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Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Difficult Conversations How to Discuss What Matters Most
Author: Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
What is a difficult conversation? Asking for a pay rise, saying 'no' to your boss or spouse, confronting a friend or neighbor, asking a difficult favor, apologizing. We all have conversations that we dread and find unpleasant. But can we develop the skills to make such situations less stressful and more productive? Based on fifteen years of rese...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780143118442
ISBN-10: 0143118447
Publication Date: 8/31/2010
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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There's nothing like the difficult conversation that has to be done. You may have to tell a friend something that you know will hurt them deeply, you may have to tell the boss that you are quitting after many years of a friendly working environment, you may have to break off a relationship or who knows what else. Difficult conversations are a part of life and often a staple part of life with a teenager. That is where this book comes in. The authors discuss the structure of these conversations and how you can get to the heart of the matter with compassion and clarity so that each party gets through it as a team or with a minimum of emotional pain. It also examines why they are difficult conversations. In short it teaches how to examine situations in terms of how each person perceived what happened, how each person feels about the situation or is likely to feel when they are confronted, and the identity issues that are involved when discussing the subject. A fine book that will help many people learn how to deal with a difficult conversation...
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reviewed Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most on + 4 more book reviews
very insightful!
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Very helpful and enlightening book. I used this for a class though...so it does have underlining.


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