Hi,
I have been conducting soft skill training for the past few years.
I cannot tell you how to begin and proceed as it may vary from person to person.
Since you said it is your first soft skill training and it is for team leaders, I can give you few tips that might be helpful I believe.
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Preparation, Planning, Presentation:
If your Preparation and Planning are good, obviously your Presentation is supposed to be good.
So do Prepare and Plan well.
Don't make the session continuous. Give a break or encourage some fun activity every 20minutes, because most people will lose interest if the speaker continues for a long time without break.
Make people think that they are thinking, but don't really make them think.
People love you only if you make them think that they are thinking, and not if you really make them think.
I mean, shoot them few questions that would be easy for them to answer so that they'll feel they know something.
If you ask questions that they couldn't answer they may feel slightly embarrassed.
If your questions are bit tough, and if you feel they may not be able to answer it, then go ahead with the answer.
Since the audience are already team leaders, the may have a thought that they are already leaders and know what is leadership practically.
Make sure you honour their pride. So don't always teach them 'How to win?'. Instead make them think 'Why it fails?'. Then come up with How to overcome it.
Since the audience is only about 10 members, the trainer may lose interest.
And you said it is your first training session, so for you the little crowd will be easy to handle.
So small crowd is better for beginners. Don't worry about it.
I don't know about your rapport with your audience.
A friendly trainer will be more preferred than a professional hostile trainer by any audience.
Make the people feel that you are friendly and the session fun filled.
Keep you voice pitch and loudness the same from the beginning to end.
I mean, don't lose you energy level. Only then the program will be enthralling and the audience will not get bored.
Make the session interactive.
Before you make a point, get the ideas from the audience, discuss it.
If they have missed anything, then add and summarize you points.
By this you'll make them feel that you are not telling them what they already know.
Many other things can be said.
But I believe, this is enough for the first training session.
My post may be late for you as it is Friday.
All the best, if I'm not late.
Rajaguru
PeakPro Solutions, Chennai