Manage lie and manipulation

Goals

This training helps participants with a new method to manage lie and manipulation. After the training they’ll be able to:

• Know better deception practices and the reasons behind such a behaviour
• Have a personal approach to take a stand when facing lies
• Learn how to protect oneself against manipulation behaviour with proper communication techniques.
• Learn what to do to expose a liar

Target audience

Anyone wishing to better manage lie and manipulation to which they could be exposed daily.

Prerequisite

None

Contents

Introduction

• Round table of deception situations that participants feel concerned about

Understand lie

• Nature of deception
• Influence, lie and manipulation
• Why is one’s lying to you and why specifically to you?
• How to identify a liar: stereotypes and real clues
• Pinpoint one’s own lies and their usefulness or worthlessness

The different types of lies and manipulation methods

• Different types of lies: lies of insignificant risk and of high risk
• Manipulators’ methods at work: different situations depending on the manipulator’s position, and their impacts on the work environment

Techniques to handle lie and manipulation

• Strategies to stay away from manipulators
• Protect oneself against manipulation upstream with a assertive behavior
• Clarify manipulators’ statements
• Experts’ techniques to expose a liar in an interview

Vices and virtues of sincerity

• Benefits and limitations of an honest behavior at work
• Take a position on lie and sincerity