The Art of Skillful Conversations
3 hour interactive workshop
Poet, author and public speaker, David Whyte, says ‘the conversation is not about the work, it is the work’ and yet we pay little attention to the quality of our conversations within the workplace.
The art of skilful conversations helps us:
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Make sense of our work/world
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Surface healthy disagreement
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Develop consensus
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Generate insight, sound decisions and purposeful action
Explore how you can increase the impact of conversations in your workplace
Models
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Learn about how conversations generally work, how they often get stuck and what can help
Practice
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Develop your ability to be more versatile in conversations
Application
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Prepare for important conversations
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Gain valuable support through peer learning
Format
Pre reading/ videos
Interactive and practical workshop
Learning application
"Good listening and good conversation skills take time and effort to develop and maintain”