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In all professions, leaders must have courageous conversations with their team members to help those people to learn and develop. Recently, I witnessed a process that can be helpful to having those ...

“I’ve been avoiding having the ownership conversation with Louis,” Ron confided during a coaching session. “I know he’ll get upset.” Then he paused and took a deep breath, “I need to just do it.” In ...

In this interactive session, leadership from the School of Education’s Critical Conversations about Urban Education (CCUE) shared how they use Courageous Conversations’ protocol to engage in ...

We’ve all experienced the dread that comes with tough conversations—whether it’s telling your boss you’re overwhelmed, confronting a partner about something hurtful, or addressing long-standing ...

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Most of us still like to think of ourselves as people who can talk things through. We say we value openness, nuance and honest disagreement. We teach our children to use their words. We tell our ...

Whether with family members or work colleagues, the ability to have a productive discussion when there is disagreement is increasingly challenging, especially when the discussion veers into politics.