Conversations to encourage behavioural change in the workplace short course

Would you like to help strengthen people’s own motivation for necessary change in a particular environment? As a conversation partner, you could support someone to see why change would be beneficial to them – in the workplace as a professional, but also in a family environment or as a friend.

Register by 17 September to join the 8 October intake of this course.

What is the focus of this course?

You will be introduced to a new, evidence-based communication approach for evoking change readiness in people – usually employees – called motivational interviewing (MI). People who are faced with change often feel ambivalent about the choices they have. They may see the benefits of the new behaviour for the organisation and themselves, but it’s also hard for them to make the mind shift. You will gain some practical experience with interview techniques that can help tilt a person’s ambivalence in favour of change. This is a valuable tool in any professional communicator’s toolbox.

A certificate of competence will be awarded following the successful completion of this course.

Who should attend and what are the career benefits?
If it is part of your job as a manager or HR officer to communicate about organisational change affecting employees’ work, this course is for you. The same skills can be applied in many other areas where change needs to be facilitated. To ensure optimal learning, we limit the number of participants. In-person sessions are complemented by online learning, and certain aspects of the course are assessed.

To ensure optimal learning, we limit the number of participants. The live online sessions are complemented by online learning, and certain aspects of the course are assessed.

Register by 17 September to join the 8 October intake of this course.

Visit this link to register: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=Azv6pjwKWEKEM6Eg3_zTSKbNVXqMFe1KjmcgnG0D9FFUMlJGWlcxMERHQUZXU1JWTllFTkFGMjJZVC4u&route=shorturl

OR click on our company name, SU Language Centre (Comms Lab), below.

Date: 08 October 2026 to 22 October 2026
Venue: SU Language Centre, 44 Banhoek Road, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch
Cost: R4 100

Contact: Michelle Pieters
Company name: SU Language Centre (Comms Lab)
Email address az.ca.nus@pellehcim