We Have To Talk: Announcing Unpopular Decisions without Destroying Morale

Face it: As a leader, you will have to make tough decisions from time to time, and those decisions could adversely affect the people who report to you. In addition, you will have to announce and justify those decisions to a potentially upset—even hostile—group of employees.

Every decision you make, no matter how big or small, has the power to change your staff’s feelings about and opinions of you and your organization. Even seemingly trivial, innocent changes can feel like inconveniences or punishments to your staff.

And while you will never be able to avoid making the hard decisions, you can lessen employee backlash and gain support more quickly if you learn how to communicate the changes—both effectively and confidently.

Join us for We Have to Talk: Announcing Unpopular Decisions without Destroying Morale to learn how to manage those situations when you must share disappointing news or have awkward conversations with your employees.

During this 60-minute recording, Guy Harris will teach you how to clearly and honestly explain the need for making the changes, allowing you to strengthen relationships with your employees, build their trust in you and gain their buy-in. You will learn how to:

• Break tough news delicately.
• Handle negative—potentially hostile—responses from employees.
• Communicate your decisions honestly.
• Explain your actions clearly.
• Gain buy-in and support from your staff.
• Manage difficult situations effectively.
• Use difficult conversations to improve your relationships with employees.

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Presented By

Guy Harris
Master Trainer & Coach

Guy draws on more than 20 years of combined professional and military experience when he consults, coaches, or trains in the areas of team and interaction dynamics, communication strategies and tactics, and emotional intelligence.

Prior to becoming a trainer and coach, Guy served as a Nuclear Engineering Officer in the US Navy Submarine Force, and he worked in leadership positions in both large and small business environments.

Typical client concerns prior to working with Guy are: forging a team from a group of individuals, moving a team past the conflict stage of team development, developing other leaders, expanding personal influence within the organization, communicating more effectively, and developing buy-in for new programs and processes.

With experience and training in technical disciplines and his further training in, and practical application of, human behavior and motivation principles, his unique skills consist of quickly connecting the technical and task accomplishment necessities of business operations with the human factors that often limit rapid implementation and results.

In other words, he helps you understand – and work through – the reasons why your relationships are getting in the way of getting things done.

Guy has both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Chemical Engineering. He was a qualified Engineering Department head in the U.S. Navy. He is a Master Trainer and Coach in the DISC Model of Human Behavior, and a Workplace Conflict Resolution expert.