Advanced Finishing School Programme for Young Men
A Finishing School works on improving one’s Image, enhancing Etiquette – Social, Dining, and Business, and cultivating Communication skills, verbal and non-verbal to bring out your Personal and Professional best!
10 modules of an hour and a half each
Learning to develop positive and powerful cross-culturally effective non-verbal communication / Body Language and creating cutting-edge First Impressions while walking tall and using appropriate gestures, accepted all over the world.
Learning ‘Right’ v/s ‘Rude’ in the global arena.
Understanding the history and in-depth study of Body Language and its applicability in the present day for impactful communication.
Building bridges of Communication with your non-verbal skills and developing rapport with others.
Learning to become a Charismatic Communicator and wielding your newfound influence with grace.
2. Dress Sense
3. Personal Hygiene
Over lunch, you will be taught Continental and American styles of eating, accepted all over the world. Over this practical session, you will improve your skills while handling difficult to eat foods.
Business Etiquette is not as fluid as Social Etiquette and is often etched in stone.
Understanding the importance of developing your business skills with powerful Handshakes, Business Card savvy, Appropriate Introductions, Oral and Written Communication to cultivate Congruence in your Personality.
Putting the best International practices to use whether while drafting an email or in answering the phone.
4. Social Etiquette I & II
Learning to modulate your voice with a course on Paralanguage.
Picking up Public Speaking and breathing techniques from the best of orators to hook in any audience and deliver your presentation with panache.
8. Fine-Dining at a Restaurant
1. Posture, Poise and Presence
Clothes cover 90% of the body and are a major business tool.
Understanding various genres of dress, up to Black Tie Dressing, and creating an effective wardrobe along with accessorising for Power Dressing.
Decoding global Dress Codes.
Colour and colour combining is an art and in this module, you will be taken through the intricacies of combining jacket, shirts and ties keeping cut and colour in mind.
Learning how to tie the appropriate tie knot for your collar for an additional boost to the image.
Learning simple tips and tricks to maintain a clean and classy image always.
Learning social graces as a host and a guest and table settings up to a seven-course meal.
The tools of the table are considered tools in business and a good deal often follows a good meal. You will learn to be build bridges across any table, with anyone, anywhere in the world.
Understanding World Cuisines along with Cheese Platters, Tea Etiquette, Chopstick Etiquette, Gift-giving, Tipping Etiquette, etc., while further polishing social skills as a global citizen.
5. Dining Etiquette
6. Business Etiquette
7. Presentation Skills
Polishing your dining skills in a fine-dining restaurant and refining Restaurant Etiquette while navigating through various courses offering International cuisine.
Conversation is an Art which needs to be cultivated, since communication is a two-way street.
Learning how to converse would involve speaking and listening skills in equal proportion.
Learning the do’s and do-nots in Conversation while building bridges of Communication, verbally.
Shed all shreds of self-consciousness with the powerful techniques taught in this module and enrich your language skills.
Q&A and Certification
9. The Art of Conversation
10. Graduation