Constructive Debate

Overview

Establish the conditions that encourage constructive debate.

Who should attend

Leaders, managers, team members, and individuals contributes whose ideas have an impact on the organisation's ability to innovate and compete.

Course objectives

By the end of this practical course, you will be able to:

• Learn to express your ideas clearly and directly
• Engage others in expressing their ideas
• Explore another's views for the purpose of understanding and clarifying them
• Challenge others' ideas, rationale and/or conclusions in a constructive way
• Invite others to explore, challenge, and test their own ideas or conclusions
• Offer a constructive, non-defensive response to others' challenges
• Establish and maintain an environment that supports constructive debate
• Use processes and tools that support constructive debate

Course content

Overview and positioning

• Discussion of organisational climate and needs
• Introduction to key definitions and concepts

Conditions for Constructive Debate

• Benchmark exercise
• Review of requirements for successful and constructive debate

Constructive Debate Model

• Introduction of Ladder of Inference and Constructive Debate Skills
• Skill Practice: Expressing and Engaging
• Active practice in the skills of dialogue

The Art of Dialogue

• Summary of dialogue skills
• Transition to debate

Skill Practice: Exploring and Challenging

• Active practice in the skills of dialogue and debate

Introduction to Process Tools

•  Review of process tools that support constructive debate

Planning for Constructive Debate

• Introduction of planning tools
• Application to a specific upcoming opportunity

Conducting a Constructive Debate

• Practice and provide feedback in conducting a constructive debate

Next steps and Commitments

• Review of key learnings and follow-up planning

Duration

Two day workshop

$965.00 +GST per person

Training Delivery Options

• Single public program booking (two day workshop)
• Price for in-house program available on request
• One on one or small group corporate coaching available

Please contact Katrena Friel at BSI Learning on 02 9993 0703 to discuss your program needs.