Staff Professional Development Session: Co-creating Effective Conversations | May 6 or 8, 2025

Workshop

Do you want to have better, more successful conversations each and every day? Conversations that are productive, encourage creativity and engagement, generate solutions, improve relationships, and help attain goals? These are just a few of the benefits of co-creating effective conversations in the workplace. But what does it mean to be more curious, to ask better questions or take time to explore ideas with people at work? And how do you do it?

This interactive workshop will focus on developing essential non-directive conversation and coaching skills that empower individuals to co-create effective conversations and drive positive experiences with their peers, colleagues and teams. Blending content with demonstrations and practice, participants will explore and practice the UBC COEC Model (Connect – Open – Explore – Close) to engage in meaningful and effective co-created conversations with others. This session is for participants who want to:

• Hold more successful and productive conversations at work
• Gain a better understanding of essential participatory and non-directive conversation skills
• Put core workplace coaching skills immediately into practice

Co-Facilitators

Lucy Johannsohn and Jennifer Woloshyn, UBC Coaching Services, Talent Development & Engagement, UBC Human Resources

Registration

Registration will close at end of day on Monday, April 28, 2025.