In the workplace we all have to deal with awkward conversations. There is always the conversation you wish you cold avoid, or skip altogether. What if you could take the “awkward” out of that conversation? This week’s story, Candid Conversation, by Deb Calvert offers some very sage advice to help us through these situations. If we can learn the right way to be “candid” – and there is a right way and a wrong way – we can make these difficult conversations easier on us and the other person, with the added benefit of being productive.
Candid Conversation
by Deb Calvert
I n any given work week, there is at least one conversation you would rather not have. One conversation that you know will not go well, where people will express emotions that make you uncomfortable. One conversation where you may hold back because you do not trust your own emotions or