The Friction Conversation Workshop

$7,500.00

When strong performers start struggling, most organizations reach for the burnout toolkit. But not everything that looks like burnout is burnout. Friction is an alignment problem, and no amount of rest fixes it. This workshop gives your managers a practical method for telling the two apart during an ordinary one-on-one, so that alignment problems surface in conversations rather than in exit interviews.

Also available as a 60- to 90-minute keynote for leadership offsites and all-hands audiences. Start with a conversation to find the right format.

Outcome:

Managers who can diagnose what's actually wrong before prescribing the wrong fix, and an organization that keeps the people it used to lose.

When strong performers start struggling, most organizations reach for the burnout toolkit. But not everything that looks like burnout is burnout. Friction is an alignment problem, and no amount of rest fixes it. This workshop gives your managers a practical method for telling the two apart during an ordinary one-on-one, so that alignment problems surface in conversations rather than in exit interviews.

Also available as a 60- to 90-minute keynote for leadership offsites and all-hands audiences. Start with a conversation to find the right format.

Outcome:

Managers who can diagnose what's actually wrong before prescribing the wrong fix, and an organization that keeps the people it used to lose.

What’s Included:

  • Discovery conversation to ground the session in your organization's real situations

  • Half-day workshop built around the five-step Friction Conversation method

  • Paired practice on cases from participants' own teams

  • The Friction vs. Burnout framework and take-home materials

  • Follow-up direction as needed

Who It’s For:

  • HR and People Leaders whose engagement scores aren't moving despite wellness investment

  • Organizations six to eighteen months past a reorganization, acquisition, or leadership change

  • People-manager cohorts and HR business partners

  • Teams where experienced performers are working harder for weaker results