Creating Personal Connections

Learn how to create personal connections—that sense of chemistry, comfort, and confidence—even with new people, in unfamiliar situations, and under stressful circumstances. In this course, John Ullmen, PhD, professor at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, reveals key insights from research, and shares practical steps he uses as an executive coach to help leaders from around the world create personal connections quickly with others, while remaining genuine and true to themselves. Learn ways to start interactions, attune to your counterpart, share more of yourself, follow up after a meeting or conversation, and more.

Learning objectives
Identify what it means to connect on a personal level.
Explore things you can do to initiate personal interactions that can lead to connections.
Discover techniques for syncing up and being actively engaged in a conversation.
Examine conversation techniques for creating remarkable moments.
Break down ways to energize your personal network.