Talk So Teams Will Listen Workshop • WorkshopBank
As Simon Sinek puts it: "Leadership is like good parenting." Participants will learn four core skills that build trust and connection: acknowledging feelings, drawing out with questions, engaging cooperation, and creating safety for mistakes.
How to run it
- Anyone who leads through influence rather than authority
- HR and L&D professionals wanting to improve workplace communication
- Project managers working with diverse stakeholders
- Consultants facilitating client relationships
- Anyone who wants to have better conversations at work
- As Simon Sinek puts it: "Leadership is like good parenting." Participants will learn four core skills that build trust and connection: acknowledging feelings, drawing out with questions, engaging cooperation, and creating safety for mistakes.
- Through practice with realistic scenarios, they'll develop the ability to have conversations that make people feel heard, valued, and capable.
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Anyone who wants to have better conversations at work
As Simon Sinek puts it: "Leadership is like good parenting." Participants will learn four core skills that build trust and connection: acknowledging feelings, drawing out with questions, engaging cooperation, and creating safety for mistakes.
Through practice with realistic scenarios, they'll develop the ability to have conversations that make people feel heard, valued, and capable.
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Talk So Teams Will Listen Workshop • WorkshopBank. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: Anyone who wants to have better conversations at work; As Simon Sinek puts it: "Leadership is like good parenting." Participants will learn four core skills that build trust and connection: acknowledging feelings, drawing out with questions, engaging cooperation, and creating safety for mistakes.; Through practice with realistic scenarios, they'll develop the ability to have conversations that make people feel heard, valued, and capable.. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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