Crucial Conversations Courses teach the skills for communicating when the stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong.
IMPROVE DIALOGUE & ENGAGEMENT
Participants learn the dialogue skills demonstrated by top performers—skills that help you talk with anyone about anything to reach alignment and agreement on important matters.
CREATE BEHAVIOR CHANGE
These skills turn in to behaviors that improve decision making, commitment to action, and relationships.
BUILD A HIGH-PERFORMANCE CULTURE
These skills turn in to behaviors that improve decision-making, Consistent behaviors lead to organizations, teams, and individuals developing high-performance cultures based on trust and respect.
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with Global Impact
Sprint reported a 93% improvement in hitting productivity goals.
Pride International reduced safety incidents by 55% in one year.
"The skills learned in Crucial Conversations have produced immediate and impactful results in the overall working relationships at all levels of our organization."
Russ Ford
Vice President Operations,
Lockheed Martin
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Organizational success depends on how well your people step up to dialogue.
Backed by 30 years of social science, Crucial Conversations skills represent the standard in effective communication and the marker of high performance individuals and organizations.
The course teaches nine powerful skills for working through disagreement to achieve better results.
Learn skills to improve engagement, efficiency & equity.
The central principle in our course is psychological safety. When people have skills to establish and improve psychological safety, all voices and perspectives are included and heard.
Equity & Inclusion
Engagement
Innovation
Efficiency
Agility
Quality & Safety
When people have evidence that their voice matters, they know their role is vital and their contribution critical. Cultures of dialogue foster employee engagement.
People are more likely to share novel ideas and challenge the status quo when they have skills to disagree effectively. Innovation thrives where candid and respectful dialogue exists.
Our research suggests that every avoided crucial conversation costs the organization an average of $7,500 and more than seven workdays. Open dialogue saves times and money.
Staying agile in uncertain situations and environments depends on people who can dialogue openly in the face of stress and change. Communication fosters cooperation.
Mistakes don’t happen in secret; they happen in silence. Our dialogue skills give workers the confidence to speak up when they see others make errors or take shortcuts.
Named a 'Top 20 Leadership Training Course' by Training Industry.
Named 'Training Product of the Year' by Human Resource Executive.
More than 1 million people trained worldwide.
Learners and leaders agree.
Why People Love Crucial Conversations®
for Mastering Dialogue
In-Person
Virtual
On-Demand
The on-demand course can be taken on its own or as part of blended learning and features videos, exercises, and more.
In-person courses are offered both publicly and privately and can be led by our subject matter experts or a certified trainer.
Virtual courses are offered publicly and privately and can be led by our subject matter experts or a certified trainer.
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Practical
Relevant
Friendly
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Award-Winning
In today's volatile and polarized social climate, dialogue matters more than ever.
Skills grounded in behavioral science research. Peer-reviewed studies confirm what our learners experience: these dialogue skills change results.
Put new skills to work right away. Our learners don’t just have “ah-ha” moments — they build habits that transform how they lead, collaborate, and resolve conflict.
93% of our learners say they’d recommend Crucial Learning to a colleague or friend.
We make learning active and energizing — through stories, practice, and interactive experiences that keep you engaged and inspired.
"I have attended a lot of professional development, but none that has had such a profound impact on both my professional AND personal life."
Jessica Garner
Professional Development lead,
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
"I think everyone—and I mean everyone—should take this course."
Blake Soloman
Manager,
CH Robinson
Equip your team to handle tough conversations with confidence, connection, and results.
Trusted by the world's top companies.
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LET'S TALK
Organizational success depends on how well your people step up to dialogue.
Improve engagement, efficiency, equity and more with the skills taught in Crucial Conversations.
The central principle in our course is psychological safety. When people have skills to establish and improve psychological safety, all voices and perspectives are included and heard.
Equity & Inclusion
Engagement
Innovation
Efficiency
Agility
Quality & Safety
When people have evidence that their voice matters, they know their role is vital and their contribution critical. Cultures of dialogue foster employee engagement.
People are more likely to share novel ideas and challenge the status quo when they have skills to disagree effectively. Innovation thrives where candid and respectful dialogue exists.
Our research suggests that every avoided crucial conversation costs the organization an average of $7,500 and more than seven workdays. Open dialogue saves times and money.
Staying agile in uncertain situations and environments depends on people who can dialogue openly in the face of stress and change. Communication fosters cooperation.
Mistakes don’t happen in secret; they happen in silence. Our dialogue skills give workers the confidence to speak up when they see others make errors or take shortcuts.
In-Person
Virtual
On-Demand
The on-demand course can be taken on its own or as part of blended learning and features videos, exercises, and more.
In-person courses are offered publicly and privately and can be led by our subject matter experts or a certified trainer.
Virtual courses are offered publicly and privately and can be led by our subject matter experts or a certified trainer.
Award-Winning Training
with Global Impact
More than 1 million people trained worldwide.
Named 'Training Product of the Year' by Human Resource Executive.
More than 5 million books sold.
Named a 'Top 20 Leadership Training Course' by Training Industry.
Based on decades of research and the New York Times bestseller.
We literally wrote the book on effective communication.
Now in its third edition with over five million copies sold, Crucial Conversations continues to change lives and organizations.
The result of more than 10,000 hours of in-the-field consulting, this business classic is the basis for the award-winning course.
Authors Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, and Emily Gregory led the course development.
Built on decades of research. Proven to transform results.
We literally wrote the book on effective communication.
But we didn't stop there.
We built a course that helps individuals, teams, and organizations master these dialogue skills to achieve bottom-line results.
With more than 5 million copies sold and insights drawn from 10,000+ hours of observation, Crucial Conversations equips you to speak up, build trust, and drive results when it matters most.
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For more than 30 years, we’ve helped people master the conversations that drive performance.
Backed by social science and proven results in organizations worldwide, Crucial Conversations® teaches you the skills to speak up, be heard, and create results that matter.
You’ll learn nine powerful dialogue skills to navigate disagreement and build alignment—no matter your role or challenge.
We have options for every organization.
Talk to an advisor to learn more
We literally wrote the book on effective communication.
But we didn't stop there.
We built a course that helps individuals, teams, and organizations master these dialogue skills to achieve bottom-line results.
More than 5 million books sold.
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