Mastering Difficult Design Meetings | Online

About this class

There is nothing like going to work and coming home DRAINED because of a design meeting where your JERK co-worker or stakeholder gives you a hard time. How do you deal with the Aggressor? The Withdrawer? The Blocker? The Last Minute Pleader?

This is a class for designers who want to develop their soft skills and become stronger leaders. It is true what they say - the soft skills are hard! Learning a few strategies makes a HUGE difference and this workshop will help you practice and role play with a variety of difficult personality types.

Takeaways

​​- Learn about the role conflict plays in design meetings

• Learn the differences between healthy and unhealthy conflict

• Learn how to deal with 4 common difficult people that give you a hard time in design meetings

• Learn empowering strategies ​to deal with those difficult people and redirect/refocus the conversation on something more productive

Prereqs & Preparation

​Nothing! Just be ready to have open, honest, real discussions about difficult people you encounter and be willing to role play.