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URL:https://appreciativeinquiry.champlain.edu/events/conversations-worth-h
 aving-bootcamps-2/
SUMMARY:Conversations Worth Having: Bootcamps
DESCRIPTION:\nCommunication\n\n\n\nIt remains the top issue for organizatio
 ns\, teams\, and relationships. Almost everyone struggles with how to effe
 ctively communicate when they are frustrated or facing conflict. The effec
 ts of poor communication are costly. They show up in organizations as:\n\n
 \n\n\nEmployee disengagement\, malaise\, and turnover\n\n\n\nDysfunctional
  teams\n\n\n\nPoor performance\n\n\n\nInability to give and receive critic
 al feedback\n\n\n\nNegative attitudes\, cliques\, and gossip: a culture of
  "me"\n\n\n\n\nIf you're dealing with any of these outcomes\, the Conversa
 tions Worth Having Bootcamp will give you the skills and tools to turn the
 m around. This program is grounded in Appreciative Inquiry\, one of the mo
 st widely used positive change approaches. Two simple Appreciative Inquiry
  practices can turn your entire culture around\, creating a culture of con
 versations worth having.\n\n\n\nConversation Bootcamp 1: Conversations Wor
 th Having\n\n\n\nStep into Your Capacity to Fuel Productivity and Meaningf
 ul Engagement! \n\n\n\nFollowing this workshop\, you will have tools to es
 tablish communication practices that will support productivity\, engagemen
 t\, high performance teams\, regular feedback\, positivity\, and a culture
  of "we."You will walk away prepared to:\n\n\n\n\nKeep your cool when you 
 want to explode!\n\n\n\nEffectively challenge assumptions and preconceptio
 ns\, including yours.\n\n\n\nDeal with conflict quickly and effectively.\n
 \n\n\nFuel productive and meaningful engagement.\n\n\n\nCommunicate succes
 sfully with people who hold negative attitudes or defensive positions.\n\n
 \n\nGive and receive critical feedback in ways that promote learning and h
 igh performance.\n\n\n\nAsk the kind of questions that deepen understandin
 g\, strengthen connections\, and inspire possibility.\n\n\n\nTalk with col
 leagues in ways that invite them to collaborate on projects and strategic 
 outcomes.\n\n\n\nListen with genuine curiosity.\n\n\n\nFrame any conversat
 ion\, even one around a highly complex problem\, to inspire creative and i
 nnovative thinking and solutions.\n\n\n\n\nConversation Bootcamp 2: Strate
 gic Conversations\n\n\n\nStep into Your Capacity to Foster Whole System St
 rategic Thinking\, Planning\, and Leading\n\n\n\nA lack of strategic think
 ing and planning in organizations is costly. The greatest expense is the i
 nvestment of time and resources into activities that do not support compan
 y goals or the mission. In addition\, employees show up\, do their work\, 
 and go home. This results in missed opportunities. Without a context for t
 heir work\, employees are not inspired to think or plan creatively about p
 rocess improvement\, innovation\, or cost savings. And anyone who has trie
 d knows\, it can be a struggle to get teams to buy-in to strategic goals\,
  much less think and work in alignment with those goals.\n\n\n\nDeveloping
  your leadership ability for strategic thinking and planning\, coupled wit
 h the skills to engage in strategic conversations significantly improves y
 our value as a leader. The days of hiring an outside agency to create a st
 rategic plan for your organization are over\; so too should be strategic p
 lans developed at the top and handed down for others to implement. Organiz
 ations poised for growth and success have leaders who are adopting strateg
 ic thinking as an on-going way of doing business and strategic planning th
 at engages employees across the whole organization as well as external sta
 keholders. They engage everyone in developing agile plans\, cycles of expe
 rimentation and learning\, innovation\, and measuring actions against rele
 vant metrics.\n\n\n\nThis bootcamp will support your capacity and develop 
 capabilities to have strategic conversations at the level of the individua
 l\, team\, division\, and the whole organization or community.\n
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