Managing Difficult Conversations Workshop - Staples

Managing Difficult Conversations Workshop

These free workshops are open to officials and staff from cities, counties, schoolboards and townships...simply choose the date or location that works best for you. Registration Link: https://registrationsamc.wufoo.com/forms/managing-difficult-conversations-workshop/

Wednesday, May 10 (1 – 3:30 p.m.) - Rochester
Development Services & Infrastructure Center (DSIC)/North Station
Community Room A&B
4001 West River Pkwy NW Suite 100, Rochester, MN 55901
(507) 328-2600

Wednesday, May 17 (1-3:30 p.m.) - St. Peter
Minnesota School Boards Association
1900 Jefferson Ave, St Peter, MN 56082
(507) 934-2450

Wednesday, May 24 (1-3:30 p.m.) - Staples
Sourcewell
202 12th St NE, Staples, MN 56479
(877) 585-9706

Wednesday, May 31 (1-3:30 p.m.) - St. Paul
Minnesota Counties Intergovernmental Trust
100 Empire Dr STE 100, St Paul, MN 55103
(651) 209-6400

Elected officials and staff frequently communicate with constituents and colleagues who hold different points of view. As our communities grow more politically polarized and public dialogue becomes more confrontational, leaders need to develop skills to better navigate disagreements and encourage a more constructive work environment.

Working with colleagues from across the state and different areas of public service, you will learn new practical skills you can use immediately when a constituent or colleague challenges you on a policy or course of action. The workshop will provide you with tools to help mitigate the stress of difficult conversations and help you proceed with more confidence in your role as a leader. You will come away with strategies to better soften critics and find common ground in an increasingly divisive environment. 

Brought to you through a collaboration between Braver Angels, the League of Minnesota Cities, the Minnesota Association of Townships, the Minnesota School Boards Association, and the Association of Minnesota Counties.