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When a workplace conversation feels uncomfortable, it's tempting to script every word—or avoid the conversation altogether.
You don't need a perfect script.
You need clarity about the issue, curiosity about the other person's perspective, and a clear sense of what needs to happen next.
The 10-Minute Difficult Conversation Prep Sheet helps you get there before you walk into the room.
The worksheet walks you through seven simple prompts:
What needs to be clearer, different, decided, or understood when the conversation ends?
Separate observable facts and examples from assumptions or labels.
Identify the impact on the employee, team, customer, project, or organization.
Prepare to hear context, constraints, expectations, or another perspective.
Use a simple Context → Observation → Impact → Dialogue structure.
Create space for dialogue rather than delivering a one-sided message.
Identify the behavior, decision, commitment, support, or follow-up that needs to happen.
You don't need to memorize the perfect words.
You need to know:
What happened.
Why it matters.
What you may not know yet.
What you need to understand.
What needs to happen next.
The Prep Sheet gives you a simple structure for thinking through all five before the conversation begins.
The 10-Minute Difficult Conversation Prep Sheet
10 MINUTES
7 PROMPTS
1 CLEARER CONVERSATION
Performance conversation
When something isn't meeting expectations.
Accountability conversation
When an expectation needs to be addressed.
Conflict conversation
When tension is getting in the way of productive work.
Feedback conversation
When someone needs clear, actionable feedback.
Reset conversation
When a relationship, expectation, or working pattern needs to change.
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The Prep Sheet helps you prepare for the conversation.
The Difficult Conversation Toolkit gives you practical tools for navigating the conversation itself.
Inside you'll find:
Research-based tools for better feedback, stronger leaders, and healthier workplace cultures.
The $17 Toolkit contains the deeper scripts, response strategies, preparation tools, and follow-through resources that intentionally go beyond the free Prep Sheet.
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