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Handling Difficult Conversations Bite-Sized Training Course

Our Handling Difficult Conversations Bite-Sized training course is a 90-minute training workshop delivered by a live trainer. Get the skills you need in this short-form training event that helps maximise your training budget.

Handling Difficult Conversations Bite-Sized Course Highlights

Here’s some quick information about our Handling Difficult Conversations Bite-Sized course:

  • 90-minute short-form training course delivered online
  • Can be delivered as an in-house course for your business
  • Focuses on one specific skill
  • Helps your training budget go further
  • Booking is easy. Just select a date and click Book Now!

Course Overview

Course Aim

This workshop provides practical tools to skills to manage and navigate challenging interactions with confidence and professionalism. It is designed to build confidence and drive immediate results in the workplace.

Course Objectives

  • Identify and understand the triggers of difficult conversations.
  • Develop strategies to engage in difficult dialogues with confidence.
  • Master active listening techniques to ease communication barriers.
  • Learn to manage emotional responses during intense discussions.
  • Apply problem-solving methods to reach mutually beneficial solutions.
  • Practice maintaining a professional and calm demeanour throughout discussions.

Course Content

Welcome and Warm-Up
  • Introduction to the online environment and tools.
  • Icebreaker activity: Sharing personal experiences with difficult conversations.
  • Setting individual and group objectives for the session.
Understanding Challenges in Conversations
  • Recognising common triggers for difficult conversations.
  • The role of emotions in escalating conflicts.
  • Differentiating between constructive and destructive dialogues.
Active Listening and Empathy
  • Principles of active listening in tense situations.
  • Empathy as a tool for understanding and resolving issues.
  • Interactive role-play exercises to practise empathetic listening.
Strategies for Effective Communication
  • Techniques for clear and assertive communication.
  • Developing win-win scenarios through collaborative problem-solving.
  • Frameworks for providing and receiving feedback constructively.
Practical Exercises and Case Studies
  • Breakout room activities for hands-on practice.
  • Real-world case studies to analyse and discuss diverse scenarios.
  • Peer review and feedback sessions.
Wrap-Up and Reflection
  • Review of key takeaways and participant learning reflections.
  • Action planning for applying skills post-workshop.
  • Q&A for remaining queries and feedback collection.

Want More?

You can learn more about difficult conversations and tactics to have them in our 1-day Dealing With Difficult People training course.
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Our Approach

No PowerPoint

Yes, you read that right! We’ve removed PowerPoint from our in-person training courses. Instead we use more creative ways to deliver content and generate discussion.

Always Interactive

No matter how you attend, our courses are interactive and designed specifically for the delivery method being used.

Practical Tools

We minimise theory and focus on practical tools you can take away and use immediately in the workplace.

Clear Pricing

Transparent pricing for open courses and clear all-inclusive quotes for in-house and bespoke work.

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