Managing Difficult Conversations Training

Managing Difficult Conversations requires specialised knowledge and skill development, because these types of conversations can be quite challenging to manage without them. During this training course, participants develop an understanding of where, when, why and how to conduct difficult conversations. The goal of this course is to empower professionals to be in control of a difficult conversation at all stages of the interaction, so that they can achieve the desired outcome. It is a necessary skill in the management of human resources, handling of difficult customers and team management.

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About This Course

Managing Difficult Conversations Training

All managers, team leaders, business owners and employees need to conduct difficult conversations at some time or another. Although difficult conversations cannot be avoided, they can be successfully managed to achieve the most positive outcomes. Understanding, empathy and professional skill development are necessary qualities that help to keep you in control of difficult conversations before, during and after them; so that you can achieve the desired outcomes. Having a good understanding of your own personality type, as well as knowing how to best interact with other personality types, is a specific skill taught in the course. This highly valuable and engaging course empowers professionals to handle difficult conversations with ease to achieve professional success and improve interactions amongst staff. This is a practical class that is suitable for all audiences and provides people with the tools that they can apply on-the-job (and in other contexts) the very next day. This is an instructor-led class that you can attend from home or your office. We use secure Video Conferencing with interactive features such as live polling, screen sharing, whiteboards, live chat and breakout sessions. Please discuss your preferred platform, most commonly we use Microsoft Teams, Skype for Business, Webex or Zoom upon request. These courses are facilitated in English, and are open to people from different industries in all countries especially across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea - this is a short but powerful learning experience that gives you global collaboration opportunities. Our trainers and processes have been refined to give you a personalised learning experience where it is specifically targeted to your needs. **Please note, these classes run to a very tight schedule, please follow the invitation and join the class 10-minutes prior to commencement so you are ready to participate and don't miss a minute!

Investment : $450.00 USD

3 Hours

Live online learning with an expert instructor

Small Classes

Interactive sessions with 5 to 20 participants

Certificate

Earn a certificate of completion to showcase your achievement.

REACH

Access the globally recognized REACH personality assessment

What You'll Learn

Course Modules

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Introduction

  • Course Overview
  • Learning Objectives

Choosing to Have the Conversation

  • Considering the Consequences
  • Establishing Your Frame of Reference
  • Establishing Positive Intent
  • Identifying the Desired Outcome

Toolkit for Successful Conversations

  • Managing Your Body Language
  • Speaking Persuasively
  • Active Listening
  • Tips for Becoming a Better Listener
  • Asking Questions

Choosing the Time and Place

  • Planning it Out

Framework for Difficult Conversations

  • Your Purpose
  • Steps for a Difficult Conversation

Learning Outcomes

  • Predict the results of a conversation
  • Establish the intent of a conversation
  • Identify the desired outcome
  • Manage their body language
  • Speak persuasively
  • Listen actively
  • Use probing techniques
  • Ask the right questions at the right time
  • Establish the purpose of a difficult conversation
  • Create a conversation template
  • Create a personalised action plan
  • Use communication skills to influence and control

Learn from Experts

Meet Your Instructors

Darren

Darren

With extensive experience working in highly complex environments, Darren understands the challenges faced when key stakeholders hold different views and perspectives, making it difficult to achieve key business outcomes. Darren creates a highly engaging learning environment, challenging you to develop a deeper understanding of why people behave the way they do, and in doing, develop unique strategies and tactics to drive more effective business outcomes. Darren will also empower you to lean into the difficult conversations, and arm you with tactics and strategies to do so with confidence.

Mansoor

Mansoor

Dr. Mansoor Soomro is a researcher, executive educator, and corporate trainer. He takes pride in facilitating clients on acing difficult conversations. He is an accomplished professional with over 13 years of work experience, drawing from 3 diverse industries- corporate sector, training & development sector, and academic sector. As a corporate trainer and executive educator, he loves developing people and accelerating organizations. His training style is unmatched due to his solid and practical industry knowledge. He has trained over 30,000 individuals from around 75 companies in more than 12 countries. He has been invited by 35 universities and has given more than 50 media appearances internationally. In the past, he served in various international leadership roles with the global engineering giant- SIEMENS. He is a certified HRDF Trainer (Malaysia), certified REACH Practitioner (USA), certified LDP Trainer (Australia) and certified Business Edge-IFC Trainer (World Bank).

Darla

Darla

Audrey

Audrey

Timezone

Tue 22 September

03:00 am

$450.00 USD

Tue 17 November

03:00 am

$450.00 USD

Thu 21 January

03:00 am

$450.00 USD

Sat 13 March

03:00 am

$450.00 USD