DIA 2016 Annual Meeting

Component Type: Workshop
Level: Basic
CE: CME 1.25; IACET 1.25; PDU 1.25 PMI 2166-000183; RN 1.25

Strong communication skills are vital for effective collaboration and working in complex, matrixed environments. Yet dealing with conflict and delivering hard messages can be challenging and often uncomfortable for people at all levels in an organization. This workshop will explore scenarios routinely faced, such as: providing constructive feedback to a peer, delivering bad news to management, and dealing with poor behavior from a direct report. In this interactive forum, participants will be able to learn tips and become familiar with tools to help frame and deliver difficult communications, role play to pre-determined scenarios, receive real-time feedback and then apply the tools/tips to their own specific scenarios.

**Due to workshop format, seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first served basis.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center has stringent regulations on maximum room capacities, and they are strictly enforced. Once all seats are occupied, DIA will be required to close the workshop, and no more participants will be admitted. Interested attendees are encouraged to arrive early in order to ensure seating.

Learning Objectives

Describe strategies to assist in the communication of difficult messages to peers, direct reports, and senior leaders; Through role playing, demonstrate strategies and receive feedback on delivery of difficult messages.

Chair

Diane Neiman, MBA

Speaker

Facilitator
Karla Childers, MS