I empower leaders to navigate conflict using my proven
Conflict CURVEball Method
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Navigating Conflict is essential to the success and profitability of our business. Conflict is inevitable. It is going to happen! Using my proven Conflict CURVEball Method, I help leaders navigate conflict to increase profits, reduce turnover, raise productivity, and improve morale, performance, and quality.
ABOUT DAVID PRITCHETT
With over 30 years of training and speaking experience in the corporate world and educational systems, David brings with him a wealth of knowledge in the Leadership, Conflict Resolution, and Customer Service fields. He holds certifications in many training programs including Crucial Conversations, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and The Totally Responsible Person. He has taught and spoken to hundreds of companies about his proven Conflict CURVEball Method in resolving conflicts.
In his spare time, he umpires NCAA baseball games in the Atlantic Coast, Conference USA, and Big South Conferences. He has worked 15 Conference
Championships, and was selected to work the 2005 World Cup of Baseball in The Netherlands, and the 2011 and 2012 Division II NCAA National Championship. He is an instructor at various umpire camps in the southeast and serves on the board The Wounded Warrior Umpire Academy.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Navigating Conflict
Using his proven Conflict CURVEball method, David explores the reasons conflict happens, the costs associated with workplace conflict, and how to resolve conflict for better relationships, increased productivity, and reduced turnover. In this engaging talk, he shares practical ways to avoid “getting hooked” into confrontations by taking responsibility for our own actions and responses.
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Learn to Respond rather than React
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Acquire the Proven 5-Step Process for Controlling our Emotions
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Learn to “Play the Tape Forward” for Better Results
Leadership Lessons through the Eyes of an Umpire
Taking inspiration from the Official Rules of Baseball, David examines the “Instructions to Umpires” section to provide practical Leadership Lessons and Applications in this unique talk. Subjects include:
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“Always be in position to see the play”-Where do we Lead from?
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“Never try to make up for a missed call”-How do we handle mistakes?
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“Keep your eye everlastingly on the ball”-What are we focused on?
These topics, and many others, are discussed in this powerful talk from a different perspective.
The Gift of Feedback
David believes strongly in the power of delivering and receiving feedback(as opposed to Constructive Criticism). In this talk, he speaks on delivering feedback in ways that will promote positive changes in actions and behaviors. As leaders, it is a privilege and a responsibility to deliver feedback that will aid in the growth of our employees. In this engaging talk, David explains:
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Feedback is the fuel that empowers change
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How to avoid defensiveness when giving and receiving feedback
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Learn to embrace feedback regardless of how it is delivered
TESTIMONIALS
David knocked it out of the park with my students. He connected immediately and provided valuable insights to post graduation success.
Tony Carilli
Ph.D- Economics Professor, Hamden-Sydney College
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