I Need to F***ing Talk To You: The Art of Navigating Difficult Workplace Conversations

This book provides a practical and easy-to-use guide to prepare and successfully navigate a 'difficult' workplace conversations.

For the past five years Ken and Russell have bought their combination of business acumen and creative learning together with their unique "start/stop forum theatre for business" methodology. Their face to face and live online workshops use live actors, to create a real life simulation for participants, that turns their learning into practical and useable skills they can implement immediately upon returning to the workplace.

Ken Cameron One of Ken's clients gave him the title, "Facilitator of Thinking Differently", and he's proudly hung onto it ever since. Other official titles have included, "Artist in Corporate Residence" and "Citizen Raconteur." All of which tells a story about Ken's unique contributions to creating dialogues that matter, strategic planning that surprises, and workplaces that don't suck. Ken comes to his creative approach as a consultant facilitator honestly. In addition to a Master of Fine Arts degree Ken is one of Canada's most successful playwrights, directors and arts administrators. Since 2012, Ken has used his creative background to design sessions that draw out all participants, especially the most introverted, who rarely have the opportunity to share their thoughts. He uses his administrative experience and endless curiosity, to fully understand the business so he can reframe your focus and increase your profitability. The unique combination leads to interactive and engaging sessions that result in key insights and eureka moments. Ken is a certified LEGO(R) SERIOUS PLAY(R) facilitator and is the co-creator of several facilitation workshops including the Future is Coming, the SHIFT facilitation card deck and the cultureSHIFT Method. His work has been recognized with a Facilitation Impact Award (Platinum Award) by the International Association of Facilitators and Organization of the Year Award by the International Association of Public Participation (Canada) for The Cultural Transformation Project/City of Calgary.

Russell Stratton As a "Leadership Champion", Russell provides leaders with a practical toolkit for building engagement and improving individual and team performance, that will ultimately drive up the business results in your organization. Using live actors in a stop/start forum theatre for business approach and a combination of dynamic experiential learning techniques in his workshops, participants come away with a greater ability to actually perform better as employees and leaders in their organization. Russell has achieved international success as a result of his proven track record over the past 30 years. He has extensive experience in HR and Operations Management, in a wide range of organizational cultures, including small, medium and large enterprises. This covers a variety of industries such as construction, engineering, manufacturing, hospitality, law enforcement, local and national governments, and non-profits. Russell is an Internationally Certified Trainer, Leadership Coach and Conference Speaker with a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management. He has a passion for developing leaders including those transitioning into management roles, by building their capability and confidence using a blend of simulations, dynamic experiential learning and workplace coaching. He is a Master Facilitator for Bluegem Learning's ground breaking 'Leadership Success' workshop series. I Need To Fxxxing Talk To You - The Art of Navigating Difficult Workplace Conversations is his first book.