Name: Leading Employee Conversations for Professional and People Leadership
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Leading Employee Conversations for Professional and People Leadership

A practical one day course focused on developing professional and disciplinary leadership competencies for employee conversations. The agenda covers preparation, structure, feedback, development conversations, performance discussions, and difficult dialogue situations. The course is designed for leaders who want to conduct conversations with more clarity, confidence, empathy, and accountability.

What will you learn?

You will learn how to prepare and lead employee conversations in a structured and constructive way. You will understand how to give feedback, discuss performance, address concerns, and support development while maintaining trust and clarity. You will also strengthen your ability to handle difficult reactions and create clear follow up after conversations.

Prepare employee conversations with clearer goals, structure, and expectations
Give feedback and discuss performance in a respectful and actionable way
Support employee development through better questions, listening, and agreement on next steps
Handle difficult conversations with more confidence, empathy, and consistency

Requirements:

Suitable for current, new, and aspiring leaders with professional or disciplinary leadership responsibilities
No prior leadership training required
Openness to reflection, communication practice, and practical leadership development is helpful

Course Outline*:

*We customize the course outline and content to your specific needs and relevant use cases.

Module 1: Foundations of effective employee conversations

Understanding the purpose and value of regular employee conversations
Distinguishing feedback, development, performance, conflict, and check in conversations
Preparing goals, key messages, examples, and desired follow up before the conversation
Creating a respectful setting that supports openness, clarity, and trust

Module 2: Communication techniques for leaders

Using active listening, open questions, summarizing, and clarification
Communicating expectations, observations, and concerns clearly
Balancing empathy, directness, and leadership responsibility
Avoiding common communication traps such as vague feedback, assumptions, and delayed messages

Module 3: Feedback, performance, and development conversations

Giving appreciative, developmental, and corrective feedback in a structured way
Discussing performance, goals, strengths, and improvement areas constructively
Supporting employee ownership through reflection, questions, and clear agreements
Documenting outcomes and follow up actions appropriately

Module 4: Difficult conversations and sustainable follow up

Handling defensiveness, silence, emotions, disagreement, and resistance
Staying calm and solution oriented in challenging conversation moments
Setting boundaries and making expectations explicit when needed
Building a practical checklist for preparation, conversation flow, and follow up

Hands-on learning with expert instructors at your location for organizations.

2,322€*

Level:

advanced

Duration:

Hours (days:

)

Training customized to your needs

Immersive hands-on experience in a dedicated setting

*Price can range depending on number of participants, change of outline, location etc.

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1,587€*

Level:

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Duration:

Hours (days:

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