Kalpana Patel

Business leaders are - the drivers of organizational culture, change agents, communicators and negotiators, their normal day presents several opportunities for what can be deemed as "difficult" conversations. During this interactive session, we will be taking a step back, and examining these types of conversations and what makes them difficult. We will review tools and techniques, for conversational intelligence, including a framework for structuring difficult conversations based on principles of Appreciative Inquiry (AI). The intent is to help participants validate and/or confront their dis-comfort and fear about having a conversation on topics that are sensitive or controversial and become more comfortable and confident with leading difficult conversations successfully

Do you have a certain dream, goal, aspiration in life, that you know you want to achieve, and you plan to do “some day” – but life seems to get in the way ? You are not alone – with our busy and complex lifestyles most of us never achieve our basic desires in life – like staying with a healthy lifestyle or get that degree or start that business ? In this first part of a two-part series of workshops, learn from certified Executive Coach and speaker Kalpana Patel, some very simple and yet essential practices to keep striving for excellence and achieving your goals no matter what life stage you are in. Start making your New Year resolutions a reality!