In challenging workplace situations, people often become overwhelmed by emotions such as hurt, anger, disappointment, confusion, and frustration. In this session, we’ll invite you to view these emotional responses as characters appearing onstage in a dramatic scene. You’ll learn how to identify the characters present in any interaction and discover how to access, rehearse, and embody a diverse cast of characters who can respond creatively and effectively in any difficult conversation or interaction.

What we’ll cover:

• How to improve working relationships
• Explore different approaches to challenging situations and conversations
• Develop behavioural flexibility
• Gain a new perspective on how we think and act
• Increase self-awareness and understanding of others

Who is this relevant for?

This session is ideal for anyone looking to better understand their own motivations and those of their colleagues, while discovering ways to build more effective workplace relationships.

About your host:

Jack Pinter runs Square One Partnership, an organisation that creates and delivers innovative learning initiatives designed to transform and revitalise the workplace through interactive, experiential learning. He designs and facilitates programmes for organisations across all sectors and lectures at business schools throughout Europe. In all his work, Jack encourages people to imagine, rehearse, and enact new ways of being and behaving.

Jack draws on a diverse career as a musician, storyteller, playwright, and composer. As a songwriter, he has created work for film, television, and theatre. His plays have been staged at venues such as The Orange Tree Theatre in London, and his mock tribute to capitalism, Captain Greedy’s Carnival, premiered at The Actor’s Gang in Los Angeles.

As a musician, Jack has performed with renowned artists including Marianne Faithfull, Tom Waits, Yoko Ono, Tim Robbins, and Dave Brubeck, among many others.

Master tough conversations with Jack Pinter