About Straight Talk
The conversations we hold with family and friends, colleagues and life partners do much to predict our success at work and the happiness and satisfaction we experience in our personal lives.
Some of our conversations help build stronger and deeper relationships, but others damage and destroy them. When we hold differing opinions and feel strongly about the issues, when we argue about rights and wrongs, and when the stakes are high; the skill with which we hold these conversations determines whether we come out stronger and closer or whether people get hurt and relationships suffer.
•Talking to your mother-in-law about her interference in your marriage
•Speaking up to a toxic boss who is verbally abusive to you
•Saying no to a friend who takes advantage of you
•Confronting someone about their negative and depressing attitude
White Paper: Cyberbullying
- Defining cyberbullying
- Preventative measures
- Signals you shouldn’t miss
- What do you do when your child is being cyberbullied?
The term cyberbullying was first coined by Canadian educator and anti-bullying activist Bill Belsey, founder and president of Bullying.org and creator of http://www.cyberbullying.ca
Belsey defined cyberbullying as ‘the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated, and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others.’
It occurs via email, text messaging, instant messaging, posts to blogs, and Web sites. It may be as simple as continuing to send e-mail to someone who has said they want no further contact with the sender, but it may also include threats, sexual remarks, hate speech, and ganging up on victims by making them the subject of ridicule on social media sites, and posting statements aimed at humiliation.
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STRAIGHT TALK: how to manage CONVERSATIONS THAT SCARE YOU
(Click here to find out more about the book...)
This
book is about the conversations that determine both the direction and
the quality of our lives. They are the conversations in which we feel
strongly and see things differently; when we argue about rights and
wrongs; where the stakes are high, people get hurt, and relationships
suffer.
Don't tolerate bullying
Physical bullying is more common amongst children; being pushed or having their hair pulled. Physical aggression is less often seen in the corporate world. Emotional bullying is more subtle but no less damaging. Child bullies exclude their targets from playing and talking with other children. In the extreme at work, it can become constructive dismissal.
STRAIGHT TALK: conversations AT WORK that get results 
The book contains step-by-step advice for all leaders and managers who face difficult conversations at work as they deal with both down-the-line and up-the-line demands and expectations of diverse groups of people. You will be able to use it to plan conversations in which you can make it safe to talk to almost anyone about anything.
The Straight Talk process has been developed and field-tested with several thousand managers at all levels and in all sectors of industry. The book is easy to read and is filled with details of recognizable, real conversations, all based on the author's practical experience. Click here to read more...
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