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Difficult Conversations Don't Have to Be Difficult

A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better

Jon Gordon author Amy P Kelly author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:27th May '24

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Help your team maximize their full potential by mastering tough conversations

In Difficult Conversations Don’t Have to be Difficult: A Simple, Smart Way to Make Your Relationships and Team Better, bestselling author Jon Gordon and veteran human resources professional and executive coach Amy P. Kelly deliver an engaging and inspiring new take on how to make tough workplace conversations an asset in building a stronger team and organization.

The book, written as a business fable, follows Ruth, the CEO of a successful multinational company who has been instructed by her board to prepare her company for sale. Along the way, she must lead an underperforming and dysfunctional team to set aside their differences and work together toward a common goal. This includes growing herself while elevating her team’s performance. As Ruth discovers the secret to unlocking extraordinary growth and productivity, you’ll learn about:

  • The critically important conversations you need to have with your team to realize outstanding results
  • Structuring, planning, and having the tough conversations your team members really need
  • Ensuring your team walks away from difficult conversations more united, motivated, inspired, and positioned for optimal growth and performance


Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and business leaders and their teams, Difficult Conversations Don’t Have to be Difficult is also a must-read for coaches, trainers, teachers, consultants, and other professionals doing their best to help others realize their full potential. Teams who read the book together will be equipped with a proven strategy and process to enhance communication performance and unity.

ISBN: 9781394187171

Dimensions: 221mm x 145mm x 18mm

Weight: 249g

112 pages