Dealing with Difficult Clients and People

How to Get Top Performance from Your Staff

Understanding what can trigger difficult behaviour helps minimize misunderstandings and prevent situations before they flare up.

Should your best efforts fail, knowing how to deal with a difficult circumstance, manage a crisis and effectively solve problems will enhance our relationships with clients and colleagues and improve our prospects of career success.

You will learn: understanding what makes people difficult; factors that can 'trigger' or cause difficult behaviours in clients, colleagues and employees; how to deal with difficult behaviour; how to manage expectations and establish boundaries; resolving client conflicts and addressing complaints effectively; preventing lawsuits; when and how to fire a client; how to manage conflict between yourself and other people and between colleagues or employees.

Are you looking for ways to take your team to the next level?

This program helps you develop the skills you need to lead and inspire effectively so you can develop a team of high performing employees.

Learn how to: create and implement a performance management plan; create clear position descriptions to clarify expectations; delegate and act like a leader; develop sustainable performance for individuals and teams; recruit and retain motivated employees; understand the difference between discipline and performance management; deal with problem employees.

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Improve Your Leadership and People Management Skills

Professional talent is but one ingredient in the recipe for success! With a vision to guide you forward and the skills to manage yourself and inspire others, anything is possible.

Learn the management and people skills you need to lead you and your team to greatness!

Learn how to: develop effective leadership skills; assemble, develop and lead strong teams; lead in difficult times; to create a mentoring program.

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Zizzo Climate Law


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