022. 5 Tips to Navigate Difficult Conversations

How do you navigate difficult conversations in the workplace?

As a leader, you often have to engage in difficult conversations. It can feel tempting to avoid the conversation and wait for things to pass. This does not lead to any resolution and can cause more issues in the future. So how do you handle difficult conversations in the workplace?

Avoiding these conversations can have a negative impact on the relationships with your peers, with your colleagues, with your manager and with your team members. It's important you engage in difficult conversations because it shows you have the courage to speak up, to be vulnerable and to talk about things that might cause discomfort at the start. However, they can lead to great progress.

Your direct reports also need your feedback. They want feedback. 

In todays we look at five tips that will help you to make this a little bit easier for the next time you have to prepare and engage in a difficult conversation.

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