Why difficult conversations go sideways before they start
If you practice these conversations in the car, in the shower, or if you are jolted awake at 3 a.m. in a panic worried about how the conversation went, this workshop is for you!
Come get more calm, more clarity, and more confidence before the conversation even starts.
Save my seat for June 25Walk away feeling steadier, clearer, and far less likely to freeze, ramble, or avoid it!
Practical tools you can use the very next time you walk in.
Why this matters
You know the drill. You think about the conversation all day. You rehearse it 17 different ways. You try to find the perfect wording. Then your chest gets tight, your tone gets weird, and suddenly the whole thing feels heavier than it needs to be.
That is expensive. It drains your energy, steals your focus, and turns one needed conversation into hours of mental noise. This workshop helps you stop dragging that stress around and start walking in clear!
Who this is for
This is for managers and team leaders who are tired of carrying the emotional weight of everybody else all the time. You are leading people, solving problems, and still trying to keep your own face from doing that tight little panic thing.
You are tired of repeating yourself. You are tired of walking on eggshells. And you are very ready to say the clear thing without spending the rest of the night replaying it!
What hard conversations are costing you
You do not need more pressure. You need relief, traction, and a way to stop carrying this stuff around.
You script it to death
You spend so much time getting ready for the conversation that your body walks in tense before you do. Then the room feels charged, and you wonder why it got hard so fast.
You come in armored
You get blunt, clipped, or overly sharp because you are trying to protect yourself. The other person feels the edge, gets defensive, and now you are managing that too.
You keep it short and call it done
You drop the message fast, get out, and hope brief means better. What lands on the other side is confusion, tension, and one more conversation you did not want to have.
You wait and wait and wait
You tell yourself you are being thoughtful, kind, or careful. Meanwhile the issue grows teeth, the team starts making up stories, and trust takes the hit.
The shift that changes the room
During this event, Barbara will bring you right up to the shift that changes a hard conversation at the root, and it may land a whole lot closer to home than you expect.
You will start to see where your real power lives, how easily it gets handed over, and what changes when you stay in the driver's seat instead of waiting to see how the other person reacts.
That means more steadiness, more choice, and a whole lot less getting thrown by somebody else's tone or reaction. You will walk into that next difficult conversation differently, and it will show. But more importantly, you will feel more capable and confident to handle it well.
What you will walk away with
A clear look at the story you start telling yourself before the conversation even begins.
The moment where you hand your power over, and how to catch it sooner.
A sharper awareness of how you become the common denominator in the room.
More ownership, more choice, and a different way of walking into the next hard conversation.
Save your seat for June 25 at 10:00 AM Pacific
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About Barbara Jenks
I am a leadership communication strategist, executive coach, and improv artist who helps people managers and team leaders handle high-stakes conversations with clarity, confidence, and composure. I spent over 20 years in HR at companies like Boeing and 20th Century Fox, usually getting called in after a conversation had already gone sideways. Those situations were messy and often left managers feeling exhausted.
The program I developed, the Three Pillars of Communication™: Awareness, Listening, and Word Choice, was made with those managers in mind. Each pillar contains multiple, simple techniques based in neuro, behavioral and cognitive science and provides tools to help them notice what is happening in the moment, trust themselves more, and calmly lead conversations that they used to avoid.
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