Difficult Conversations and How to Have Them

Jan 21, 2020 | The Indigo Podcast

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Here’s the episode:

We are drawing from the great book by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen, Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most.  If you ARE Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, or Sheila Heen, let us know–we’d love to have you on!

In this episode we discuss:

  • what is a difficult conversation and when to have them

  • the three conversations

  • how to prepare for and conduct difficult conversations

Photo by Jopwell from Pexels

Photo by Jopwell from Pexels

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Links and Other Information

https://www.amazon.com/Difficult-Conversations-Discuss-What-Matters/dp/0143118447

We are drawing from this great book by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen. 2010. Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most (10th-Anniversary Edition). New York: Penguin. ISBN-13: 978-0143118442.

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