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HAVE YOU BEEN AVOIDING A DIFFICULT CONVERSATION? 

Difficult conversations are tough and are usually high stakes, emotional and often involve risky topics.  Many of us lack the skills and tools to engage in these crucial conversation and avoid them at all cost or handle them poorly!   

Studies show that the inability to discuss a problem can be more destructive than the problem itself.  Issues like poor productivity, declining quality, lack of teamwork, or strained relationships are often the effects of crucial conversations that are not being held or are not being held well.  There is an approach that can help clarify how to deal these difficult conversations or how you react to them to get different results than you may have achieved in the past. 

Human Resources is excited to announce that we will continue conducting Crucial Conversations training in 2015. Crucial Conversations is a training program based on a New York Times bestseller by the same name.  The intent of the program is to help individuals learn practical tools to enhance accountability, improve performance and ensure execution. You can view an overview of the Crucial Conversations course at https://leadershipsmarts.ca/crucial-conversations/. 

The workshops will be delivered in two options:  2 full-day sessions or 4 half-day sessions between February and May.  More sessions will be communicated at a later date for fall 2015.  Please note that space in each session is limited, so please RSVP at your earliest convenience: 

 3) Monday, April 20th, Tuesday, April 21st, Wednesday, April 22nd and Thursday, April 23rd, 8:30am – 12:00pm AH100 (Andy’s Place).  

      RSVP to Lisa Neufeld at l.neufeld@uleth.ca by April 10, 2015 to register in this session.

 4) Thursday, May 14th and Friday, May 15th, 8:30am – 4:30pm, AH100 (Andy’s Place).  

      RSVP to Lisa Neufeld at l.neufeld@uleth.ca by May 1, 2015 to register in this session. 

Participate in Crucial Conversations Training and learn to step up to high stakes conversations skillfully and respectfully and begin to resolve the problems by surfacing the best ideas, making important decisions, and acting on decisions with unity and commitment.