Working with Difficult People

Presented by Dr Adrian West, facilitated by Sophie Brown, Company of Mind

Company of Mind are holding a series of 3 online sessions that cover specific tools, and the insights they bring, to this field. These are tools you can practise to gain skill, making it easier to understand and work with people, particularly in challenging situations. The sessions will include a mixture of presentation and interaction. They are designed as a series, but each stands by itself too, so you don’t have to attend all three.

Sessions are described below.

“Much of our adult life is spent trying to understand others (and in wishing others understood us better than they do)…” Dr Gordon W. Allport, a key figure in the understanding of human psychology

If you become excellent at working with difficult people...you will be ten times as valuable wherever you work and your life will be easier!

Much of the challenge and the joy in our research lives is “other people”: colleagues, collaborators, on projects, teams, companies, people you manage…

You may be experiencing difficulties with other people now – but you can turn this into a valuable opportunity to practise the skills of working with others, which you will inevitably need in your future.

Session 2 – People: Differences - Online workshop on Wednesday, 16th February 10:00 - 12:30 hours (UK Time)

There are fundamental differences, though they are not obvious. We'll look at how people are far more different than you'd think - and how that helps us to understand and work with what's going on, and help people enjoy their differences. Please complete a short registration form here to register for this session!

Comments:

“Very nice session and very informative! I learned a lot about myself and enjoyed learning about different methods for communicating and working with others who see things very differently from you.” Robert Sardzik, Postgraduate Researcher, The University of Manchester.

“Thank you! You helped me put bones in the flesh and understand the characters in my group better. Tolerance, communication and self-awareness! I found the whole session very thought provoking and absorbing." Rachel Wegh, Photographer, Redeye Network, Lightbox event, Manchester.

'Working with Difficult People' consecutive session will run:

Session 3 – People & Change - Online workshop on Wednesday, 23rd February 10:00 – 12.30 hours (UK Time)

Note: Subject to availability, you will need to sign up for each individual session - (registration links are available above).

The RDF Ref: These sessions offer opportunities to gain skills across:

Domain D - Engagement, influence and impact: subdomains D1 Working with others, D2 Communication and dissemination

Domain B - Personal effectiveness: subdomain B1: Personal Qualities, B2 Self management, B3 Professional and career development

Domain C - Research governance and organisation: subdomain C2 Research Management (project planning and delivery: the human dimension of change)

Domain A - Knowledge and intellectual abilities: subdomain A2 Cognitive abilities.

Registrations are closed

Working with Difficult People 2 - People: Differences