Is this course right for me?

Target Audience: Research staff, academic staff and professional services staff

This is a live ONLINE session.  

This is part 1 only of a set of two sessions.  

Follow link to book P2

University of Strathclyde - DAT Booking - SPIRAL - Confidence, Communication & Negotiation Part 2 only

If you would like to attend P1 and P2 together as a complete programme, please follow link below;

Complete Programme

Whether it is with managers, PIs, collaborators, examiners or friends and family, we all need to interact constructively and sustainably with a great diversity of people and to establish effective and lasting relationships – even in difficult or challenging circumstances. If you find it difficult to say no, hard to give feedback, tricky to negotiate or just plain uncomfortable to ask for what you want, you might be feeling the urgency of that need.

So, how does such communication work, and is it possible to do it with a degree of confidence, even if the outcome isn’t guaranteed? Are there ideas and tools that help, particularly when things get difficult? Of course, there are many, and putting one or two of them into practice is what makes a difference, even if sometimes we fear they will lead to a lot more work than we have time or energy for.

In these confidential and highly interactive workshops, we look at fundamental practices for effective interactions – and encourage you to put them into practice with real challenges from your world. That way, we explore the material first-hand, and make it applicable straight away.

The two sessions are to be held online. For greater efficacy, they are designed to be taken together. When you sign up for both, the second workshop includes an hour before the main body of that session to review your practice between sessions and to pick everyone’s mind about putting these tools and ideas to good use

Delivered by;

Jamie McDonald, jmcd@jmcd.co.uk

Course Outcomes/Objectives;

In session 1, we’ll cover:

• recognizing and managing the impact of mindset on confidence and communication

• developing a clear baseline for communication and negotiation

• understanding what you want and why you want it

• understanding reasons for not communicating as straightforwardly as we would like

• applying all of the above to real situations 

Immediately before session 2, there will be an hour of reviewing your practice and going further into the material from session 1.

In session 2, we’ll cover:

• designing a working relationship

• listening to others to understand their position and interests

• expressing your position and interests in a structured way

• focusing on mutual gain and co-creating options

• applying these to real situations you bring to work on

Accessibility;

We are committed to ensuring our events and courses are accessible to all staff:

Online activity;

 The session will take place on ZOOM

• Auto-captions will be enabled
• there will be audience participation
• you are asked to keep your camera on
• you are asked to attend the whole session
• there will be a break
• the session is relaxed - this means you can stretch, move around, stim etc.
• digital copies of resources will be emailed to participants in advance of delivery upon request
• sessions are NOT recorded
• Please contact osdu-equity@strath.ac.uk to discuss any further access requirements 

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* charge to your Department / School if you do not attend your place on the course. There will be no charge as long as you cancel your booked place before the event or notify our staff at osdu@strath.ac.uk that you can no longer attend.

A Department / School is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary prerequisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you are expected to attend ALL parts of the course.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of a course of 1-day duration or less. For some courses, there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.