Difficult conversations
06The ones you put off until they get worse.
- Give critical feedback — Raise an issue without it escalating
- De-escalation — Find a way out of a heated situation
- Set a boundary — Say no without damaging the relationship
- Deliver bad news — Communicate an unpleasant decision and stand by it
- Win someone over — Get someone excited about something that takes effort
- Mediate between two sides — Get a deadlocked dispute moving again