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Programme sheet
Decode the Power Games That Drain Relationships
Conflicts & TensionsConfidence & Self-AwarenessAll employees≈ 25 min
Key skill: Assertiveness
Summary
Understand the five levers that make us take or give away power in working relationships — fear, pride, envy, compassion, admiration — to spot these unconscious games, break free from them, and build healthier relationships.
Target audience
Anyone looking to promote a model of collaboration that inspires and fosters personal accountability
Learning objectives
- Recognize and analyze power games at work and the mechanisms that drive them
- Understand the false need to be admired and step out of the endless quest to always be more
- Free yourself from the fear that drives you to accept situations of domination
- Recognize manipulation through flattery and compliments
Module outline
- StorytellingAn allegory of two distinct societies illustrating the destructive cycles of domination and rebellion
- ArticlesThe main power games at work · How to outsmart manipulation attempts · How to build confidence and freedom to stop playing power games
- Expert videoAnalysis of the mechanisms of fear, pride, envy, compassion, and admiration that shape our power relationships
- AnchoringQuiz and True/False questions to dig deeper into the topic and anchor what you've learned
- Memo cardDownloadable coaching memo card: the key points from the expert video
- CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment
Models & methods
Five levers of domination: fear, pride, envy, compassion, admiration; distinction between dominant and dominated.