5 Conversations Every Leader Must Get Right
As a leader, you have a lot on your plate. You must set the vision and guide your people, but you also must manage the day to day work as well. Learning how to have 5 of the most critical conversations will not only make you a better leader, but it will also help you retain those staff that make you look good!
These conversations are not only critical to your leadership, but they are also critical to your staff. Your people need to know what you are thinking whether it is a difficult conversation or an acknowledgement conversation. Take this opportunity to learn how to have 5 of the most important conversations with every leader.
Why is this program critical now more than ever?
- We need to hear how we can succeed.
- We need to learn the importance of face to face conversations and how to effectively have them.
- Today we seem to handle so much electronically that we need to be reminded of the value of conversation.
Workplace Application:
During this session you will:
- Learn how to tackle that employee conversation that is creating so much angst for you.
- Learn simple steps to take to change behavior of challenging employees
- Discover ways to keep your top performers.
This interactive session will have you able to walk away with tools that you can immediately put into proactive with your employees.
Learning Objectives:
- Enhance your communication effectiveness as a manager and leader.
- Learn steps to take in order to have that difficult conversation in a matter-of-fact way.
- Learn how to improve your retention of top performers.
- Gain knowledge around coaching your employees and how to effectively accomplish this.
Speaker
Nancy Gunter
A competitive triathlete, two knee replacements, preachers kid, college athlete, funny - all of these words describe Nancy Gunter. Dynamic, engaging, humble, knowledgeable, and passionate - those are words used to describe Nancy as a speaker/trainer, Executive coach and HR Consultant.
Nancy is the President and CEO of Gunter Training and the past Chief Learning Officer for the YMCA in Tulsa, OK. For 35 years, she was a Nationally and Internationally sought after speaker and trainer for YMCA of the USA and worked for YMCAs in North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, California, and Oklahoma.
In May 2008 Nancy finished her Master's Degree in Organizational Management and Leadership with an emphasis on Generational Dynamics. She has continued her research of the generations and most recently the 5th generation that is just starting to enter the workforce. She has also studied Neuroscience and Emotional Intelligence for the last 25 years as well as Positive Intelligence/Mental Fitness more recently. She has led many sessions on Emotional Intelligence, Positive Intelligence and Generational Dynamics guiding organizations in understanding why people act and react like they do. Nancy is also a renowned speaker on Unconscious Bias, The 5 Conversations Every Leader Must Get Right and Why People Do What They Do.
Due to her love for adventure and activity, Nancy has traveled extensively reaching five continents and training on three of them. Nancy also enjoys all types of sports and continues to participate in sprint, Olympic and Half Ironman triathlons.