We’ve all been in situations where we’ve had to have that difficult conversation. Whether it’s giving bad news, tackling poor performance, or just telling someone something that you know they’re unlikely to be happy with.
Whether you’re a people pleaser or worried about the knock-on effect of what you say to others, if you don’t get comfortable with tackling the challenging things - if you don’t call out the things that need to be said - it can have a profound impact on you, your integrity, your reputation and the trust that you’re trying to build with your teams.
The context, nature and dynamics of the conversations you have will change the more senior you are in an organisation and not everyone is prepared for that.
In this episode I’m talking to Louisa Clarke, a difficult conversation specialist and founder of Confidently There, which helps organisations to develop their verbal communications culture.
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You might also be interested in listening to our How to Take the Lead episode on difficult conversations.
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Louisa describes herself as a difficult conversation specialist. She works with values-led organisations on their verbal communication culture, specifically upskilling individuals and teams to feel better equipped to lean in and have the difficult conversations in a way that is as ethical as it is effective. In her work Louisa disrupts the notion that we have to choose between being impactful and being kind. Her work challenges the idea that we must choose between prioritising high performance OR wellbeing, choose between being powerful OR having integrity.
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