Difficult Conversations Drop-In Clinic
Feeling anxious about addressing tension with a colleague or discussing conflict with a supervisor or report? Would it be helpful to role play, write a script, or practice what you're planning to say? Workshop your challenge, listen and learn as others' practice, or request a private session to sharpen your edges. Experiment with different talking points and strategies for effective and respectful communication, and get real-time feedback from a conflict navigation specialist. Practice makes comfortable — don't be shy! First come, first served. Dates and times for Fall 2026 semester will be posted shortly.
Holding Courageous Conversations: A Practical Communication Framework
This experiential workshop introduces Nonviolent Communication (NVC) as a process and practice to communicate observations, emotions and needs with more self-awareness, empathy and respect. Bolster the learning with mindfulness tips for emotional regulation, such as STOP and THINK.
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Collab Lab: Practices for Better Work Together
Participants will explore best and worst practices, reflect on personal ways of working with others and areas for self-improvement, and leave the workshop with simple tools they can use immediately to foster collaboration. Activities to help develop self-awareness and accountability around collaboration include Evil Genius, crowdsourcing, Mad Tea and impromptu connection.
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From Tension to Trust: A Feedback Lab
An interactive workshop to build confidence and comfortability in giving and receiving feedback with professionalism, clarity, and respect. Through practice and reflection, participants will learn strategies that foster trust and accountability, turning difficult conversations into opportunities for growth and connection.
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Facilitated Dialogue
Facilitated dialogue works to address an underlying conflict that is halting or hurting the ability of two colleagues, a small group, or a team from working in harmony. It encourages parties to collaborate by sharing perspectives, identifying issues, and working toward a mutually agreeable path forward. EmPaCT’s trained specialists are there to guide and facilitate the process, ensure that everyone has an opportunity to speak, and support a more constructive conversation. During consultation, we can explain the process in more detail and help identify whether facilitated dialogue might be an appropriate option.
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Leading with Conflict Competence
This highly engaging session is geared for supervisors and senior leaders who are ready to take their conflict competency to the next level. Participants will learn frameworks, mindsets, and simple adaptable tools for naming and claiming conflict, giving and receiving feedback, and leading and establishing norms & practices for addressing conflict early and often. Explore ways to model empathy, professionalism and accountability that leaders can adopt right away.
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Search Inside Yourself
Participants are immersed in a two-day emotional intelligence and psychological safety program entitled Search Inside Yourself. You will learn practical ways to develop essential mindfulness, emotional wellbeing, and leadership skills through highly interactive and thought-provoking exercises. Walk away with tools that you can immediately apply to your work and life to increase confidence, clarity, and decisiveness - all essential leadership skills.
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