What do you think about “Confidence”? What is it? Where does it come from? What does it bring when you have it? How can you develop greater confidence in your Self?
When asked, Sigmund Freud’s daughter Anna once said …
“I was always looking outside for strength & confidence, but it came from within. It was there all the time”
Confidence can be viewed as an external reflection of the trust & beliefs we each have & hold deep inside our Selves. Others see it, feel it, and experience it, from our actions.
Though this may at first glance seem complex, it is possible to tease apart some of the core ingredients, and begin to understand what makes people appear confident, or not.
This requires us to raise our awareness and explore the combination of thoughts beliefs, attitudes, emotions & behaviours that we perhaps take for granted.
So as William Shakespeare spoketh in Othello.
“Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners”
You know it’s time now to get to work in our gardens, isn’t it?
This Workshop therefore takes an emotionally intelligent approach to confident communication. Our focus connects inner thoughts, beliefs and attitudes, to the external actions and behaviours expressed through body language.
What we think & feel on the inside, predetermines how we behave on the outside, and hence the extent to which others perceive our confidence levels.
Mr. Patrick O’Brien, CMgr
With a constant appetite for change, Patrick came to realise one very important thing: it’s the People that matter in business, personal development and growth counts. His learning delivery approach therefore focuses on building those important soft skills. Training thus scaffolds atop three firm foundations.
First, for learning to stick, it needs to be fun; enjoyment & engagement are precursors to absorption & adoption. Next, for learning to be relevant, it has to be real; it needs collaboration, openness, and a little intensity. Finally, for learning to be desirable, it must match expectations; it has to substantially deliver what it says “on the tin”.
Patrick therefore designs Workshop experiences that masterfully combine Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) with a deep Coaching mentality. Both are invitingly interlaced using Improvisational techniques. His diverse background and experience also allow him to facilitate inclusive and valuable learning moments. These are highly engaging, empowering, and, enjoyable.
His life’s journey has straddled different countries and cultures in Ireland, England, New Zealand and Singapore. He has worked his way through a variety roles, from individual contributor to Managing Director, in the corporate world. And, he has built considerable business experience along the way in working across sectors such as government, technology, manufacturing, finance, consulting, aviation, telecommunications and the Internet.
His formal education is well rounded: Honours in IT, Masters in Marketing and MBA in Finance. He is also a “Master Practitioner” of NLP, and an enthusiastic author with Articles regularly appearing in the local media. In whatever form you experience his work, you’ll always feel his curiously cheerful sense of enjoyment; it shines through.
Patrick is an active member of many international Professional bodies, such as the Chartered Management Institute, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Directors. He is proud to be one of only a small handful of “Chartered Managers” in Asia.
With a warm Irish wit, a love of the “craic” and a big beaming smile, audiences in over twenty-five countries have found his disarmingly unpretentious and conversational approach to learning, to be refreshing and rewarding experiences.
