In his work facilitating negotiations with people from all different kinds of organizations - including companies, political factions, law enforcement, hospitals, gangs - in the US, Northern Ireland and the Middle East, Cohen has seen all the reasons that keep us from saying anything. It’s human nature to avoid difficult conversations, partly because they’re difficult and partly because we’re worried that having them could make things worse. “I believe they might be one conversation away from accomplishing that thing but they’re not having it … or they’ve tried and it hasn’t gone well.” “I want you to think of a tough conversation that people around you need to have - there’s some issue that’s holding them back from accomplishing what they want to accomplish,” says Adar Cohen, a conflict resolution expert based in Illinois and cofounder of the Civic Leadership Foundation, in a TEDxKeene Talk. Maybe it’s about salary, taking someone’s time or effort for granted, goals, lagging performance, or some other loaded topic. This post is part of TED’s “How to Be a Better Human” series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from people in the TED community browse through all the posts here.Įvery group - whether it’s a family or a team in the workplace - has one: an uncomfortable, complicated or charged conversation that hasn’t happened but needs to.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |