Essentials of Conflict Management (VR+)

Management Centre Europe (MCE)
Essentials of Conflict Management (VR+)
Essentials of Conflict Management (VR+)
November 5th, 2024

Overview

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Develop the key skills you need to manage conflict and keep your team focused on the real results

Highlights:

  • Learn key models to manage conflict in business including:
  • The “Model to Disagree” (to turn conflict into discussions)
  • The P.U.R.R model (for understanding)
  • The 5-step approach (to map conflicts)
  • This programme includes MCE Extended Learning powered by Virtual Reality modules, with realistic situations.

Key Competencies:

  • Conflict management
  • Gaining trust and support
  • Understanding real interests
  • Listening for feelings
  • Turning disagreements into positive business discussions

The Right Programme for you

You have been faced with conflict in your Senior Managers team, department or organization and you need to develop the right skills to manage it effectively and postively.

Typical Participants:
• Managers
• Senior Managers

Learn, Practice and Use

  • Recognize the underlying causes of conflict in business
  • See the difference between disagreement and conflict
  • Map conflict using a five-step approach
  • Identify ways to develop flexible responses to personal and professional conflicts
  • Turn disagreements into positive discussions by applying the “Model to Disagree”
  • Know how trust is lost and regained during disputes
  • Understand why relationship conflict and content conflict should be handled differently
  • Identify your own feelings and actions when faced with conflict
  • Share your knowledge and challenges with your peers and MCE's highly experienced faculty

Programme Modules

What will you learn and practice?

Essentials of Conflict Management is a hands-on training programme, highly interactive with exercises and role plays. The programme will be led by an experienced facilitator with former management experience in international companies.

11 Programme Modules:

1 – VR Module: Understanding Conflict
Observe how conflicts can develop within diverse teams, develop you ability to flag non-inclusive behaviour and practise relationship-building skills. Experience a realistic scenario of communicating with another person. Practise active listening, identify inappropriate behaviour, and give constructive feedback. Practise to become more thoughtful, articulate and understand when viewing conflict in a business environment. 

  • Learn effective listening skills
  • Acknowledge the need to be aware of stereotyping
  • Identify inappropriate behaviour
  • Practise relationship-building skills
  • Practise giving constructive feedback
  • Practise applying techniques to manage conflict

2 – Developing Conflict Awareness

  • Recognising the difference between disagreement and conflict 
  • Understanding the five levels of a conflict 
  • Exploring barriers to conflict management and resolution

3 – VR Module: Active Listening
Identify poor active listening habits, experience what lack of active listening feels like and practise active listening behaviours like clarifying, summarising or acknowledging emotions. Experience realistic scenarios of communicating with another person. Practise active listening in an office environment – and become a more engaged, thoughtful member of the team. 

  • Apply leadership and communication techniques to drive business success and become a more effective leader
  • Implement best practises for influencing employees, managers, subordinates, customers and other stakeholders
  • Effectively handle challenges such as delivering unpopular news, increasing team motivation and restoring credibility
  • Communicate confidently in any environment, from elevator pitches to high stakes presentations that earn buy-in and cooperation
  • Deliver powerful messages that lead to action and that control emotions when facing resistance
  • Sell your organization's vision, mision and values to your team members

4 – Responding to Conflict 

  • Identifying your own feelings and actions in response to conflict
  • Applying the P-U-R-R Model to demonstrate understanding
  • Utilising the validating process
  • Distinguishing between listening for thoughts and listening for feelings

5 – The Role of Trust in Minimising Conflict

  • Describing the 4 Cs as the cornerstones of building trust
  • Knowing how trust is lost and regained, and how transparency validates trust
  • Identifying interests behind positions

6 – VR Module: Resolving Conflict
Observe how a leader's own behaviour can perpetuate inappropriate behaviour, develop skills to help others address the source of thier conflicts and practise coaching others to lead by example. Diversity isn't just about bringing different people together, it's about creating an environment where everyone feels welcome and accepted. This scenario looks at a set of techniques that will help you resolve conflicts by coaching the manager to do so. 

  • Learn how a leader's own behaviour can perpetuate inappropriate behaviour
  • Develop skills to help others address the source of thier conflicts
  • Practice coaching others to lead by example

7 – Conflict Strategies

  • Identifying your preferred strategies for responding to conflict
  • Understanding the five conflict strategies
  • Exploring appropriate strategies to minimise/manage conflict

8 – Moving Beyond Conflict

  • Knowing why relationship conflict and content conflict should be handled differently
  • Turning potential disagreements into discussion by applying the Model to Disagree
  • Identifying and practising assertiveness tools and strategies
  • Detoxifying emotional statements and devising alternative ways to express the message

9 – Dealing with Difficult Behavior

  • Explaining the difference between difficult people and difficult behaviour
  • Understanding how to handle passive behavior
  • Developing a strategy for handling passive or aggressive behaviour

10 – Mapping the Conflict

  • Mapping a conflict using a 5-step approach
  • Exploring a given conflict from various “viewing points”
  • Separating interests from positions in a specific conflict
  • Selecting a conflict strategy appropriate to addressing a specific goal
  • Implementing a chosen conflict strategy

11 – Thunderstorms

  • Applying skills to address emotionally tense conflicts (called Thunderstorms)
  • Using skills to address an intra-group conflict case study
  • Planning for future development to effectively respond to conflict

Testimonials

“ It is a perfect possibility to connect with people from different industries, who are dealing with the same issues.”

Agata Kulik, Product Manager Special Salts, Jungbunzlauer Ladenburg GmbH, Germany

 

“ Facilitator, content, tools, methods, room were very good and fitted to the participants and their needs.”

Andreas Armenat, Head of Production, GO Generics & Standard Solutions, Fresenius Kabi AG, Germany

 

“Very interesting topics, international and multicultural environment. Very professional coach.”

Alessandro Foresio, Vice President, Logic S.p.A., Italy

 

“The subjects covered were extremely relevant and gave input to my personal development.”

Rosa Karen Schmidt, Senior VP-Assistant, Novo Nordisk, Denmark

FAQ

ABOUT MCE’s OPEN ENROLMENT PROGRAMMES

What time does the programme start and finish?
MCE programmes start at 9:00 and finish at 17:00. Lunch is a 1-hour break and there are two coffee breaks too. On the last day, the programme finishes at 16:30 as we know a lot of people have to catch planes and trains.

What should I wear (dress code) when participating in an MCE Programme?
Most participants wear Business Casual clothes. A formal business suit is not necessary.

Are there MCE approved/recommended hotels?
Yes, each programme has recommended hotels that have the best rates. We include details of these hotels in your registration pack.

Are meals included? I don’t eat certain food. Can I order special meals?
Lunch is provided every day and we always organize a buffet so you have a good choice of foods to cater for different needs.

Are there evening activities?
Your evenings are free, although there some exceptions (e.g. On the MCE Leadership Development Programme there is an activity on day 3)

Is there a free Wi-Fi?
For programmes at MCE in Brussels, there is free Wi-Fi throughout the building. For other locations, the services can vary, but in most locations we have organized free Wi-Fi.

What level of English do I need to take part in an MCE Programme?
MCE’s participants come from over 90 different countries but all of our open enrolment programmes are run in English. You need to have a good working knowledge of English to be able to fully participate in the programme and network with other participants. If you have difficulty understanding these questions, the programme might be difficult for you too.

Will I get a certificate at the end of the programme?
Yes, a certificate of attendance is provided to you upon successful completion of the programme.


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Are MCE programmes certified by an official body/organization?
10 of MCE’s top selling programmes are approved by Project Management Institute and you can find more information on these programmes here.

What is the MCE approach to learning and development?
All of MCE’s Open Enrolment programmes are based on MCE’s FEEL-THINK-DO and 70-20-10 principles to enable effective learning transfer.

Who designs MCE programmes?
Our Portfolio team together with the core MCE Senior Associates design all of our programmes based on the ROPES model.

Are MCE’s Programmes practical?
MCE’s programmes are all designed to allow to practice what you have learnt. So you will have lots of time to practice, practice and practice.

 

REGISTRATIONS, PAYMENTS AND FEES

Are VAT rates included in the price?
The price advertised in this page is VAT excluded and applicable to clients and companies legally based in the European Union.

All clients outside the European Union (EU), e.g. Middle East, Africa, Asia and America, are exempt from VAT rates. For them, the price advertised here is the final price to be paid.

  • One exception: Training Programmes in France. All clients (inside or outside the European Union) following training programmes in France are liable to 20% VAT rates in all cases.

When are VAT rates applicable to me?
In the case of clients and companies legally based in the European Union, VAT rates will be added to the price in the following cases:

  • If the client is a natural person (B2C) without a VAT number. 21% VAT applicable.
  • If the training programmes runs in France: 20% VAT applicable.
    • Also applicable to clients outside the European Union (EU)
    • Except when
      • The client is VAT-exempt
  • If the client is legally registered in Belgium (independent from where in Europe the training programme is followed): 21% VAT applicable.
    • Except when:
      • The client attend the training programme in France: 20% VAT applicable instead.
      • The client is VAT-exempt
    • If the client does not provide a corporate VAT number or does not have any VAT number: 21% VAT applicable (Only applicable to clients in the EU).

I don’t have approval from my finance team yet, can I make a tentative registration?
Yes, simply contact us and we will hold a place for you.

Is hotel accommodation included in the programme fee?
No, participants are expected to arrange their own accommodation and travel. The Programme fee covers the programme attendance, materials, lunches & refreshments.

Does MCE give discounts or grants for individual registrations?
MCE works mostly with companies and organizations and we can provide corporate deals for group bookings or preferred supplier deals. If you would like to discuss a corporate deal, we will be happy to talk to you.

Can I pay with my corporate credit card?
Yes, you can. We accept VISA, Mastercard and Amex.

Does MCE have corporate deals/frameworks available?
Yes, we have. Please contact us for more information.

Can I cancel or change my booking free-of-charge?
At MCE, we understand that business people have commitments and changes do happen. So you can cancel or change your registration up to 21 days before the programme starts without any fees or charges. After that date, you will need to pay full fees, but you are allowed to transfer once to a new programme date.

 

The MCE Team is ready to answer any questions you have. Please contact us by phone, email, contact form or even website chat. We would be happy to talk to you!

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