Difficult Happens; Effective Communication for Bosses

Difficult Happens; Effective Communication for Bosses

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Difficult Happens; Effective Communication for Bosses episodes

  • 86: When your work is full of Difficult Conversations with Tricia MacFarlan
    What you’ll hear in this podcast:
    ● What's difficult to hear for one person is not for another
    ● What to do when the nature of your work is hard to talk about
    ● Non-verbal cues and the difficult conversation
    ● How the lack of discussing the topic of human trafficking has led to a lack of information on the victims
    ● How a sliver of light can impact the darkness
    ● How hard talks can impact you
    ● How having difficult conversations lead to change
    22 min
  • 85: CD When women are mean to women
    When women are mean to each other, especially in a professional setting, it feels especially icky. It feeds into the worst stereotypes about women as being shrews and queen bees. Why is this behavior still so pervasive?
    In today’s show, we dive into what’s behind this behavior and what you can do about it. The tactics discussed can be implemented in any situation where people are using negative communication patterns like mockery, belittling speech, isolating physicality or being just plain rude.
    15 min
  • 84: One thing you should know before a Difficult Conversation
    Most people do not look forward to conflict, some even avoid it like the plague, when you discover this one thing about emotional desire paths you can turn your mind about a having a much needed difficult conversation. It will lead to less stress about and during a conflict. 
    Our bodies keep the score, every emotion we feel impacts us in a physical way which can lead to avoiding important topics for fear of the inevitable emotional residue that they cause.
    18 min
  • 83: The Difficult Conversation
    What makes a conversation difficult?
    Not all hard conversations are the same, some are harder than others. What makes a conversation hard to have? Why are some more difficult than others? In today’s episode discover the 4 types of hard talks and how to deal with them.
    21 min
  • 82: Genocide Perspective & Hope with Maja Kazazic part 2
    The power of the fight, flight, freeze or fawn reaction is so powerful that my guest today experienced it for 20 years. Genocide tends to do that to you.
    What happens years after a difficult or even traumatic experience is often where the real tough work begins. Humans are amazing creatures and when pushed,  we can endure and through personal growth, we flourish.
    Maja shares the impact, or echo, of the events she survived as a child living through a genocide that killed over 250,000 people.
    32 min
  • 81: Genocide Perspective & Hope with Maja Kazazic part 1
    What happens years after a traumatic experience? Humans are amazing creatures and when pushed,  we can endure and through personal growth, we can flourish.
    Maja shares the impact, or echo, of the events she survived as a child living through a genocide that killed over 250,000 people There were moments of joy, unity, and resilience.
    Her real struggle happened 17 years later after she had triumphed over hundreds of surgeries, learning how to walk then run again and founding a successful software company.
    29 min
  • 80 - Shame Judgment Resilience & Ramblings with One Broken Mom Part 2
    Judgment, guilt, shame & vulnerability are like dominoes, each one falling on the next in a chain reaction. So is personal growth, as the dominoes fall your boundaries, self-esteem, and confidence grows. When we are open & vulnerable we grow into a better more empathetic person.
    Ameé joins me for pt. 2, where we dive into feelings of shame, judgment, and how opening ourselves up to vulnerability and leads to growth. 
    (also the different ways that you can take care of yourself, in a way that feeds YOU!)
    41 min
  • 79 - Shame Judgment Resilience & Ramblings with One Broken Mom Part 1
    Our lives don’t always turn out as we expected. 
    With courage to explore personal development and the “why” around our behavior, expectations and struggles your life can turn out even better than you had hoped. 
    When you put yourself out there, no matter the setting, you open yourself up to judgment. What do you do about it?
    Ameé Quiriconi joins me to dive into the topic of dysfunction, trauma, expectations, shame, judgment and so much more, this is a two-part interview that you don’t want to
    45 min
  • 78: How to say No and mean it - the Perfectionist edition
    Uhm, No?
    Why is it so hard to say no sometimes? Saying no can be especially difficult when you area Perfectionist, let’s face it, you are very capable and you want things done right.
    Constantly saying yes, can lead to “yes fatigue”, but in order to know when and how to say NO, you need to know what the 5 Types of No are so that you aren’t caught off guard and answer with a reflexive Yes. 
    In today’s episode, we dive into those five types of NO and get you confident to be able to say NO and M
    20 min
  • 77: Boundaries & the Extinction Burst Behavior of Manipulative Behavior
    In subtle, and not so subtle, ways manipulative or dysfunctional people will push your boundaries in order to get their way. When you strengthen you boundaries with these people you will experience an extinction burst of the behavior you will no longer tolerate.
    In this episode we explore boundaries and way to strengthen them and how someone may try to get you to change them.
    15 min

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Lara Currie is on a mission to transform the way we communicate with one another. The workplace doesn't have to be the source of conflict and discord. She'll teach you how to have open and honest communication with people, how to navigate conflict, and how to deal with the difficult "stuff" we all encounter in this ever increasingly defensive world. www.difficulthappens.com