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Elevate your career with our online course:

Mastering the Hard Conversations

WITH ROD SOPER

Empowering leaders worldwide to confidently engage in challenging conversations, fostering positive outcomes for their businesses and teams.

Do you shy away from challenging discussions at work?

It's time to embrace them as opportunities for growth.
This course empowers you with the essential skills to navigate difficult conversations confidently and effectively.

Join us to learn proven strategies for addressing sensitive topics such as conflicts, feedback, and negotiations. Acquire the art of using the Golden Question, unique moments, active listening, empathy, and constructive communication that can turn challenging situations into opportunities for resolution and growth.

Led by industry an expert, you'll gain real-world insights and practical tools to handle tough workplace scenarios with finesse. Whether you're a manager, team leader, or aspiring professional, these skills are invaluable. 

Invest in yourself and your career by enrolling today. Master the art of the hard conversation and unlock doors to greater success and collaboration in your professional journey. 

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Our Mastering Hard Conversations  program
is designed for:

This program is for all leader who want to build their capacity to have the hard workplace conversations in a safe and respectful way.

Our Mastering Hard Conversations  program
is designed for:

This program is for all leader who want to build their capacity to have the hard workplace conversations in a safe and respectful way.

Does this sound familiar

As a leader do you often struggle with resolving conflicts effectively. You might find yourself avoiding difficult conversations to prevent further disputes or you might lack the courage to sit in an awkward and uncomfortable confrontation. If this is you this course will address this pain point for you by providing strategies to navigate conflicts constructively and promoting a more harmonious workplace.


Providing feedback, especially constructive criticism, can be daunting. Fear of demotivating team members or damaging relationships can sometimes hinder your ability to give honest feedback. This course offers tools and techniques for delivering feedback in a way that promotes your growth and improvement rather than defensiveness and loss of productivity.


As a leaders you frequently encounter situations where negotiation and decision-making are crucial, but the fear of making the wrong choice or facing resistance can be paralyzing. This course helps leaders develop negotiation skills and techniques to make informed decisions confidently while maintaining a safe workplace.

Meet Rod


With a rich background spanning 17 years as an accomplished entrepreneur and business owner, Rod brings a wealth of expertise to the corporate world. Presently, he spearheads Rod Soper Consulting, serving as the chief investigator for The Playing with Gratitude Research Project, a wellness initiative positively impacting approximately 3500 Australian families, and teams. His consulting work focuses on assisting organizations in enhancing their leadership teams' proficiency in handling challenging workplace conversations, vision and values adoption and leadership branding. Beyond his leadership roles, he is a celebrated author, sought-after speaker, and a dedicated leadership coach, offering invaluable insights for personal and business growth.

Do you face these Challenges?

Fear of Conflict and Avoidance:

Leaders, managers, and team members often avoid difficult workplace conversations due to fear of conflict, which can lead to unresolved issues, tension, and decreased productivity.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course will teach participants effective conflict resolution techniques, providing guaranteed success in strategies to address concerns while maintaining a constructive, respectful and safe dialogue. By using these techniques participants will develop confidence and competence in navigating tough conversations, individuals will be more likely to initiate and resolve workplace issues.

A Lack of Communication Skills:

Many individuals struggle with inadequate communication skills when dealing with difficult topics. This can result in misinterpretation, emotional reactions, or misunderstandings during conversations.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course will provide tried and tested practical communication tools and strategies, such as the golden question technique and unique moments, active listening, empathy-building, and assertiveness training. Participants will learn how to express their thoughts and feelings more clearly and how to navigate emotional responses effectively, leading to more productive and less stress-filled discussions.

Inadequate Preparation and Planning:

Leaders, managers, and team members may not adequately prepare for difficult conversations, leading to unstructured, unproductive, or unbalanced interactions.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course emphasizes the importance of preparation and planning. It provides guidance on setting clear objectives, setting and using vision and values, gathering relevant information, and anticipating potential reactions. By teaching participants how to approach difficult conversations systematically, it will increase the likelihood of achieving desired outcomes and improve workplace productivity.

Do you face these Challenges?

Fear of Conflict and Avoidance:

Leaders, managers, and team members often avoid difficult workplace conversations due to fear of conflict, which can lead to unresolved issues, tension, and decreased productivity.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course will teach participants effective conflict resolution techniques, providing guaranteed success in strategies to address concerns while maintaining a constructive, respectful and safe dialogue. By using these techniques participants will develop confidence and competence in navigating tough conversations, individuals will be more likely to initiate and resolve workplace issues.

A Lack of Communication Skills:

Many individuals struggle with inadequate communication skills when dealing with difficult topics. This can result in misinterpretation, emotional reactions, or misunderstandings during conversations.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course will provide tried and tested practical communication tools and strategies, such as the golden question technique and unique moments, active listening, empathy-building, and assertiveness training. Participants will learn how to express their thoughts and feelings more clearly and how to navigate emotional responses effectively, leading to more productive and less stress-filled discussions.

Inadequate Preparation and Planning:

Leaders, managers, and team members may not adequately prepare for difficult conversations, leading to unstructured, unproductive, or unbalanced interactions.

The Mastering the Hard Conversations course emphasizes the importance of preparation and planning. It provides guidance on setting clear objectives, setting and using vision and values, gathering relevant information, and anticipating potential reactions. By teaching participants how to approach difficult conversations systematically, it will increase the likelihood of achieving desired outcomes and improve workplace productivity.

What you can achieve.

When you complete the
"Mastering Hard Conversations Program"
that addresses these key leadership challenges and you work diligently on each module, your outcomes will likely include:

Conflict Resolution Mastery: Participants will absolutely develop the ability to resolve conflicts effectively and constructively. They will gain confidence in handling difficult conversations, leading to a more harmonious workplace. They'll be better equipped to address issues promptly and professionally, ultimately improving team dynamics and reducing workplace stress.

Effective Feedback Delivery: Completing this course will empower participants to provide feedback, including constructive criticism, with confidence and finesse. They will learn techniques to deliver feedback in a manner that promotes growth and improvement rather than defensiveness, contributing to a more open and productive work environment.

Negotiation and Decision Making Proficiency: Participants will acquire negotiation skills and techniques that enable them to make informed decisions confidently, find workable solutions for everyone and always maintain dignity for all parties. They'll develop the ability to navigate challenging negotiations while maintaining a safe and respectful workplace atmosphere. This will lead to successful outcomes in negotiations and decision-making processes.

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What Is Included

5 teaching session based on building the bridge from theory to practice.

5 self-paced coaching tools

Articles and resource lists

Trouble shooting coaching tool

 Completion Certification

Additional one on one coaching sessions available 

Mastering The Hard Converation

$275

Empowering leaders worldwide to confidently engage in challenging conversations, fostering positive outcomes for their businesses and teams.

  • 5 teaching session based on building the bridge from theory to practice.
  • 5 self-paced coaching tools
  • Articles and resource lists.
  • Completion Certification 
  • Trouble shooting coaching tool
  • Additional one on one coaching sessions available
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