Slide 1: GROUP DISCUSSIONS. Corporate Fokus
Slide 2: Corporate Fokus What is a group discussion?
Why group?
Why discussion?
Ideas can be generated.
Ideas can be shared.
Ideas can be tried.
Ideas can be responded.
Groups provide support for any effort.
Working in groups drive away monotony.
Slide 3: GROUP DISCUSSIONS. PREPARING
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Slide 4: Preparing for group discussions
K A S H Strategies.
K – KNOWLEDGE
Social awareness
Knowledge in current affairs.
National and international issues.
A – Attitude
Set your goal – plan actions
Winning attitudes
Continuing learning.
Practice skills Corporate Fokus
Slide 5: Preparing for group discussions
K A S H Strategies.
S - Skills
Develop through practice.
Presentation skills.
Communication Skills
Non-verbal skills
H – Honesty.
Honesty all through your efforts.
Admit your mistakes.
Learn from mistakes. Corporate Fokus
Slide 6: Aggressive Passive Assertive STYLES OF COMMUNICATION. Corporate Fokus
Slide 7: Aggressive Passive Assertive STYLES OF COMMUNICATION. Corporate Fokus
Slide 8: Aggressive Passive Assertive STYLES OF COMMUNICATION. Corporate Fokus
Slide 9: Aggressive Passive Assertive STYLES OF COMMUNICATION. Corporate Fokus
Slide 10: EVALUATION
FOR
GROUP DISCUSSIONS. HOW ARE YOU EVALUATED IN YOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
Personality
Communication Skills
Knowledge
Leadership and teamwork. Corporate Fokus
Slide 11: EVALUATION
FOR
GROUP DISCUSSIONS. HOW ARE YOU EVALUATED IN YOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
Personality
Smartness – dress – smile on the face
Cheerfulness – free from tensions and nervousness.
Enthusiasm – attitude of taking that one step extra. Corporate Fokus
Slide 12: EVALUATION
FOR
GROUP DISCUSSIONS. HOW ARE YOU EVALUATED IN YOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
Communication Skills
Fluency – not speed. But poise and right word in the right place.
Clarity – Effectiveness of the message.
Logic – the presentation skill. Corporate Fokus
Slide 13: EVALUATION
FOR
GROUP DISCUSSIONS. HOW ARE YOU EVALUATED IN YOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
Knowledge
Relevance. – Topic related.
Depth – in and out of the subject. Factual info and data. Corporate Fokus
Slide 14: EVALUATION
FOR
GROUP DISCUSSIONS. HOW ARE YOU EVALUATED IN YOUR GROUP DISCUSSIONS?
Leadership
Initiative – taking the lead. Breaking the ice. Being in the forefront.
Team Spirit. – ability to work with people. Cooperation and consolidation. Corporate Fokus
Slide 15: Your Innate Skills. Interpersonal Skills
- Ability to interact with others.
- Emotional balance.
- More people centric, that self-centered.
2. Persuasive Skills
- Ability to analyze and persuade others to see the problem
from a different perspective. Corporate Fokus
Slide 16: Your Innate Skills. 3. Pressure.
Too short a time like 20 minutes, and about 10 – 15 group
of people each trying to ascertain themselves. So
naturally there will be pressure on you. You may scream
shout, annoy or agitate. But to remain calm and balanced
is your ability to withstand pressure.
4. Generate Idea.
- Don’t remain to be a copy cat. Think differently and
Search for new ideas. This shows your creative ability. Corporate Fokus
Slide 17: Your Innate Skills. 5. Conceptualizing Skills.
Your ability to grasp the situation and look it to a macro
level. This is a overall perspective.
6. In depth knowledge.
An overall picture as related to other issues in that
environment. Examining the issue from different
disciplinary perspective. Read books/magazines/News-
papers/ watch TVs. Talk to educated elite and discuss
problems. Corporate Fokus
Slide 18: Behavioural Traits. 1. DO NOT SHOUT.
It will take you no where. As already chaos exists, it is you that has
to bring order in the house. Direct the house with some new
thinking. Then the whole group jumps on it and sanity is restored.
2. DISPLAY AN OPEN MIND.
GD is not fighting for your stand. A word of appreciation any good
idea would be idea. Assertiveness to your stand. If there is
disagreement, say it politely, but appreciate the idea.
“ I do appreciate your idea, but I am convinced about mine.” Corporate Fokus
Slide 19: Behavioural Traits. BE AWARE OF YOUR POSTURE AND BODY MOVEMENT
Your body posture speaks a lot about your attitude.
a) Too much laid back with all your weight, tells that you are totally
relaxed and not participative.
b) Too much of forward bend make you a shaky person.
c) Try to look at a person who is speaking/listening, and then pass
on your looks to the whole crowd.
d) Don’t show finger and shake. Instead, move your hands approbatory.
Occasionally, nod your head indicating that you are listening
carefully. Corporate Fokus
Slide 20: THANK Q Corporate Fokus