“An employee wanders into work late, something you’ve been meaning to talk to them about, so you say, “Late again, eh?” and leave it at that. Or you visit your son for the weekend, notice the empty beer bottles in the garbage, and say, “I see you’re still drinking up a storm.” These comments are intended to help. You hope your employee or your son will take the message to heart. But while your comments may help you feel a bit better (“At least I’ve said something”), they make the other person defensive and frustrated, which is unlikely to produce the kind of change you had in mind. A good rule to follow is: If you’re going to talk, talk. Really talk.”
Quote by Douglas Stone
Work
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Browse quotes and source details for this work. more
Author
You May Also Like
Source: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
Source: Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most
“What has grown in deep darkness and water, has formed flesh and bone and lives among us.”
Source: Tired Wonder: Beginnings and Endings
“Enjoy life or who can say that you will get that time or not”
“How do we improve the country, where we are taught at a young age class 10 books”
“No one can say when love happens, because love is the union of two souls”