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Course Duration: 1 day

Managing Challenging Personalities

Diverse personalities and how to engage them

This evidence-driven course draws on psychological research to develop skills for communicating with people with a wide range of perspectives and behaviours. It will equip participants to build stronger relationships and better manage challenging conversations.

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Course Detail

This evidence-driven session draws on psychological research to develop skills for communicating with people with a wide range of perspectives, behaviours, attitudes and approaches.

Exploring areas such as human motivations, communication styles and personality spectrums, it will equip you to build stronger relationships and better manage challenging conversations.

We will provide practical tools and techniques to help work effectively with others, even in the face of communication barriers, personality “clashes”, different values, high emotions or hostile attitudes.

This popular course is also offered as an abridged half-day online version. Details of the topics to be covered in a half day will appear on the event booking site when offered in our public training calendar.

Topics include

  • Positive communication strategies
  • Understanding personality types
  • Attention issues
  • Dealing with emotions
  • Contagious calm
  • Psychological barriers
  • Expectations, bias and assumptions

This course includes

  • Engaging, up-to-date materials.
  • Take-home resource package.
  • All day catering and beverages - with dietary needs catered for.
  • Certificate of attendance.

Online course includes

  • Engaging, up-to-date materials.
  • Resource package provided in advance to print or access electronically.
  • Certificate of attendance.
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Group Bookings

Need this course, or something similar, for your team? We have separate group pricing for custom training.

Instead of attending a public course, it can be more cost-effective if we run this course for your team at your premises on a date of your choosing.

Contact us to discuss your specific needs & to obtain a quote.

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Upcoming Course Dates

Please take note of our training course refund terms & conditions.

Wed, 12 Mar

1 Day Course

$325 Standard

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$220 NFP

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$150 Concession

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Wed, 28 May

0.5 Day Course

$195 Standard

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$135 NFP

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$87 Concession

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Thu, 26 Jun

1 Day Course

$325 Standard

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$220 NFP

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$150 Concession

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Public training PRICES 2025

Our scheduled public training courses are held at our venue and include take-home course materials and all-day catering.

Price* per person:

One-day courses: $325 Standard | $220 NFP | $150 Concession

Two-day courses: $555 Standard | $380 NFP | $260 Concession

Two-day Mental Health First Aid courses (including Manual): $590 Standard | $415 NFP | $295 Concession

Half-day courses: $195 Standard | $135 NFP | $87 Concession

  • Standard: Corporate and Government
  • NFP: Staff of non-profit organisations, micro-businesses with less than 5 staff and self-funded waged individuals
  • Concession: Concession Card Holders paying as individuals

*Prices for Dare to Lead™ and Certificate in Changemaking courses listed in those events when available.

 

CUSTOM training PRICES 2025

Custom courses for your organisation are suitable for groups of 6 to 24 people and include quality take-home materials and content customisation.

Price per group from:

One-day courses: $2500 Standard | $1950 NFP

Two-day courses: $4950 Standard | $3850 NFP

Half-day courses: $1550 Standard | $1280 NFP

Contact us for a personalised quote.

Discover More That We can Do For You

Download our Course Catalogue 2025 to see brief descriptions of courses.

Our Professional Development Courses for Community Services & Healthcare Organisations 2025 brochure contains information about courses to suit community services and healthcare organisations.

Download our  Professional Development Courses for Corporate and Government Organisations 2025 brochure for more information on courses to suit corporate and government bodies.

SCHOLARSHIPS FOR PUBLIC TRAINING

We offer a small number of scholarships to those who would otherwise be unable to afford to attend. Scholarship recipients pay a nominal fee toward catering and materials. Prices and links to apply for scholarships are shown in individual events when available.

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