WORKSHOPS 2025 - details on current workshops and seminars in our curriculum

The following is a list of the most popular workshops and seminars that we are presenting countrywide. They are available as in-person, online or hybrid formats. With sufficient notice we will amend the content for client requirements or industry-specific focus. 

The products of the synergies between our consulting work and a practical academic approach to the shaping and implementation of best practices, these workshops offer truly unique opportunities for career enhancing coaching and training. 

All workshops and seminars have their own tailor-made set of notes, supporting material and links. In appropriate instances, Andre Vlok's published book(s) may be used in the workshop, in which event e-book versions of the applicable book forms part of the course material, and it is included in the presentation fee. 

All workshops / seminars are presented by Andre Vlok, unless where specifically indicated to the contrary. 

A comprehensive list of our other available workshops and seminars are available on request, and we often design specialist workshops and seminars for clients to meet their specific goals, at no additional fee. Workshops can be presented for selected individuals or teams. 

Please use andre@conflict1.co.za or 073 548 0862 (whatsapp) for contact purposes. Andre Vlok's summarized cv can be accessed at https://www.conflict-conversations.co.za/conversations/2025-online-curriculum-vitae-andre-vlok 

 We look forward to working with you. 

1. ELITE NEGOTIATION - THE WINDS OF CHANGE

Recent developments across a range of sciences and disciplines have forever changed the contents, application and potential of elite negotiation. Those who choose not to adapt will soon be at a distinct disadvantage in the marketplace. 

The workshop is a 3-hour intensive focus on the tactics, strategies and options available to elite negotiators, senior management and business owners. 

Material presented includes cutting-edge best practices, case studies and statistics forming part of Andre Vlok's upcoming book on this topic, and attendees participate in a unique level of engagement and learning. 

2. WORKPLACE CONFLICT - TURNING CONFLICT INTO PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY

Most South African businesses still approach workplace conflict as a dreaded inevitability, something to be endured and avoided as far as possible. In the process outdated HR and workplace disciplinary processes are installed and maintained, resulting in measurable economic and other harm across a spectrum of categories. Outsourcing these functions simply perpetuates these outdated methods, while ostensibly being affordable. In this way, conflict symptoms are treated on a continuous loop, without addressing and dealing with the conflict causes. 

Modern conflict management enables senior management to turn these conflicts into productive events that start to serve the company and its interests. In a relatively brief period of time, and in an extremely cost-effective manner, workplace conflict gets transformed from costly, risky, time-consuming risks to the fuel that leads the business to reach its potential. 

The workshop is a 3-hour discussion of the framework that employers should be internalizing in their businesses, the benefits that this brings about, and how cost effective this entire process is. Specific tools and strategies are discussed and explained. 

3. WORKPLACE MEDIATION - THE MODERN SOLUTION TO WORKPLACE CONFLICT

Workplace mediation, when applied correctly, offers a wide range of immediate and measurable workplace benefits, from a decrease in more traditional disciplinary processes to an increase in discipline, productivity and other efficiency markers. As yet, the South African workplace lags behind several global counterparts in the implementation and internalization of this modern skill, especially in the middle and higher management structures. 

This workshop shows clearly the options available, how to integrate this powerful tool in existing workplace codes and staff frameworks, and the measurable cost benefits to be derived from this implementation. It is a 2-hour workshop, with extensive notes and links assisting with such frameworks. 

4. INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY HEARINGS - AN UPDATE 

The majority of South African workplace disciplinary inquiries are run on outdated and harmful processes and ideas, whether by internal or consultant representatives. In the process, and under the guise of efficiency and cost-saving, the employer creates its own conflict causes and harmful workplace practices, all serving as significant, if unseen, obstacles in the path of that business towards the full realization of its goals. 

This intensive 2-hour workshop briefly highlights the outdated practices and processes and explains in detail the vastly superior alternatives that are available. This measurably increases workplace discipline and productivity, in a cost effective and streamlined manner. 

5. TEAMWORK - HOW RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HAVE CHANGED THE DYNAMICS OF TEAMWORK
Several recent multi-disciplinary developments, from neuroscience to conflict management, from behavioral analysis to negotiation strategies, have changed the levers and buttons of elite corporate teamwork in important respects. 
Join us for this 2-hour workshop that sets out this framework, the methods necessary to access this potential as supported by the latest case studies and research, and unlock your teams' full potential. 

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