- 208 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Communicate Better with Everyone (HBR Working Parents Series)
About this book
Talk to your toddler, your teen, your caregiver, your boss, your partner, your partner, yourself
There are days in every working parent's life when it feels like you're screaming into the wind. The days when you have to ask your childless boss if you can leave work early—again—for a kid issue. The days your kid tearfully asks why you have to get on an airplane for work when you just got home. The days you simmer with resentment because you can't find the right words to have a productive conversation with your partner about the division of labor at home. The days you tell yourself you're failing everyone—including yourself.
Each of us has days where we struggle to communicate effectively at home and at work. But we can have fewer days like that and more productive conversations. We can listen and be heard. In Communicate Better with Everyone, experts provide answers to the challenges you face as a working parent, from negotiating your schedule and workload with your boss to connecting with your teen without nagging or lecturing to talking to yourself with more compassion. You'll learn to:
- Conduct more productive conversations
- Set boundaries and stick to them
- Ask better questions
- See issues from the other person's perspective
- Navigate difficult issues
The HBR Working Parents Series supports readers as they anticipate challenges, learn how to advocate for themselves more effectively, juggle their impossible schedules, and find fulfillment at home and at work.
From classic issues such as work-life balance and making time for yourself to thorny challenges such as managing an urgent family crisis and the impact of parenting on your career, this series features the practical tips, strategies, and research you need to be—and feel—more effective at home and at work. Whether you're up with a newborn or touring universities with your teen, we've got what you need to make working parenthood work for you.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Seires Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction: Can We Talk?
- Section 1: Listen—and Be Heard: Have Productive and Balanced Conversations
- Section 2: Use Your Words: Turn Adversarial Conversations into Civil Discourse
- Section 3: Mentioning the Unmentionables: Tough Discussions at Work
- Section 4: Table Talk: Tough Discussions with Your Family
- Section 5: If You Can’t Say Something Nice . . . : Keep Your Self-Talk Positive
- Epilogue: Last Word
- Notes
- About the Contributors
- Index