Tag Archive: difficult conversations

22 September 2023

However technically skilled you are as a manager, if there’s no safe environment and space for the coaching conversation (or indeed any conversation) to take place, you’ll not get very far.

Here’s how to have a coaching conversation with a team member you find challenging.

Note: Firstly, be sure that it IS a coaching conversation that (rather than the first stages of a disciplinary/ performance management... View Article

7 April 2023

My four top tips for conversations with ‘challenging’ team members

However technically skilled you are as a leader, if there’s no safe environment and space for a productive conversation to... View Article

24 January 2020

No more ‘difficult’ conversations

I’ve been conducting a poll in my Effortless Leader Revolution Facebook Group on the topic of Leadership Confidence. The NUMBER ONE area... View Article