Mathew Simonton joins the Human Resources for Small Business podcast to discuss the book Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time by Susan Scott.

In this episode, Brandon and Mathew discuss the concepts in Fierce Conversations and give their overall review on the content.

In this episode:

- The seven principles in Fierce Conversations
- How can we relate this book to our daily conversations with coworkers, family and friends?
- What does "master the courage to interrogate reality" actually mean?
- Words that make people become defensive by nature
- How do we "be here, prepared to be nowhere else?"

Host: Brandon Laws, Xenium HR
Guest: Mathew Simonton

Music Introduction By: "Cut and Dry Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"