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This is a 6-page professional summary of this book, not the full book itself.Core idea: Conversations are central to any relationship - with colleagues, with business partners, with friends and families. It succeeds when you get your message across. You must make more effective interactions "one conversation at a time."Fierce conversations mean "one in which we come out from behind ourselves into the conversations and make it real."The 7 principles of fierce conversations are guides in transforming relationships:1) Master the Courage to Interrogate Reality: There are three simple steps;A. Make a proposal. Identify an issue. If you have a solution in mind, make a suggestion.B. Check for understanding. Invite questions; ask if they grasp your proposal.C. Check for agreement. Ask for opinion and views on the proposal. Be open to criticism. Listen to their views. Resist the urge to reply or defend your plan immediately.2) Come Out from Behind Yourself into the Conversation and Make it Real: Free your true self, others will acknowledge it and react.3) Be Here, Prepared to be Nowhere Else: How you enter the conversation is how you emerge from it.4) Tackle Your Toughest Challenge Today: A
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- Author
- Susan Scott
- Publisher
- Berkley Trade
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780670031245
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Self Help, Fiction, Sociology
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (2,268 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Fierce Conversations : Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time (2002)
- Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated) : Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time (2017)
- Fierce Conversations (Revised and Updated) : Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time (2004)
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