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About this book
Learn to speak up for what really matters Tough talks are never easy, but in her best-selling book, Having Hard Conversations, Jennifer Abrams showed educators how to speak intentionally with colleagues about work-related issues through a planned, interactive, and personal approach. In this sequel, she moves readers deeper into the nuances of how to prepare for those conversations while building expectations for positive andmeaningful outcomes. Putting clarity before accountability, or by being clear about what should be understood before going in, can and will increase the favorable results of those tough talks. With an emphasis on what needs to happen before, during, and after hard conversations, this resource explores
- What humane, growth-producing, and "other-centered" conversations sound like
- How race, culture, gender, and generational filters influence perceptions and how to account for them
- How to spot and work with organizational dynamics that could influence discussions
- How to conduct hard conversations with supervisors
Plan for positive outcomes from hard conversations. Let this resource empower you to expect and professionally navigate environmental influences, unexpected pushback, and uncomfortable silences toward real understanding and progress.
"Abrams, who cites a broad and current body of literature, provides a valuable rationale for why certain ways of talking are more effective than others."
Robert J. Garmston - Professor Emeritus & Co-Developer of COgnitive Coaching & Adaptive Schools
California State University, Sacramento "In order to grow as learners, educators and leaders, we need to be provided with feedback that will enhance our growth. That feedback doesn?t come easily. We shy away from providing honest feedback because we?re afraid it will be "taken the wrong way." That is why I love Having Hard Conversations 2.0. Jennifer Abrams brings us through the process beautifully with a great deal of honesty, and we can learn a great deal from her insight. This is an important read for anyone in education."
Peter De Witt - Former School Principal
Finding Common Ground Blog, Corwin
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Is This Really a Hard Conversation or Something Else?
- 2 Clarity, Clarity, Clarity
- 3 Being Other-Focused Planning the Hard Conversation
- 4 Organizational Politics, Working With Supervisors or Groups, and Hard Conversations
- 5 Scripting a Humane, Growth-Producing Conversation
- 6 What If They Say . . . ? Possible Responses
- 7 How to Be a Better Recipient of Feedback
- Conclusion
- Resource Inspirational Quotes for Having Hard Conversations
- References
- Index
- Publisher Note