From the course: Connecting Your Work to Your Purpose
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Navigating hard conversations
From the course: Connecting Your Work to Your Purpose
Navigating hard conversations
- Most humans aren't big fans of change. It's a lot easier to continue business as usual because it's known and safe. It's especially challenging to process change when it happens to you. Think of a time that someone close to you told you they were going to make a change that directly affected you. How did that make you feel? Even if the change was ultimately good, we still need some time to get used to the idea. Keep in mind that aligning your work with your sweet spot is going to entail some changes and you won't be the only one whose day-to-day is impacted. That means you'll need to have some tough conversations with your loved ones or your managers. To help you have these difficult conversations and to create a smoother transition, I'm going to share a few best practices. First, communicate, communicate, communicate. Depending on your relationship status at home and your org structure at work, there are various people…
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