Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Bruce Patton (Author), Douglas Stone (Author), Bruce Patton (Author), Sheila Heen (Author), Roger Fisher (Foreword), Douglas Stone (Author)

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  2000

  $3.33

  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 research and consultations with thousands of people, Difficult Conversations pinpoints what works. Use this ground-breaking, step-by-step book to turn your difficult conversations into positive, problem-solving experiences.

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  Paperback
  1999

  $5.77

  A highly intelligent, indispensable guide to how to discuss the undiscussable: asking for a raise, ending a relationship, apologising. Being tactful is a good thing to be, but it's not the answer to the dilemma of difficult conversations. We need advice that is more powerful than 'handle it nicely' or 'be diplomatic'. The problems run deeper than that; so must the answers. DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS presents an invaluable step-by-step guide on how to deal with the most challenging conversations and even more importantly, how to improve relationships. More often than not, dealing constructively with tough topics and awkward situations deepens a relationship. And that's too good an opportunity to pass up.

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $14.63

  Asking for a raise. Ending a relationship. Saying no to your boss or spouse. Confronting disrespectful behavior. Apologizing. Conversations we dread, and often handle clumsily' as a result, are part of all our lives: in boardrooms and family rooms, across the negotiation table and the dinner table. Now, Difficult Conversations teaches us how to handle these dialogues with more success and less anxiety.

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  Paperback
  2000

  $13.51

  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 research and consultations with thousands of people, Difficult Conversations pinpoints what works. Use this ground-breaking, step-by-step book to turn your difficult conversations into positive, problem-solving experiences.