Workshop 01 ยท Management Training
Managers don't fail for lack of theory. They fail in the conversations they put off. We rehearse those conversations with professional actors until they stop being scary.
The workshops
1 to 2 days
Our core programme. Prioritising, delegating, accountability, feedback and coaching, practised in five difficult conversations: the disengaged employee, the popular underperformer, the employee unhappy with their bonus, the burned-out top performer, and the person whose role has outgrown them.
For: new and experienced managers.
Practise
Half day
Honest performance conversations, early and clearly, so problems get fixed instead of avoided. Our own research tested exactly this skill.
For: anyone who manages people.
Practise
Half day to 1 day
The hardest moments of stepping up, from leading former peers to letting go of the work you used to do.
For: new managers.
Practise
Proof
Only the people who practised performed better.
In our own study at UCL, people who practised a feedback conversation with a role-play coach were rated higher by two independent assessors than people who learned the same model from slides or a video.
How it works
We agree with you which situations and behaviours matter.
Real workplace situations, played out live with actors in our own Behaviour Lab, together with psychological tools such as Rewind. Rewire. Restart. People pause, try it again differently, and feel the difference.
About 90 days later, a one-hour session over Zoom with a new coach and a fresh scenario, to practise again and see what has stuck.
Stop talking at people.
A 30-minute call beats anything we could write here. Get in touch today.