Workshop
ALIVE Managers:
Better conversations for healthier teams
ALIVE Managers lead conversations that build trust, strengthen motivation and address challenges early.
This practical workshop introduces and explores the ALIVE skills that can be used in everyday interactions to reduce overdependence and help team members take responsibility and act with greater initiative.
Participants examine how they ask questions, listen to different perspectives, interpret what may be happening beneath the surface and respond when someone is uncertain, defensive or struggling. They will then analyse a real management interaction before developing an experiment to try in their own context.
A team’s success is determined by the conversations people have, and the ones they avoid.
Who is it for?
New and experienced managers
Team leaders and supervisors
People responsible for supporting, motivating or developing others
Organisations seeking to strengthen trust, communication and team culture
Format
Available as a full-day or half-day in-person or online workshop.
The content can be adapted to groups of different sizes, and educational, organisational and professional learning contexts.
What participants will leave with
Activity ideas to help make team dynamics visible
Managers experience how their own behaviour influences participation, trust and responsibility - and learn how to adapt the activities for their own teams.
Five skills for better conversations
Managers practice the ALIVE skills, Asking, Listening, Interpreting, Validating and Exploring, and learn how to use them to build a culture of learning in their team.
A redesigned management interaction
Managers examine a real conversation or challenge from their own context and identify how to handle it more effectively.
An experiment to use immediately
Managers commit to a focused change they will take back to their teams to encourage greater openness, contribution and responsibility.
Bring ALIVE Managers to your organisation
The workshop can be adapted to your people, your working environment and the conversations your managers most need to handle well.
Explore the thinking behind ALIVE
ALIVE is developed further in Still Learning: How Curiosity Keeps Us Human in an Uncertain World.
