Managing difficult people, conflict situations and assertiveness skills
1 day £249+ vat per person
(discounts for multiple people or multiple course packages, ask about our customised In House programmes)
This covers the core skills required to effectively manage difficult people and conflict situations whilst retaining respect and good relationships. This course is ideal for anyone who works with clients, suppliers or other team members where problems, issues and environments create tension and pressure.
Course content includes:
- Understand the impact difficult people can have on you and how to control it
- Learn how to communicate and work well with authority to gain support
- Dealing with and creating change and the reasons why people resist
- Learn how to get your point over so your thoughts are considered
- Effective and persuasive communication (verbal & vocal)
- The bigger picture message of what we say (NLP)
- Learn how to defuse someone's tension and anger
- Understand how to deal with problems and the 5 step process when problems involve multiple people
- Understanding the different personality styles and how to communicate with each different style to build rapport
- Assertiveness skills and approaches you can use in different situations
- The conflict management model and what to do when faced with confrontational and difficult situations
- Questioning techniques and how to use them to get to the route cause of a problem and help seek a solution
- How to minimise stress and pressure to minimise tension
- When to push back and how to say no nicely when needed