Monthly Archives: July 2015

This is part two in a series of posts about how to be effective in difficult conversations.  You can read part one here which is about preparing yourself for the conversation, and in this post I want to talk about the format for bringing up a difficult topic or request.  Subsequent posts will look at how to manage the different responses that you might get to initiating a difficult conversation. The best way to communicate in a difficult conversation is actually quite straight-forward, and ...
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When was the last time you had a difficult conversation with someone?  How did it go?  Whether it’s bringing up a behaviour you don’t like with a family member, asking your boss for a raise, or setting boundaries with a friend, we all tend to have ways of avoiding the most difficult conversations in our lives.  As a result, we often end up feeling like certain topics can’t be talked about – at least not easily – and because we often avoid these conversations, we don’t get better a ...
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