Challenging Conversations in the Workplace

With this course, you'll be able to recognise and plan for these conversations and manage them. The conversation will also give you the opportunity to practice using specific language and tone to address emotional or difficult behaviours.

Topics covered in this course

Your personal feedback skills

What is effective feedback, why people avoid it, and how to deal with crucial conversations?

Give or get

Differentiating positive feedback from destructive feedback.

Recognising difficult behaviour

Explore how you react and respond to specific difficult behaviours.

Managing difficult behaviours

By using assertiveness, you can express your thoughts, feelings, and needs in a non-threatening and open manner.

The ladder of inference

Learn what steps can lead you to jump to incorrect conclusions.

Emotional intelligence

Get to know your brain's various functions and how thoughts, emotions, and information are processed in order to make better decisions.

The power of words

What you need to say in difficult conversations in order to achieve the best results.

Communication techniques for feedback

Communicating effectively.

Effective listening

Determine the advantages and disadvantages of four listening response patterns.

Effective questions

Getting the best results from open questions.

Constructive feedback techniques

Making use of a variety of feedback techniques to suit the situation at hand.

Dealing with high emotions

Being sensitive to people's emotions is the biggest challenge in dealing with difficult behaviours.

Using your voice

When dealing with a difficult situation, it is important to use an appropriate tone.

The Extended DISC ModelUnderstanding the DISC behavioural styles (D, I, S and C) and their attitude toward teamwork

Identifying your style and the styles of others in your team.

Team Exercise Identifying styles in your teamInterpretation of the Extended DISC Team Assessment

What is CultureTeam Types DISC Style Team Cultures

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This course is ideal for

Emerging leaders, existing leaders, people with direct or indirect reporting lines and people who wish to provide feedback in a more helpful way.