Relationship Problem
If you have a relationship problem that is holding you back, consider reading the New York Times bestseller, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.
This valuable "read" will help you develop the skills you need to create safe dialogue and a conversational style that is both candid and respectful.
How can Crucial Conversations help you solve a relationship problem?
Crucial Conversations teaches you how to investigate your motives and decide which relationship issues you want to focus on. You will also learn skills to communicate with both honesty and respect.
A Potential Relationship Problem at Work
Imagine you are a managerial supervisor and an employee in your charge refuses to do her part. In this position, you might ask yourself whether or not to focus on the employee's character (i.e. she is dishonest, lazy, etc.) or on the company goal that is not being met. If you focus on the company goal, you will probably find that your employee will NOT become offended because you are not questioning her character. Instead, you will simply inform her of the company's goal and the fact that she is not meeting it. At this point, you might let her know of the inevitable consequences associated with not completing the goal and how those consequences might affect her and her coworkers. Hopefully, she will leave this crucial conversation more motivated to help meet your company goal.
The principles taught in Crucial Conversations can be applied as effectively at home as they can be at work. Use Crucial Conversations to heal a personal relationship problem you are currently experiencing.
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