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Course Overview

Important Note: The course is open only to UNM Faculty, Staff, or Retirees

Learn how to constructively communicate in difficult and uncomfortable situations Get tools to enhance your day-to-day conversations that can positively impact your professional and personal life. When people feel they can't discuss difficult workplace issues or be candid about performance, projects or quality, it can lead to low morale, reduced efficiency, increased costs, and project delays. Crucial Conversations, offered by the UNM Ombuds Office, provides conversation techniques that can be applied immediately to difficult situations that may occur in your day-to-day professional or personal life.

What You'll Learn

In this online self-paced course with 1:1 coaching from Ombuds, you will learn how to resolve individual and group disagreements; speak persuasively, not abrasively, about high-stakes, emotional, or controversial topics; foster teamwork and better decision-making; build teams that work together and act with unity and conviction. 

Additional Information

The course is open only to UNM Faculty, Staff, or Retirees.

Requirements

Anyone enrolling in this course must also complete the Ombuds Service Enrollment form.

Attend Kick-off session via Zoom (instructor will set up meeting)

Thirty days after you have completed the course, Anne Lightsey will schedule a 1:1 Zoom meeting to review the material, ask questions, practice skills, and check-in on how you are applying what you learned and the goals you set (+- 1.5 hours).

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Type
Partner Affiliate Live Online
Days
T
Time
12:00PM to 1:00PM
Dates
Feb 11, 2025
Type
Online, self paced
Dates
Feb 11, 2025 to May 12, 2025
Schedule
Contact Hours
1.0
Location
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Fee non-credit $650.00
Drop Request Deadline
Jan 31, 2025
Transfer Request Deadline
Jan 31, 2025
Instructor(s)
Section Notes

Anyone enrolling in this course must also complete the Ombuds Service Enrollment form.

Enrollment is closed eight (8) days prior to start date to allow time for the instructor to purchase and email the course material to the participants.

 

Type
Partner Affiliate Live Online
Days
W
Time
12:00PM to 1:00PM
Dates
Apr 16, 2025
Type
Online, self paced
Dates
Apr 16, 2025 to Jul 15, 2025
Schedule
Contact Hours
1.0
Location
Delivery Options
Course Fee(s)
Fee non-credit $650.00
Drop Request Deadline
Apr 05, 2025
Transfer Request Deadline
Apr 05, 2025
Instructor(s)
Section Notes

Anyone enrolling in this course must also complete the Ombuds Service Enrollment form.

Enrollment is closed eight (8) days prior to start date to allow time for the instructor to purchase and email the course material to the participants.

 

UNM Tuition Remission

UNM Staff, Faculty, and Retirees: This course is Tuition Remission eligible under Professional Development. For more information, visit the UNM Tuition Remission information page. To see UNM HR's Tuition Remission for eligibility and tax liabilities, click here

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