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Evolve Your Communication.
Disagreement is inevitable. But mismanaged disagreement is a drain on employees, leadership, and the bottom line.
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By the numbers
The Cost of Mismanaged Disagreement
0%
Help Managers Motivate
of organizational problems stem from poor relationships between employees and management.
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Save Managers Time
of a manager's time goes to workplace conflict — at least one full day every week.
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Reduce Legal Costs
of litigation costs saved by adopting effective conflict-resolution practices.
Trusted across industries
Who Works With Spark?
Spark The Discussion is a "process expert" trusted across industries — from military and law enforcement to Fortune 500 companies, non-profits, and universities, plus construction, healthcare, IT, financial services, and energy.
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What leaders say
I recently had the opportunity to attend Dr. Schaefer's leadership workshop that was arranged through my company (Ameren). The workshop provided excellent insight into leadership, communication and conflict management. Most interestingly, Dr. Schaefer made us realize the correlation between leadership and conflict management and how communication can play a key role in bridging the two traits together through a well defined process.
Zach knows the business of facilitation and communication. Having participated in a recent facilitation training course led by Zach, I found the exercises to be stimulating and interesting. More importantly, what Zach brings to the table are methods and techniques you can immediately put to work in your business – large or small.
In a recent PMO summit we invited Dr. Schaefer to train our PMO team on Conflict Resolution and Conflict Management. The workshop was interactive, interesting and included group activities that led to dynamic conversations. I would highly recommend Dr. Schaefer's training classes to any organization that is looking to enhance team performance and effective communication.
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