Healthy, collaborative relationships rely on effective communication. However, in many situations, the communication has so deteriorated that the relationship suffers - it needs focused attention to repair the relationship, and to enable collaboration and problem solving. Instead, people often avoid difficult conversations, and allow the situation - and their frustrations - to fester.

The dilemma becomes: “How can one resolve the situation when it’s so difficult to even raise the topic?!"

Consensus’ communication workshops help participants tackle these types of challenges by introducing frameworks for overcoming relationship or communication barriers. We customize our communication workshops for each client audience, combining theory with practice by using a mixture of lectures, exercises, and customized role-play scenarios to achieve the learning objectives.

Workshop Options (Duration): from 2 hours to 3 days

Number of Participants: 24 maximum (please contact us to discuss larger audiences)

Learning Objectives:

• Constructively broach topics that could evoke tension and, if improperly managed, could escalate into conflict
• Communicate more effectively
• Move from paralysis to problem solving
• Diffuse hostility and relational stress through effective communiation
• Transition tense situations into more positive situations
• Manage differences more effectively
• Diagnose the underlying causes of a tense situation
• Know how to deal with the emotional aspects of a tense situation