Conversation
Step-by-Step Guide

A Manager's Guide to Having
Essential Conversations

Leading difficult but essential conversations on topics such as racism, social injustices, bigotry, and discrimination are not easy. Even professional facilitators and DEI practitioners can feel anxious about them. For the most part, employees and organizations would like to talk about these issues but don’t know where to start.

This step-by-step guide is an excerpt from our Having Essential Conversations Workshop and can help you begin to have a conversation, despite these very real challenges.

This guide will provide a framework to:
  • Create a safe space for people to be authentic and vulnerable
  • Facilitate deeper conversations on important topics
  • Strengthen communication and levels of trust that will pave the way for future conversations
Download the Guide