Managing Conflict Training

Duration: One Day
Who Should Attend?
Those who come into contact with difficult, angry or aggressive people in the course of their work, on the phone and face to face, and would like to gain an insight into where these behaviours come from and how to deal more confidently and positively with such situations.
Course Overview
This workshop is designed to enable participants to deal with conflict in a constructive and professional way using a range of communication skills and conflict resolution techniques. They will understand the nature of anger and aggression and how to diffuse them. They will also learn skills that will increase their ability to develop rapport quickly with people and improve their self-confidence & personal awareness; it will increase their awareness of the importance of projecting their organisation in a professional, caring, & customer-focused light.
Course Content
  • The nature of anger and aggression and violence, and how they escalate
  • Diffusing anger and aggression constructively
  • Differences between assertive communication and other, less constructive behaviours
  • Key communication skills for taking control of difficult situations and people: dealing with and giving constructive criticism; demonstrating assertive body language, voice tone and words
  • Practising the skills
Learning Outcomes
  • Understand where anger and aggression come from, how they escalate, and how they can diffuse angry or aggressive situations
  • Enhance their personal power when dealing with angry people
  • Take control of difficult situations to achieve ‘win-win’ solutions with others
  • Develop rapport quickly with others to reflect a caring, personal & professional image
  • Identify & practise a range of positive interpersonal skills to deal with stressful, work-based situations & communicate with greater impact
  • Handle situations successfully by dealing with and giving feedback in a constructive, motivational way
  • Improve their own confidence and self-esteem using positive thinking techniques