Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminar (Monterey, AZ)

Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminar

Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminar September 20 & 21 2014 Price for both days 225.00 person 395.00 couple Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminars Experience the effectiveness of communication from the heart and discover an enhanced capacity for closeness. An Introduction Problems erupt into stormy confrontations or end in emotional deadlocks. You give in give up fight back or walk away How do you deal with problems in your life at home with your spouse or kids at work with your co-workers or supervisors How do you talk to each other How do you listen How do you get your needs met There is an exciting alternative to conflicts that often seen to end in win lose or draw. Through effective communication and relationship building skills you can learn how to achieve what you desire without futile struggle. Emotional deadlocks are comfortably eased away and arguments and disagreements turn into positive challenges to be resolved. You can learn to become clear in what you wish to confront to become confident in making choices in your life and to become realistic in your expectations. With your new skills and new way of relating you will effect positive behavior changes in all your relationships. You will learn to allow others the joy of changing to please you because they want to not because you demand it. The skills are effective and benefit everyone in the relationship. Even when only one knows the skills everyone benefits from the interchange. Remarkable results take place. The quality of your relationships grows and flourishes. Your new skills help foster a heightened sense of self-esteem in yourself and in those with whom you related. Your new way of communicating and relating with others diminishes natural rebellion and encourages trust especially in children. All of your relationships become enhanced. Discussion replaces discord and closeness replaces crisis. All communication comes from the heart. Love and acceptance grow deeper and warmer. Can Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminars Benefit You Are you a parent A young adult A spouse Do you work with other people Are you in school In business Do you relate to many people on many levels As a parent Do many encounters with your child end in a war of wills Do your teenagers tune you out As a young adult Do you feel what you say doesn t matter As a spouse Do you feel you are being taken advantage of denied respect Are your needs overlooked or discounted Do you matter in your relationship As a teacher Do you have difficult students who waste class time with disruptive behavior Do you have problems with colleagues or administrators As a student Do you find it impossible to deal with teachers Do you feel dealt with unfairly and feel helpless to complain or explain your point As an employer- Are you met with tensions at work Do you have to deal with unmanageable or unreasonable employees who make your days seem like nightmares As an employee Do you have problems confronting your boss Do you dread going to your job and feel nobody listens to you On all levels Do you have trouble knowing what other people feel Do you feel misunderstood Every relationship can be more satisfying and fulfilling. Trust grows self-esteem develops and personal growth is promoted with the use of effective communication and relationship building skills. Where do Effective Communication and Relationship Building Skills Make a Difference Sometimes you feel you re working at cross purposes. You feel yourself getting in deeper instead of easing tension in a problem situation. Or you find yourself buying in to someone else s problems and feeling burdened. Your communication is blocked and you feel like you re talking to a wall. Other times you try to get your needs met from someone only to lose ground and end up feeling selfish and demanding. Sometimes you wish you could change your partner s behavior. Perhaps you even think about giving up and leaving a relationship with someone you love deeply but can t seem to talk to anymore. You try your best using every method you know only to have things backfire and get worse instead of better. You try being sympathetic supportive and reassuring yet you encounter resistance defensiveness and hostility. SO you begin to feel inadequate incompetent and misunderstood. You are ready to throw your hands up and quit. These are the times when you need alternatives to struggle and deadlock when you could use effective communication and relationship building skills. What will You Learn at Effective Communication and Relationship Building Seminars Sixteen hours of intensive seminar time for each of three seminar levels are utilized in lectures discussions and practice session with role-playing exercises that allow you to reinforce your new skills including how to get what you need and want find solutions to problems listen with empathy make choices in your life say what you really feel and feel safe saying it establish and set your limits approach a conflict negotiate to mutual agreement argue productively overcome resentment handle and deflect criticism give praise effectively foster self-esteem encourage a behavior change diffuse anger and relive tension deal with values differences About the Instructor Arnold Buss received an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Rutgers University and a PhD in Operations Research at Cornell University. He has been teaching at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey for the past 20 years. He has studied Effective Communication and Relationship Building with Ms. Selwa Said for over 12 years and has been facilitating skill drill classes in effective communication for the past six. He has previously given presentation on interpersonal communication skills to organizations such as Carmel Valley Rotary Carmel Valley Kiwnis and the Spiritually Oriented Business group. He also facilitates individuals with the interpersonal communication skills. Details Start Saturday 20 September 2014 End Sunday 21 September 2014 Cost 225.00 person 395.00 couple Organizer Arnold Buss Phone 831-521-2780 40 Ragsdale Rd. Monterey 93940 United States