Collaboration & Teams

Interpersonal boundaries are present in all relationships, both personal and professional. This topic involves recognizing when boundaries are problematic (too porous or too rigid) and why people may struggle to set and maintain good boundaries. Participants will learn techniques to effectively communicate boundaries and understand approaches to address and resolve internal obstacles to setting limits experiencing healthy productive relationships.

This is a recording from April 2023. Click “Learn more and register” to access the recording.

At one time or another, we have all dealt with a difficult person. Whether they are hard to communicate with, acting defensive or just handling a situation inappropriately, interactions with difficult people can affect our confidence, mood and focus. Learning to recognize and cope with common difficult behaviors in ourselves and others can help make difficult encounters much more manageable.

This is a recording from February 2023. Click “Learn more and register” to access the recording.

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Implementing discipline over our emotional life is difficult and requires lifelong practice. Being able to choose to act or respond in a particular manner is preferable to re-acting on a consistent basis, yet it is difficult. Enhancing emotional intelligence improves our ability to master our emotional functioning. High emotional intelligence can improve our communications with all others, enhance our perception of satisfaction with ourselves and our lives and increase our productiveness overall.

Learn the best practices when it comes to interpersonal communication: communicating remotely, having difficult conversations, and communicating across cultures.

This OSU-curated LinkedIn Learning collection* features 2 hours and 21 minutes of content, including:

• Communicating Remotely (self-paced online video)
• Having Difficult Conversations (self-paced online course)
• Interpersonal Communication (self-paced online course)
• Communicating Across Cultures (self-paced online course)  

Learn to recognize the stages of bullying, its effects and impact, and options for effective intervention.

Bullying education is recommended for all OSU students and employees. 

To request this training, submit a Training Request form through University Ombuds Office’s website (the "Learn more and register" link will direct you to the Ombuds Training Request form).

Participants are introduced to resolution strategies, framing messages, active listening, and a four-step model for addressing and navigating conflicts. Concepts covered are based on research theory in communication and conflict. Interactive elements illustrate key concepts and allow participants to experience and apply new skills.

Conflict management training is offered to all OSU students and employees.

Participants will work together to establish shared knowledge, skills, and values for intergroup communication and collaboration. In so doing, participants will build relationships, practice dialogue, and prepare for pressing institutional and disciplinary diversity, equity, and inclusion challenges. Participants will explore foundational concepts for critical dialogic practices, explore multiple listening skills frameworks and practices listening and share with care, vulnerability, humility, and generosity.