Effectively Managing and Working with Difficult People

In-house course

1.5 H
Attendance at this seminar will secure 1.5 hour/s verifiable CPD points including other professional bodies (SAICA, SAIBA, ACCA, IACSA, IRBA & etc)
Gillian Peach-Stander   0118861395   gillian@probetatraining.co.za

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if everyone thought and behaved as we do? Working life would be so simple if we could rely on others to behave exactly like us. So often, when someone is out of step with us we brand them ‘difficult’ when perhaps we meant that their behaviours don’t match our own.
Part of the art of dealing with difficult people is to take a step back and examine whether their behaviour is likely to cause any problems for us or others at work, or whether they simply have a different view of life and their apparently ‘difficult’ behaviour is in no way detrimental to team relationships and productivity. It’s when their different approach gets in the way that we have to take action.

This webinar focuses on two aspects of managing and working with difficult people:

•Prevention creating an environment in which colleagues feel supported and motivated.
•Cure dealing with difficult behaviour when it arises.

•Understanding and preventing difficult behaviour
Common causes of difficult behaviour and what can be done to prevent, reduce or remove such behaviours.
•Developing skills for managing difficult people
Investigating the underlying causes of behaviours and deal with them at an objective, rational level.
•More advanced skills for managing difficult people
Using the tricks of language and influence and how to change people’s behaviours in a second.
•Managing specific types of difficult behaviour
How to encourage changes in the behaviour of difficult people without giving direct feedback.
•Feedback that works and critical conversations
Using CASE to provide feedback on difficult behaviour.
•Managing conflict
Be aware that clashes of culture can cause conflict and apply the appropriate tools to reach a solution.

Kindly note that edited recording links will be made available 48 hours after the webinar has taken place to all delegates WHO have registered and attended the webinar. If you are unable to attend the webinar please send us an e mail requesting the recording

Material link: You will only be able to access the material once you are logged-in. The electronic material will be made available 45 minutes before the start of the session. It will be available as a download on the platform, on the right-hand panel on your screen under the option “handouts”