Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

by Bruce Patton (Author), Douglas Stone (Author), Sheila Heen (Author), Douglas Stone (Author), Bruce Patton (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $15.35

  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.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.48

  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.

• New

  Paperback
  2000

  $14.17

  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.