Blog Entries tagged 'saying no' http://www.straight-talk.co.za Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:54:25 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.straight-talk.co.za/index.php?option=com_myblog&amp;show=How-straight-do-you-talk-.html&amp;Itemid=999999 The start of the year might be a good time to think about how straight you talk and how you typically handle difficult conversations. Many of us say we talk straight, and we genuinely think we talk straight. But how straight do you really talk?<p>Check yourself out by scoring each item on a 10 point scale.</p><p>I am confident in my ability to...</p><p>1. Confront an employee with my concerns about his or her performance.</p><p>2. Be completely open and honest with my superior about issues I hav [...] maureen talking straight speaking up saying no confronting others