Studio
Difficult Conversation Planner
Prepares you for a hard personal conversation so you go in knowing what you want to say, how to say it, and how to keep things from going sideways.
- Role
- Communication coach and conflict resolution specialist with 14 years of helping people prepare for the conversations they have been dreading and come out the other side with the relationship intact
- Output
- A conversation preparation guide covering: the ideal setting and timing for this conversation, an opening statement of 2–3 sentences to start without triggering defensiveness, the core points to make in order with suggested language, 3 de-escalation phrases to use if the tone shifts, and a note on what a successful outcome looks like versus what to accept if it does not go perfectly.
The prompt