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Difficult conversations training for HR and people leaders
The talks that keep your best people.
Harco is a difficult conversations training platform where HR teams and people leaders practise retention talks, burnout, lateness and hard news out loud with a realistic Character before the real conversation.
The conversations your teams rehearse
The moments People & HR teams face, across industries.
Talk to an associate about repeated lateness
Third time this month, and a childcare problem.
Talk about burnout with a team member
They haven’t said it. You’ve noticed.
Tell a consultant they’re not staffed where they wanted
They were counting on it for promotion.
Who uses Harco for People & HR
HR
HR business partnersHR managersTalent & retention teamsEmployee relationsStaffing managers
People leaders
ManagersTeam leadsDepartment headsNurse leads
Learning
L&D teamsOnboarding teamsLeadership coaches
How it works
- 1
Pick the situation
Start from your own documents, scripts or a ready-made scenario.
- 2
Have the conversation
Out loud, with a Character who reacts like the real person.
- 3
Get the debrief
What landed, and the one thing to change next time.
Why practice matters for People & HR teams
25%
of UK employees experienced conflict at work in the past year.
47%
of them dealt with it by simply letting it go, rather than talking it through.
2x
as many employees who faced conflict plan to leave within a year (33% vs 16%).
Questions and answers
What is difficult conversations training?
It is practice for the conversations people tend to avoid: feedback, retention, burnout, lateness, hard news. In Harco you hold the conversation out loud with a voice Character, then get a debrief.
Can HR create situations specific to our company?
Yes. Describe the situation in a few sentences, or add your policies and values in Harco's Studio, and Harco builds the moment with 3 to 5 objectives.
Is it only for HR?
No. HR teams often assign these moments to managers, who are the ones holding most of these conversations.
Is what people say kept private?
Practice is a safe space. Organisations follow activity and progress so the training can be measured.
In which languages?
English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.
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See Harco on your own documents, in 30 minutes.