Tough Talks: Challenging Conversations with Direct Reports

 Course Description​​

Managing people well means more than being approachable and supportive. It also requires managing conflict and delivering disappointing news. This course helps independent school leaders strengthen their supervisory skills by engaging in the kinds of conversations that are tempting to avoid, yet essential for professional growth, accountability, and team cohesion.

Explore how to deliver both challenging feedback and final decisions with integrity. It is critical that leaders create alignment and model healthy boundaries between supervisors and direct reports. Build your skills in managing change by stepping into your authority, reducing ambiguity and deconstructing conflicts to help you lead with clarity and confidence. Learn to reduce ambiguity and manage change by communicating expectations with both compassion and conviction.

Whether you're addressing underperformance, navigating change, or setting clearer goals, this course helps you lead with clarity and confidence.

Course Objectives

• Deliver feedback and final decisions with clarity and care to foster accountability, trust, and professional growth.

• Strengthen supervisory skills through establishing boundaries, managing change, and addressing misalignment effectively.

Course Facilitators