelling Explore and apply fundamental storytelling principles to enhance audience engagement and impact.
( 7 )
24 Sep.
10 am - 1 pm
Creating Dynamic Presentations Examine the essential components of delivering impactful presentations, and assess your current knowledge and abilities in this area.
 
Days / Time

Wednesday, 10:00am - 1:00pm

 
Venue

Sheung Shui Learning Centre

 
Instructor