Course : Managing difficult personalities in your team

Practical course - 2d - 14h00 - Ref. PER
Price : 1410 € E.T.

Managing difficult personalities in your team



Required course

Difficult personalities in a team are an obstacle to teamwork. Managers must learn to channel them. This course will enable you to perfect your communication skills and choose the best relational posture to re-establish dialogue for effective collaboration.


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In person or remote class
Available in English on request

Ref. PER
  2d - 14h00
1410 € E.T.




Difficult personalities in a team are an obstacle to teamwork. Managers must learn to channel them. This course will enable you to perfect your communication skills and choose the best relational posture to re-establish dialogue for effective collaboration.


Teaching objectives
At the end of the training, the participant will be able to:
Building self-esteem
Adapt your communication to your audience
Conducting refocusing interviews
Asserting yourself with difficult colleagues
Managing conflict situations

Intended audience
Team managers.

Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.

Practical details
Hands-on work
Individual and group role-playing and debriefing, individual reflection on strengths and potential.

Course schedule

1
Understanding why someone becomes difficult

  • Identify behaviors.
  • Impact on labor relations.
  • Assertiveness: a winning technique?
Hands-on work
Collective exchange.

2
Building self-esteem and assertiveness

  • Identify the three resources needed for self-esteem and assertiveness.
  • Identify strengths and areas for development.
  • Understand your own frame of reference.
  • Distinguish between the six logical levels.
Hands-on work
Interview with an employee using the three levels of communication. Work in pairs with feedback.

3
Build a state of invulnerability and [[non-insulnerability]".

  • Avoid hasty judgments, criticism, blame and insults.
  • Positivize: use criticism constructively.
  • Avoid a defensive posture: stop personalizing attacks or criticisms.
  • Build and anchor a state of invulnerability.
Hands-on work
Resist the verbal and aggressive onslaught of your interlocutor.

4
Calibrate your communication to your audience

  • Different types of difficult personalities.
  • Adapt your level of communication.
  • Oppressor/oppressed relationship.
  • Better manage stress.
Hands-on work
Interview scenarios to adjust your communication style and debriefing.

5
Managing difficult employees

  • Action levers: desynchronization, questioning relevance, humor and jokes, taking into account...
  • Distinguish their states of stress and how to defuse or divert them?
  • Positioning yourself and creating a healthy work environment.
Hands-on work
Motivational interview exercises and debriefing.

6
Conducting refocusing interviews

  • The interview with facts and without facts.
  • Saying what's wrong without demotivating.
  • Give feedback during the interview.
  • Involve the employee in the search for a solution.
Hands-on work
Interview preparation and simulation with filmed role-playing.

7
Overcoming conflict situations

  • Identify root causes.
  • Understand the sources of conflict, position yourself and communicate accordingly.
Hands-on work
Role-playing relational conflicts to find your managerial posture.


Customer reviews
4,4 / 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.
VALÉRIE P.
08/12/25
5 / 5

Very interesting course with lots of sharing of experience and dynamism in the group.
JÉRÔME J.
08/12/25
5 / 5

Very interesting, helps you to step back and identify different situations.
NICOLAS S.
08/12/25
5 / 5

The content was very interesting, and the instructor was excellent and a great listener. The alternation between theory and practice is balanced and enriching. I highly recommend this course. Can't wait to put it into practice!



Publication date : 03/27/2024


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REMOTE CLASS
2026 : 21 May, 9 July, 17 Sep., 26 Nov.

PARIS LA DÉFENSE
2026 : 21 May, 9 July, 17 Sep., 26 Nov.