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Improving Communication Through Non Violent Communication

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Judgments, beliefs, binary thinking: four traps that sabotage your conversations without you even noticing.

Draw on Non Violent Communication at work. Protect yourself from the 4 communication traps: judgments, beliefs, binary thinking, and language that avoids responsibility.

20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • the 4 traps: judgments, beliefs, binary thinking, language that avoids responsibility
  • the 5 key principles of NVC for your difficult conversations
  • practice in describing facts and needs instead of judging

Target audience

Anyone looking to promote a positive model of communication and collaboration

Learning objectives

  1. Rely on the 5 key principles of NVC in your challenging conversations.
  2. Become aware of the 4 communication traps: judgments, beliefs, binary thinking, and language that avoids responsibility.
  3. Move away from judgments that lead to conflict and favor describing facts and needs instead.
  4. Challenge the limiting beliefs that create unsatisfying behaviors.

Module outline

  • StorytellingCommunication Pitfalls at Actionblue2'11How a company overcame tension between its teams thanks to NVC
  • ArticlesThe 5 principles of Non Violent Communication (NVC)
  • Expert videoThe 4 Traps of Communication8'14Thomas d'Ansembourg presents the 4 traps: judgments, beliefs, binary thinking, and language that avoids responsibility
  • AnchoringA quiz and true/false questions to deepen your understanding and reinforce what you've learned
  • Memo cardDownloadable memo-coaching card: the key takeaways from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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