In your wellbeing toolkit you'll find a wide range of high-quality courses focused on personal wellbeing and leadership development for school staff. Check out the details of our Difficult Conversations course below.
The total length of this self-paced interactive course is approximately 160 minutes but can be taken at your own pace in as many sessions as you like.
As school staff, we often need to have difficult conversations with other staff, students, and parents, but these conversations can be stressful and uncomfortable.
This interactive course is designed to provide school leaders with practical strategies and tools for effectively managing difficult conversations, including how to prepare for the conversation, how to communicate effectively, and how to handle any potential challenges that may arise.
By taking this course, you'll learn how to approach difficult conversations with empathy, active listening, and the appropriate use of language. You'll also gain insights into how to identify and manage your own emotions during difficult conversations, as well as strategies for responding to emotional reactions from others. With the skills you'll acquire from this course, you'll be better equipped to handle difficult conversations in a confident and professional manner, while maintaining positive relationships.
Following this course you will:
Understand what can make a conversation feel difficult.
Know how to prepare for a difficult conversation.
Have the knowledge to be able to manage difficult conversations in a way that supports well-being.
Have some strategies to help you manage emotions during difficult conversations.
To access this preimium course you need to log in to your wellbeing toolkit.
