The Missing Conversations: Navigating Awareness, Avoidance, and Adversity at Work

Zach Schaefer

What you don’t know can hurt you—and what you don’t talk about can absolutely destroy your team, your organization, and your career.

This webinar will give you and your team a framework to have higher quality conversations that directly and positively impact your work and culture.

In this webinar you will learn: (Learning Objectives)

  • The impact the leader’s “echo” has on employees as it reverberates throughout the organization.
  • How to prevent team member burnout by recognizing their accomplishments while giving them a new goal to shoot for.
  • The power of embracing effort itself as a talent that leaders can recognize and encourage in their teams.
  • Why so many leaders allow groupthink and the “disease to please” to stifle productive problem solving and constructive disagreement.
  • How to harness conflict as a catalyst for growth through healthy confrontation.
  • Why team members and peers often feel blindsided by feedback and constructive criticism.

About the Speaker: Zack Schaefer

Zach “Dr. Z” Schaefer is a successful entrepreneur, leadership coach, award-winning consultant, and highly-booked speaker. Three things you should know about Dr. Z:

1) He works with leaders to improve leadership communication behaviors and positively transform their organizations.

2) He’s a retired Associate Professor from the field of Applied Communication.

3) He’s a co-owner and Chief Culture Officer at The Post Sports Bar & Grill, a growing sports bar chain based in St. Louis, MO.

Tags:

 Adversity, Avoidance, Burnout, conflict resolution, constructive feedback, effective communication, leadership development, Navigating Awareness, workplace communication