TY - BOOK AU - Stone, Douglas. AU - Patton, Bruce. AU - Heen, Sheila. TI - Difficult conversations: how to discuss what matters most / SN - 9780143118442 U1 - 158.2 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books N1 - include index N2 - The 10th-anniversary edition of the New York Times business bestseller-now updated with "Answers to Ten Questions People Ask" We attempt or avoid difficult conversations every day-whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client. From the Harvard Negotiation Project, the organization that brought you Getting to Yes, Difficult Conversations provides a step-by-step approach to having those tough conversations with less stress and more success. you'll learn how to: · Decipher the underlying structure of every difficult conversation · Start a conversation without defensiveness · Listen for the meaning of what is not said · Stay balanced in the face of attacks and accusations · Move from emotion to productive problem solving"-- Provided by publisher ER -