PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS 2024
Dealing with Different (and Difficult) People in Schools - 14th August 2025
Dealing with Different (and Difficult) People in Schools - 14th August 2025
This online workshop will assist educational leaders and teachers to manage a range of different and sometimes difficult stakeholders in schools. From colleagues, managers and parents, this course outlines the tools and techniques to deal with challenging personalities and situations.
The Dealing with Different (and Difficult) People in Schools short course will provide participants with practical strategies to be more adaptive and responsive in potentially stressful encounters with others.
This convenient 3hr online workshop will focus on the following outcomes:
Communication Skills – your strengths, weaknesses and annoyances
Modes of communication and technology – when to use/not use which
Why people behave the way they do
The challenge of different values
Empathy – their needs and motivators
Active listening - ‘Seek first to understand’ (Covey)
Flexibility – The importance of adapting
Quick DiSC (People like People like them)
What behaviours ‘push your buttons’
Managing the ‘Emotion vs Logic See Saw’
Course start-finish times (by region/ timezone)
Australia
9.30am - 12.30pm NSW, VIC, TAS, QLD
9.00am - 12.00pm NT, SA
7.30am - 10.30am WA
Asia-Pacific
11.30pm - 2.30pm New Zealand
8.30am - 11.30am Japan, South Korea
7.30am - 10.30am China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (WITA), Phillipines, Brunei
6.30am - 9.30am Indonesia (WIB), Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
Register for this course if you are a Principal, Deputy Principal, Middle Leader or Teacher who is seeking new skills to understand, connect with and lead a range of different stakeholders in your school.
Nb. If you would like to request an invoice for your school/ company to pay the registration fee for this course, please email us @ info@prolearning.edu.au
This course is proudly co-presented with Guy Williams.
Guy is an industry guru in educational leadership training and has worked with schools across the Asia-Pacific for over 20 years. He is the owner/ director of the Training Guys company and has worked extensively with a range of leading independent ands public schools. His corporate clients also include ING Direct, BMW, Ausgrid and Electrolux. His expertise is in supporting senior leaders and middle-management staff to develop the skills and confidence so that their teams can be more cohesive, engaged and more productive.
Guy’s training sessions draw on both his teaching and corporate experiences and his presentation style is dynamic, engaging and highly entertaining.
If you would like to request an invoice for your school/ company to pay the registration fee for this course, please email us @ info@prolearning.edu.au
All course prices are exclusive of GST.