"Dear Diary Z– Another difficult team moment yesterday with still no resolution in sight; discussion with Steve our Ops Manager about resource-sharing goes pear-shaped; on top of that, still trying to cope with fall-out from previous encounter where I sat simmering in silence while he went on Hun-like rampage.  Keep ducking into hallway to avoid confronting Mikaela with her appalling performance record but can’t be a duck forever… When will I ever be able to start work on New Year’s resolution to transform my difficult discussions from awful :( to awesome % !!  Must get in touch with The Change Forum about coming along to Bill C’s coaching clinic on same.

Bridget J."

Yet the result of not having that difficult discussion is that all the same reasons we had for avoiding it in the first place end up taking place anyway. For example:

¡  The problem could escalate rather than resolve itself.  But leave it alone, and it generally grows worse, gets bigger and is even harder to tackle later…

¡  The relationship could get even worse, not better.  But unspoken resentments fester and eat away at relationships anyway. Either way, the relationship will suffer.

¡  We can’t let emotions get out of control.  But emotions kept contained invariably end up blowing up anyway!

Difficult conversations that remain unresolved, strain, poison or even kill-off relationships. While you’re worried that if you do confront it, it will turn into a major argument or falling-out, deep down, you know if you keep avoiding, you'll feel frustrated, resentment and detachment will follow – and the relationship will suffer anyway.

For the sake of short-term comfort, we too often give up on long-term improvements.

The choice is simple. Either we can avoid difficult discussions entirely, handle them poorly or work on handling them well… It’s the latter that our Dealing with Difficult Discussions clinics help you do better.   [Ü Download Article to share: Dread of Dissension in difficult conversations ]

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Look forward to working with you at one of these practical and down-to-earth clinics  – and please forward this message on to others in your regional networks who might also be keen to lift their conversational leadership to the next level.

Cheers…

Bill Cropper

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