Conflict and You

Conflict and You is an introductory course which offers smart strategies to ‘stand up and stay cool’ in conflict. Each participant completes a pre-workshop questionnaire, which provides an individualised report about our contribution to conflict and how begin leading ourselves and invite others out of it.

Most of us avoid conflict at all costs, but the potential for conflict is everywhere in our increasingly stressful cost –driven healthcare system. Conflict arises with executive leaders, administrators, colleagues, nursing staff, and other professionals, draining the energy we’d prefer to direct into making a difference for our patients. The negative results or fall-out can be severe, protracted, frustrating, demotivating, and very costly even if we aren’t directly involved. Concurrent conflict in both professional and personal arena can make life a perpetual battleground.

After attending Conflict and You, you may like to attend Leading out of Drama to gain practice in the theory.

We are aiming to resume scheduled courses from September 2020, however some previously scheduled course may not go ahead. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is committed to ensuring that participants health and safety is the top priority of running any event, which includes adhering to any local, state, and federal laws, policies and restrictions, both in Australia and New Zealand. Due to the complex evolving nature of these laws and restrictions, RACS may be required to cancel a course at any time leading up to the event. If you are currently registered for a course from September to December 2020, please wait for advice from the College with information on the status of your course.  Please see our Frequently Asked Questions page for more information.