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  • Having Hard Conversations

  • By: Jennifer Abrams
  • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
  • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
  • 2.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Having Hard Conversations

By: Jennifer Abrams
Narrated by: Cindy Kay
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Publisher's summary

Speak with clarity, confidence, and courage!

Many educators struggle with discussing difficult issues with colleagues. This insightful book helps listeners effectively lead challenging conversations with supervisees, peers, and supervisors. Emphasizing initiative and preparation as keys to a successful conversation, the author’s step-by-step approach provides:

  • Thought-provoking questions and first-person accounts that help build communications skills
  • Advice on overcoming personal hesitation about expressing concerns
  • Guidance on goal setting and choosing the best “what-where-and-when” for a productive discussion
  • Sample scripts and other interactive tools to help educators prepare for the conversation and achieve positive outcomes
©2020 Jennifer Abrams (P)2020 Corwin
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Leftist crap.

Diversity ,Equity, Inclusion. How to advertise a book about one topic while making it about DEI. Just like DEI, this book is an woke praxis manifesto on group think. Don’t buy it. If you do buy it by mistake delete it.

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Summary of the whole book: “Does the teacher…. If so, how?”

This book has very little psychology and strategies for actually navigating through and during difficult conversations. instead it provides example after example of every potential interaction; teacher to student, teacher to coach, coach to special needs teacher, admin to counselor, counselor to coordinator… and on and on. This point and case example is superficial and anecdotal. A much better book would explore psychology and critical thinking of how to approach any difficult situation, learning to handle and not shy from tension, and alter your methods for more successful interactions, regardless of the people in such difficult talks.

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