Course description
Crucial Conversations for Mastering Dialogue (In-Person)
The Standard in Effective Communication
At the heart of healthy and high-performance organizations are people willing and able to hold Crucial Conversations. The award-winning Crucial Conversations® for Mastering Dialogue gives people the skills to transform disagreement into dialogue for improved relationships and results.
With skills to speak their minds honestly and respectfully, people collaborate better, make better decisions, and foster workplace cultures of trust and respect. The course is available in on-demand, virtual, and in-person learning formats.
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Training content
Get Unstuck
- Spot the conversations that are keeping you from what you want.
- Choose the right conversation to get unstuck.
Master My Stories I
- Learn where emotions come from and how to change them.
- Take responsibility for the emotions you bring to the conversation by owning your story.
Master My Stories II
- Eliminate negative stories that impede conversations and results
Start With Heart
- Stay focused on what you really want.
- a foundation of good intent.
State My Path
- Speak honestly and respectfully
- Share tough messages in a way that invites others into the conversation.
Make It Safe
- Take steps to rebuild safety when others get defensive
- Talk with almost anyone about almost anything.
Learn to Look
- Notice the signs that people are not in dialogue.
- Identify and manage your own Style Under Stress.
Seek Mutual Purpose
- Recognize when you’re at odds in a conversation.
- Find common ground even when it seems impossible.
Explore Others’ Paths
- Actively listen to understand the meaning behind others’ emotions and actions.
- Respond productively when someone initiates a Crucial Conversation with you.
Move to Action
- Move from healthy dialogue to taking action and achieving results
Certification / Credits
What You’ll Learn
The course teaches nine powerful skills for working through disagreement to achieve better results.
- Identify problems contributing to poor results and struggling relationships.
- Keep composure when feeling angry or defensive and identify what stories you may be telling yourself.
- Be clear with yourself and others about what you really want.
- Share strong opinions without shutting down others’ viewpoints.
- Create safety so you can talk with almost anyone about almost anything.
- Spot the warning signs that indicate safety and dialogue are at risk.
- Find common ground even when it seems impossible.
- Listen and respond effectively to other people’s concerns and feedback.
- Turn each Crucial Conversation into a course of action that leads to better outcomes.
Quick stats about Crucial Learning?
More than 3.5 million people have been taught new skills through a Crucial Learning course
300 of the Fortune 500 companies have realized a direction connection between their success and Crucial Learning courses
Reviews
Average rating 4.9
This course was SO helpful. Packed full of helpful, usable hints...it's an indispensable go-to source in prepping for difficult conversations.
Great course! Excellent content, course design, and presentation.
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Crucial Learning improves the world by helping people improve themselves. By combining social science research with innovative instructional design, we create flexible learning experiences that teach proven skills for solving life’s most stubborn personal, interpersonal, and organizational problems. We offer...
Great program that is very adaptable to how you like to work.