Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, Paperback

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The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with ""Answers to Ten Questions People Ask"" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: - Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation - Start a conversation without defensiveness - Listen for the meaning of what is not said - Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations- Move from emotion to productive problem solving