Dealing with Difficult Behaviour
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Dealing with Difficult Behaviour
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Show more Townsville coursesCorporate Support Learning Pathway
Odyssey Training’s Corporate Support Learning Pathway is designed for talented professionals who are looking to accelerate their career progression and build current capability and performance.
The program covers key competency areas to help them diversify and expand their skill set as they transition from team member to team leader.
- Course 1 Essential Skills for the Administration Professional 2 Days
- Course 2 Dealing with Difficult Behaviour 1 Day
- Course 3 Resilience in the Workplace 1 Day
- Course 4 Writing Skills for Business 1 Day
Duration
1 Day (9:00 am – 4:30 pm)Meals Provided
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Course Overview
This course is designed to provide participants with the skills, techniques and strategies to professionally and confidently deal with difficult people and situations. In this course you will learn how to identify and manage different behavioural styles to build a positive atmosphere with open and honest communication.
Expected Outcomes
- Recognise why difficult behaviours occur and apply practical strategies to deal with them.
- Understand the importance of effective listening and how it can diffuse a situation.
- Focus on the drivers of various types of difficult behaviours and discover how to respond appropriately to achieve a positive outcome.
- Learn and apply the principles and skills of assertion.
Prerequisites
There are no suggested prerequisites for this course.
Who Should Attend this Course
The program is ideal for anyone who wants to improve/enhance their personal communication skills in the workplace when dealing with difficult co-workers, customers, suppliers, managers or team members.
Core Learning and Development Competencies
This course has been designed to support the development of the following core competency areas identified to facilitate individual and organisational success:
- Approachability
- Composure
- Conflict management
- Understanding others
Topics Covered [Click to Show All]
Explore specific difficult behaviours and how you as an individual respond.
The ladder of inference
Understand the thinking steps that can lead you to jump to wrong conclusions.
Emotional intelligence
Reflect on your current level of EI and how it impacts others around you.
Our brains
Review the different functions of your brain and how emotions, thoughts and information are processed.
Effective listening
Examine four listening response patterns and determine their advantages and disadvantages.
Listening assessment
An opportunity to assess your current listening skills and discover areas of improvement.
Defining assertiveness and how it can positivley impact difficult people and situations.
Passive behaviour
Pinpoint specific passive behaviour behaviour drivers and patterns.
Aggressive behaviour
Pinpoint specific aggressive behaviour drivers and patterns.
Assertive behaviour
Discover the benefits of assertive behaviour.
Coping with difficult behaviours
Focus on specific types of difficult behaviours such as: hostile-agressives; complainers; clams; super-agreeables; negativists; know-it-alls and indecisives.
Tips on how to cope
Build personal coping methods for dealing with difficult behaviours.
“I left the course feeling that I would be able to tackle any difficult situation with less emotion and more determination on what I want.”
Vanessa, Contract Coordinator







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