Advanced Negotiation Skills Training

Ruchi is an expert negotiation skills trainer with over 11 years of experience teaching negotiation skills to executives, managers, and employees across a broad set of industries. Below are some examples of bespoke negotiation skills training programs she has conducted in the past.

Negotiation skills training for…

a) Academics & Senior Professional Staff at Universities (UniSA)

b) Strategic Partnership: Executive Education Programs for UniSA

c) Negotiation Workshop: The Vedica Scholars Programme, India

d) MBA Negotiation Course at The Indian School of Business

e) Negotiation Skills for Women Economists- McLaren Vale, SA

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Trust Building at Work

Ruchi is an expert trainer on topics related to interpersonal trust-building. She has been teaching modules on trust and emotional regulation for the past decade to executives, managers, and employees across a broad set of industries. Below are some examples of where she has conducted such training

a) Trust Building for Community Engagement: South Australian Chamber of Mines & Energy (SACOME)

Ruchi delivered a presentation on trust-building in the context of community and stakeholder engagement. This workshop was part of a member-only event for their community engagement support program at SACOME. SACOME is the leading industry body representing over 130 companies involved in resource extraction and supporting service industries in South Australia.

Co-presenters: Matthew Doman, Director SA/NT, APPEA, and Renee Preece, External Affairs Manager, BP developments, Australia.

b) How to build, sustain and repair trust at work

Ruchi has delivered multiple half-day training workshops on building, sustaining, and repairing trust at work for multiple organizations (e.g., for the People, Talent, and Culture Department at UniSA and for SA Government Agencies such as the Department for Education. Ruchi uses the psychological science behind trust-building in these workshops and provides many relevant, timely examples to communicate the strategies. https://i.unisa.edu.au/staff/ptc/about-us/

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Leading Teams at Work

Ruchi is an expert trainer on topics related to managing team dynamics and leadership. She has extensive experience teaching leadership development and modules on managing team conflicts, voice, power & status struggles, and team cohesion. She has delivered workshops for hundreds of executives, managers, and employees across a broad set of industries. Below are some examples of where she has conducted such training.

a) Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) for Local Government Professionals

Ruchi teaches the leadership development program for LGP, SA, an independent not-for-profit membership association to develop local government professionals. The ELP program is in its 16th year running. Ruchi has been teaching this program for the past 3 years and has trained over 90 emerging leaders across the local government sector. She teaches modules on Self-awareness & personal development, Leadership effectiveness, and Upward influence at work. https://www.lgprofessionalssa.org.au/

b) Managing Team Dynamics in Space Exploration Teams

Workshop was part of the Southern Hemisphere Space Studies Program (https://www.isunet.edu/shssp/ ). Participants include over 50 members from the international space station and space agencies from China, India, the US, and Europe. The workshop covered how we can manage team dynamics in extreme action teams when members are co-located in a small space over long periods of time. The module also covered team coordination and project planning techniques.

c) HR Leadership Summit (2019)- Adelaide Convention Centre

Ruchi presented her work on how leaders can manage the employee asks for flexible work arrangements in a speech at theHR Leadership Summit in 2018. This summit is organized by Business Insights Asia Pacific (BIAP) and is an exclusive thought leadership event for senior HR and L&D leaders across the private and public sectors. The presentation at the event features best-in-class industry and academic speakers to drive deep learning and leadership conversations. https://hrleadership.network/hr-leadership-summit-series/

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