CONFLICT RESOLUTION WORKSHOPS
Provide your employees with critical conflict resolution skills to prepare them to address conflicts in their work and personal lives. These interactive workshops are offered by highly experienced trainers. They can be customized further based on your interests. All trainings can be adapted for youth.
The Skills of Conflict Resolution
Have you ever had a personal or work related conflict you didn’t know how to handle, or wished you had handled differently? If so, then this workshop will equip you to be better prepared to address conflicts with a variety of options. Dealing with conflicts in the community is inevitable and challenging, but it does not have to be disruptive. Conflict could actually be an opportunity for creative change and development! In “The Skills of Conflict Resolution” workshop we will talk about the key elements of conflict, different conflict management styles, how to communicate better, tools to use in difficult conversations and how to explore creative ways for resolving and managing differences.
The Skills of Active Listening
Good active listening skills are essential to help people feel comfortable and safe to talk about their concerns and needs. As neutral parties to the conversation, we need to know how to encourage people seeking our help, to share their thoughts, and explore their options, without telling them what to do or what we think. This is not an easy task, it requires special tools and thoughtful effort on our end. In this workshop, we will review and practice some of the key elements of active listening - our special tools. For example, this training will cover Open Ended Questions, Summarizing, Positions and Interests, Reframing and Acknowledging.
Navigating Difficult Conversations
This is an interactive, skill-building workshop to learn how to navigate difficult conversations. You will learn approaches for how to hear different views and experiences with openness and curiosity, how to communicate opinions without encouraging polarization, and how to de-escalate conversations when they get heated. These skills will serve you in all of your relationships - with family, friends and colleagues - and will be a useful tool to navigate challenging differences you encounter in your daily lives.
Testimonials
"Thank you so much for giving us your time and expertise as our guest presenter at our Alumni Breakfast. The reviews are in and they are as good as they get! Every single attendee I spoke to at the end of the event and every email I’ve received since have been filled with praise for your presentation and the table activity that followed. The comments included words like “exceptional,” “ meaningful,” “practical,” “and “engaging.”
I knew the content of your presentation would be perfect for our audience of leaders, and I had a good feeling that your presentation style would work for our alumni, but you hit it out of the park on both. I’ve also heard from so many people that the conversations at their tables were rich, honest and so useful in giving them confidence to better deal with difficult conversations and conflicts in their workplace and in life. For many in the room it was their first exposure to your organization. I’m glad we could give them that opportunity."
-Organizer of Leadership MetroWest
"I cannot thank you enough for the training! It was well received by my colleagues and employees. Many have even requested to have you come back and do an all day training. There are several people that may be interested in the mediation trainings as well. This has been such a great opportunity and I’m so glad that we connected. Thank you again!"
-Training coordinator at South Middlesex Opportunity Council