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Win-Win Communication: Establishing an Equal Rapport

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Neither above nor below: the equal footing that heals all your relationships.

Adopt win-win communication by building an equal relationship with others. Learn to identify the 4 life positions and cultivate the OK/OK position, the antidote to toxic relationships.

20 min at your own paceAvailable in FR + ENNo prerequisites

You will walk away with

  • the 4 life positions from Transactional Analysis, and how to spot your own
  • the antidote to toxic relationships: establishing the OK/OK position
  • strategies for rebalancing a relationship — and what to do when nothing works

Target audience

Anyone wanting to promote a positive model of communication and collaboration

Learning objectives

  1. Establish an equal relationship for win-win communication
  2. Identify and understand the 4 possible "life positions" in a relationship
  3. Move from the position of inferiority "I'm not OK / the other is OK" to "OK/OK"
  4. Move from the position of superiority "I'm OK / the other isn't OK" to "OK/OK"

Module outline

  • StorytellingFrom Submission to Respect: Tanguy's Journey2'16The story of a senior team member who discovers the importance of mutual respect in professional relationships
  • Articles
    • The antidote to a toxic relationship: the equal relationship
    • How to manage an unbalanced relationship
    • What to do when nothing works
  • Expert videoEstablishing an Equal Rapport9'29An overview of the life positions concept (OK/not-OK) from Transactional Analysis for calm self-assertion
  • AnchoringA quiz and true/false exercise to explore the topic further and cement what you've learned
  • Memo cardDownloadable memo card: the key takeaways from the expert video
  • CommitmentConcrete examples to help you define your own commitment

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