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Lesson #10 - How to pick a conversation

PodcastHow do I decide with whom I want to engage in a Courageous Conversation, and what does that Conversation need to be about? (05:00)



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Two questions to consider:

  • Does having this conversation, with this person, help to do our work better, faster, easier? If so, continue full steam ahead. Review the other Lessons from the Relate Model and take the risks. If not, we may need to consider a different conversation or no conversation at all. It might just be a personal bias or discomfort that we may just have to live with.
  • Am I taking a personal risk to have this conversation? To have this conversation, I need to show my conversation partner that I am a peer, another human being. Somebody who cares what he/she has to say, that I want to know more about him/her and that I am willing to be personally vulnerable. (Performance feedback from a manager to an employee is not technically a Courageous Conversation. That's just our job to give and receive feedback. Uncomfortable? Absolutely. Personally risky? Not so much.)

    • Talk to you soon, Tim.

    April 17, 2007 in Plan Your Own Conversations |

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