Polykala’s Feedback & Difficult Conversations training equips people managers with the mindset and skills to have effective, authentic conversations in tough circumstances. It will create a common language within the organisation for people to raise and explore issues with respect, care and candour.

The ability to give feedback and engage in difficult conversations forms the basis of healthy team cultures and ensures that organisations continuously grow.  Feedback isn’t just a euphemism for giving people ‘bad news’ or correcting past mistakes. We see feedback as having two functions: to appreciate values-aligned practice and to address values misalignment. Feedback and difficult conversations are about learning.

The training uses dynamic roleplay and real-world scenarios to give participants an experience of giving feedback and engaging in difficult conversations to integrate the linguistic, emotional and tactical tools introduced during the training.

This training is for organisations and individuals who want to become less-conflict averse, develop robust working cultures and be able to better ‘name the elephant’ and make meaningful progress on tricky issues. The Polykala Feedback & Difficult Conversations training is particularly useful for people managers but people at any level of an organisation will find it valuable.