Courageous Conversations: Leading with Clarity and Confidence

Presenter: Peter Schwartz, Peter Schwartz & Associates (Vistage Worldwide)

Everyone faces difficult conversations in the workplace.

Discover how the ability to take on courageous conversations strongly influences your leadership effectiveness and career. By utilizing a proven Risk Management Checklist, you’ll feel more confident about approaching such conversations.

Learn the steps to manage the risks of these conversations and increase your odds of creating important tasks and relational outcomes. Effective leaders can also take steps to create a culture where egos are less threatened by unfiltered information flow—so that “tough conversations” no longer feel so risky.

Typical courageous conversations can include:

• Performance reviews
• Feedback about problematic behavior
• Speaking up in a meeting
• Advocating your point of view
• Providing negative information to a customer

By learning how to master the art of Courageous Conversations, you can:

• Increase your visibility in a positive way to senior leadership

• Share important information from your perspective that senior leadership might not be seeing
• Build your credibility with your peers as a person “who walks the talk”

Who Should Attend: CEOs/Executives; Project Managers/Engineers; Superintendents; HR; Estimating; and other managerial roles.

October 9, 2025

Noon-3:30 PM

ABC of Metro Washington

6901 Muirkirk Meadows Dr., Suite F

Beltsville, MD 20705

Member: $129/ person

Non-Member: $179/ person

No refunds for no-shows or cancellations on or after noon/12:00pm on October 6, 2025. Substitutions from your company are permitted at any time. For any questions, please Contact ABC Staff.

Presenter: Peter Schwartz, Peter Schwartz & Associates (Vistage Worldwide)

Peter Schwartz has over 30 years of experience taking early-stage concepts and companies to maturity. He has been a Chair with Vistage Worldwide since 2005. He graduated with a BS in Psychology from Old Dominion University. Peter also holds certification from Georgetown University's Leadership Coaching Certification; Harvard’s “Immunity to Change” Coaching program; and is currently leading the Vistage/Stanford Executive Leaders Program for select Vistage CEO’s in the Mid Atlantic.