Difficult Conversation Planner

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Domain

Relationships

Type

Planner

Phase

Action

Details

30 min Between sessions As-needed

Topics

Communication Emotions

Tools for strengthening communication and team dynamics.

When to Use This Tool

A client who's been avoiding a conversation they know they need to have

Someone who tends to either over-prepare and come in too hot or under-prepare and lose the thread

A leader who needs to deliver feedback that could damage a working relationship

How to Introduce This Tool Plus

There's a conversation you've been circling. What's the one thing you most want ...

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For the Coaching Practitioner

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Coaching Scenarios Plus

1 Leader who has avoided a performance conversation for months

Context

Your client has a direct report who has missed deliverables three times in the past quarter. Each time, your client had a brief 'check-in,' offered support, and received assurances that performance would improve. Nothing changed. The client knows they need to have a direct performance conversation but has rationalized delay with 'I'm giving them a chance to self-correct.' The direct report has not received clear feedback that their role is at risk.

How to Introduce

Frame the planner as building enough structure to make the conversation actually happen, not just feel more prepared for...

2 Individual contributor needing to push back on an unrealistic deadline set by their manager 🔒

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3 coaching scenarios with introduction language, observation guides, debrief maps, and red flags

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For professional coaches and coaching practitioners

Tool Flow Plus

See what this tool requires and produces in a coaching engagement

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