Overview
Working with challenging leaders across different departments often feels like walking on eggshells, leaving HR professionals stuck between protecting organisational health and risking conflict with powerful people. You clearly see the blind spots of these leaders, unfavourable behaviors, and negative impacts on teams, yet naming these issues out loud remains incredibly challenging. This workshop gives you the tools, language, and confidence to deal with them effectively.
What You Will Learn
- Learn how to quickly identify the 6 different types of challenging leaders, based on the personality framework adapted by Prof Gordon Allport, Harvard University.
- Explore how to tailor your approach to address each unique behavioral challenge effectively.
- Discover how to resolve workplace health and culture needs that resonate with challenging personalities.
- Learn proven communication frameworks to confidently influence, guide, and advise leaders without needing direct authority.
- Shift away from inaction or difficult conversations toward establishing a proactive, boundaries-driven partnership with challenging
Who Should Attend
Designed for L&D Professionals, HR Business Partners and HR leaders who need influence challenging personalities, and navigate leadership friction.
Course Highlights
- Master the 6 Tough Leader Types: Decode the 6 distinct types of challenging leadership styles using an adapted personality framework from Harvard Professor Gordon Allport.
- Hands-On Influencing Practice: Engage in realistic exercises to practice high-stakes communication strategies for influencing tough stakeholders.
- The Tough Leader Blueprint: Receive a comprehensive blueprint detailing each leader type’s core behaviors, underlying fears, primary motivators, stress triggers, and communication preferences.
- Collaborative Scenario Analysis: Evaluate complex, real-world workplace scenarios through group sharing and peer problem-solving alongside experienced HR fellow participants.
- Proactive Partnership Building: Transition from defensive conflict avoidance to establishing clear boundaries and proactive, value-driven partnerships with challenging executives.
