Susan Scott’s book: “Fierce Conversations”, builds on the notion that our lives succeed or fail one conversation at a time”. This is at once commonsensical and revolutionary. It is commonsensical because all of us have had conversations that, for better or worse, profoundly altered our professional or personal lives. It is revolutionary because a course on conversations won’t be found in an MBA curriculum.

When you think of a Fierce Conversation, think authentic, honest and effective. A Fierce Conversation is not about holding forth on your point of view, but about provoking learning by sitting with someone side-by-side and jointly interrogating reality. The goal is to expand the conversation rather than narrow it.

Session Objective

To discover what a Fierce Conversation is (and isn’t) and how it can be used to immediately create success in your business and life.

What You Will Take Away from the Session

1. Three Transformational Ideas that will forever alter your view of the power of conversation.
2. The Four Objectives of a Fierce Conversation to immediately use in your life and work
3. Seven Principles that build an authentic honest environment.
4. Coaching Conversation -A powerful, deep-dive conversation used to surface and address issues critical to the success of individuals and organizations

Session Details

Thursday, October. 22, 2009 from 12 noon to 4:30 pm
Roundhouse Multipurpose Room, Roundhouse Community Centre
181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z2W3

Fees: $95 for members | $125 for non-members

NOTE: The fees and times were incorrectly published in the September newsletter. We apologize for the confusion and inconvenience.

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About the Facilitator

Deb Fortney is the president and owner of Team Talk Consulting which uses conversational facilitation (Team Talk) to increase team performance. She introduced Fierce Conversations as a change tool while working at Ernst and Young in the US to great success. Team Talk facilitation emerged from her work with teams in improving internal team functioning and client relationships with audit teams. Deb has worked as an organizational development professional for over 25 years and holds a Masters degree in Organizational Psychology from Antioch University in Seattle. She recently returned home to live in Vernon BC and is a BCODN board member.