Duration: 1 day
Investment: $605 incl GST
Delivery: Face 2 Face
 

 

Target Audience

All Council Officers 
 

 

Overview

This course will explore how personal conflict styles influence our behaviour when dealing with difficult conversations and conflict situations. As professionals providing a service to the public, it is useful to become aware of how our own behaviour can be managed to build capacity within the community to respond rather than react to situations.
 
Participants practice the skill is groups of three, with one person taking on the role of the Council Officer, another taking on the role of a resident, with the third person observing and providing feedback. Then they reverse roles so everyone gets a chance to practice in a safe and comfortable setting.
 

 

Key Learnings

• Possibilities and limitations of conflict management
• Nature and source of conflict
• Identify personal conflict styles
• Provide practical opportunities
• Different responses to various conflict situations
• Common conflict situations

 
Feedback from past participants is that they get the most value out of role-playing as “it is the best way to really learn how to become competent at handling conflict”.
 

 

Facilitator

Barbara Chappell holds a Masters in Conflict Management and is licensed to train the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) Certificate Program and the Emotion, Outrage and Public Engagement course. Barbara works with Councils and community groups throughout South Australia to raise awareness of the role of conflict management in community engagement and community relations.
 

 

Additional Information

For further information about the content of this program or to enquire about having this program brought ‘In-House’ to your council or to a ‘Council Hub’ near you please contact LGA Training on 8224 2000 or at training@lga.sa.gov.au.