Publication date : 05/23/2024

Course : Managers, boost your teams' commitment with Motivational Interviewing ©.

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. EMT
Price : 1360 € E.T.

Managers, boost your teams' commitment with Motivational Interviewing ©.




L’équilibre du manager, c’est être à la fois dans une position collaborative et à la fois moteur du changement. L’Entretien Motivationnel© (EM) est une méthode communicationnelle faite pour l’accompagner dans cet équilibre complexe. Elle favorise la motivation et l’engagement de toute l’équipe grâce à des échanges constructifs favorisés par une écoute approfondie et un accompagnement au changement. Cette formation permettra aux managers d’acquérir des outils pratiques et fiables pour améliorer leurs situations de communication et créer ainsi un réel partenariat avec leurs collaborateurs.


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Practical course in person
Disponible en anglais, à la demande

Ref. EMT
  2d - 14h00
1360 € E.T.




L’équilibre du manager, c’est être à la fois dans une position collaborative et à la fois moteur du changement. L’Entretien Motivationnel© (EM) est une méthode communicationnelle faite pour l’accompagner dans cet équilibre complexe. Elle favorise la motivation et l’engagement de toute l’équipe grâce à des échanges constructifs favorisés par une écoute approfondie et un accompagnement au changement. Cette formation permettra aux managers d’acquérir des outils pratiques et fiables pour améliorer leurs situations de communication et créer ainsi un réel partenariat avec leurs collaborateurs.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Understand your relational biases and identify the benefits of empathic and motivational communication
Triggering motivation through the acquisition of a motivational managerial posture
Integrate the five key relational tools of Motivational Interviewing© and put them to good use in the relationship
Listen intentionally and overcome resistance to change
Identify a target for change in your relationship with each employee and plan the steps for success

Intended audience
Managers, team leaders, project managers, coordinators.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Self-analysis of managerial posture, collective reflection, practical workshops on the operational application of the Motivational Interviewing© method, role-playing of managerial interviews with debriefing and individualized analysis.
Teaching methods
Active, experiential teaching.

Course schedule

1
Understanding the challenges of person-centered motivational communication

  • Learn about the origins of person-centered EM.
  • Identify your biases and relational habits.
  • Differentiate between a directive and a guiding posture.
  • Identify the concepts of empathy and altruism as major managerial levers.
Hands-on work
Shared reflection on relational biases and their impact on communication.

2
Triggering a motivational managerial posture

  • Adopt a people-centered management style.
  • Encourage employee autonomy.
  • Explore the congruence of communication modalities.
  • Identify crisis situations and transform them into learning situations.
  • Understand how to enter into relationships using the relational postures of transactional analysis.
Hands-on work
Self-analysis of your managerial posture using the Relational Postures tool.

3
Integrate EM communication tools into your communication with employees

  • Sharing information without imposing: the "DDPD" (Ask to add, Share, Ask to appropriate).
  • Recognize and value employee experience.
  • Transform active listening into reflective listening for a relationship of trust and commitment.
  • Know how to ask open-ended questions using the "DCRB"' (Desires, Abilities, Reasons, Needs) tool.
  • Measure each employee's experience and progress using scales.
Hands-on work
Workshops for sharing and putting into practice the five major tools of EM.

4
Listen accurately and intentionally to what the speaker has to say

  • Identify obstacles to listening.
  • Distinguish between talk of maintenance and talk of change.
  • Move from active to reflective listening in guidance.
  • Understand the three levels of listening: facts and verbal, emotions and non-verbal, assumptions and values.
  • Detect and understand the implicit in the employee's discourse to facilitate confident expression.
Hands-on work
Putting the three listening levels into practice.

5
Structure your employee interview with a win-win process

  • Create an understanding to lay the foundations for an interview.
  • Focusing on a target for change in equitable partnership.
  • Know how to motivate employees.
  • Plan milestones and mutual commitments.
Hands-on work
Simulate the start of an interview and learn how to enter into a relationship and focus on a target for change.

6
Integrating Motivational Interviewing© into your communication strategy

  • Set up and introduce a Motivational Interview©.
  • Adopt the various EM techniques that will enable a guiding attitude.
  • Experience the different situations possible during a Motivational Interview©.
  • Conclude on actions to be taken and mutual commitments.
Hands-on work
Role-playing an individual managerial interview with integration of the posture, tools and structure of a Motivational Interview©. Collective feedback.


Customer reviews
4,6 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
MELANIE J.
25/09/25
5 / 5

The training was very good, the format was appropriate and thank you for the role-playing exercises, which enabled the concepts to be put into practice straight away.
YVONNE K.
25/09/25
4 / 5

Very interesting course with practical examples.
JEAN FRANCOIS M.
25/09/25
5 / 5

Thank you very much for the very practical way in which the workshop was run, with a focus on helping us to make progress on our current management issues.



Dates and locations

Dernières places
Date garantie en présentiel ou à distance
Session garantie
From 4 to 5 June 2026
FR
Paris La Défense
Registration
From 15 to 16 October 2026
FR
Paris La Défense
Registration

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 4 June, 15 Oct.