• Business Skills Training

    project_managementInterSource offers live instructor-led courses on all important operations-related skills, including Communications, Customer Service, Human Resources, Marketing, Team Building and Writing

    These live classes are offered via a Web interface.

  • About Business Skills

    Business Skills relate to communication used to promote a product, service, or organization; relay information within the business; or deal with legal and similar issues. It is also a means of relying between a supply chain, for example the consumer and manufacturer.

    Business Communication is known simply as "Communications." It encompasses a variety of topics, including Marketing, Branding, Customer relations, Consumer behaviour, Advertising,

    Public relations, Corporate communication, Community engagement, Research & Measurement, Reputation management, Interpersonal communication, Employee engagement, Online communication, and Event management. It is closely related to the fields of professional communication and technical communication.

    In business, the term communications encompasses various channels of communication, including the Internet, Print (Publications), Radio, Television, Ambient media, Outdoor, and Word of mouth.

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  • Course Details Business Skills

    Classes are offered via a live web conference. For detailed course outlines and scheduled classes, please see below.

    Online classes are never cancelled due to low enrollment. The instructors who teach our online classes are no less than outstanding, and each has years of practical and training experience.

    InterSource clients are active globally. Live web courses are priced in US dollars, and run during Eastern Standard Time (New York) business hours. We also run live web conference classes during European business hours, which can be invoiced in local currencies. For further information please contact us on +41 (22) 958 0114.

Constructive Conflict and Difficult Conversations

Course duration

  • 1 day

Course Benefits

  • Gain understanding of conflict sources, dynamics, and resolution.
  • Gain working knowledge of key conflict resolution strategies.
  • Learn the seven-step conflict resolution process.
  • Learn the ALERT Difficult Conversational Process.

Course Outline

  1. Initial Thoughts and Vocabulary
    1. The typology of conflict
    2. Types of conflict
    3. The Conflict Spiral
    4. ERIC, VASE and Special Question Types
  2. Conflict Strategies
    1. Rationale and action
    2. Collaboration vs. compromising
  3. Quick Conflict Resolution Tips
    1. Techniques to establish positive dialog
    2. Defining a workable solution
    3. Dealing with and defusing high emotions
  4. The Conflict Resolution Process
    1. A seven-step process moving from defining the issues at hand, through resolution, and ending with ways prevent future conflicts
  5. Conversational Tips and Techniques
    1. General Ground Rules
    2. Constructive Feedback
    3. Question Restatement
    4. Addressing Employee Responses
    5. Action / Reaction(s)
    6. Ways to Say 'No'
    7. Use and Observation of Body Language
    8. Value of Storytelling
  6. Discussion Preparation
    1. Defining Your Goals, Risks and Results
    2. Time, Location and Venue
    3. Orchestrating the Listening Framework
  7. The ALERT Conversation Process Overview

Class Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Since its founding in 1995, InterSource has been providing high quality and highly customized training solutions to clients worldwide. With over 500 course titles constantly updated and numerous course customization and creation possibilities, we have the capability to meet your I.T. training needs.
Instructor-led courses are offered via a live Web connection, at client sites throughout Europe, and at our Geneva Training Center.