Employing Differences, Episode 216: How do we share bad news?

07/02/24 • 23 min

"The way you share bad news has an impact on the relationship; on that space between; in that collaborative space. So we want to explore today ways that you can share that bad news in a way that works; in a way that maybe avoids some of the things that we think might go wrong; that actually helps us to work through the sharing of the bad news together."
Paul & Karen share advice for talking about hard things in ways that strengthen the working relationship.
This is the second of a two-part series that started with Episode 215.

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Employing Differences, Episode 215: Is it time to share bad news?

"How relevant is it to them in terms of their decision-making? What sort of agency are they gonna have when this comes out? Because if it's something that's uncertain, that they can't actually do anything about, and they're just gonna stew on it and cogitate, ruminate, and stress about it, then maybe it makes sense not to share it until we know it's more likely that it's actually gonna happen."
Karen & Paul discuss when – and when not – to share with a group things that they don't want to hear.
This is the first of a two-part series that concludes with Episode 216.

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Employing Differences, Episode 217: How can I repair trust?

"We shouldn't expect that things will always go perfectly, that we will never fail to deliver on our obligations. The need to repair trust isn't a sign that this is a broken, dysfunctional relationship. It's normal, it's just unfortunate."
Karen & Paul discuss rebuilding trust when we didn't do something we were supposed to.