Reasons for Difficult Conversations
 
 
- There may be many situations 
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- Calling for a "difficult conversation"
- Lack of progress
- Lack of productivity
- Someone not "pulling their weight"
- Disciplinary issues, such as time keeping
- Reorganization, or reallocation of staff, or of work
- Phase out, shut down, redundancy and termination
 
 
- All of these can 
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- Be uncomfortable
- Threaten relationships
- Consume a lot of emotional energy