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Having Difficult Conversations by Harvard Harvard Business Review

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What to expect

Build your ability to discuss tough topics at work.



At times in our careers, we face conversations that bring out tense emotions. Our instinct may be to avoid them entirely, but engaging in challenging conversations can create opportunities to build stronger work relationships, teams, and organizations.



This book will help you learn how to communicate productively under stress, offer and accept critical feedback, and ensure teams walk away from challenging conversations feeling united.



This volume includes the work of Amy Gallo, Rebecca Knight, Liane Davey, and Joseph Grenny.



HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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Details

Author
Harvard Harvard Business Review
Narrator
Avery May, Christopher P. Brown
Duration
1 hour 47 minutes
Release Date
8 April 2025
ISBN
9781663752086
Format
Audiobook
Publisher
Ascent Audio
Genre
Business and Management, Arbitration, mediation and alternative dispute resolution, Advice on careers and achieving success, Business communication and presentation, Interpersonal communication and skills, Sociology: family and relationships

Synopsis

Build your ability to discuss tough topics at work.At times in our careers, we face conversations that bring out tense emotions. Our instinct may be to avoid them entirely, but engaging in challenging conversations can create opportunities to build stronger work relationships, teams, and organizations.This book will help you learn how to communicate productively under stress, offer and accept critical feedback, and ensure teams walk away from challenging conversations feeling united.This volume includes the work of Amy Gallo, Rebecca Knight, Liane Davey, and Joseph Grenny.HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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