Difficult Conversations 2023

For most of us, our relationships are one of the things we value most. Learning to successfully work through interpersonal conflict may be the single most important skill for personal, family, and career success. It may also be the most difficult skill to learn and do well.

This workshop will focus on the skills needed to have successful difficult conversations with significant others, friends, peers, parents, children, and people we work with, including bosses and how to approach interpersonal conflict from a win-win perspective. We will also discuss how to initiate, end, and avoid conversations with others who hold different political views.

We will meet on 3 Wednesdays in November, November 1st, 8th, and 15th from 5:30 – 7:00 PM on Zoom. We will schedule an optional follow-up meeting on Wednesday January 3rd to share how our difficult conversations are gong and what, if anything, we need to do differently going forward. It is important that participants make a commitment to attend all three sessions.

Facilitator: Rick Hawkins. To register, email Rick Hawkins (rhawk747@gmail.com). Please note the final day to register is Friday October 13th.