Effective Communication Tools for Challenging Conversations

episode 95

Having hard conversations can be stressful and we might not always know how to build bridges when we disagree with others. Vaneese Johnson, The Boldness Coach™ and Crucial Conversations Facilitator believes good communication is like a dance and she’s here to show us how we can approach challenging conversations with openness, compassion, and vulnerability for the best possible outcome. In this episode, you’ll learn tools for navigating hard conversations from preparing ahead of time, to creating a safe space to be vulnerable, to cultivating self-awareness around what might be triggering, to asking for grace, and hearing with your heart.

We also talk about…

How to raise our vibration when communicating.
Her go-to phrases to help facilitate productive conversations.
Why what you’re not saying is just as important as what you are saying.
How to pay attention to what triggers us during difficult conversations.
Why coming to a consensus isn’t always the end goal.
Ways we can build bridges when we disagree with others.

“When we put some compassion before the open-ended question we’re giving [others] space to acknowledge and really be vulnerable in what they’re about to share.”

— Vaneese Johnson, The Boldness Coach™ & Crucial conversations facilitator

About Vaneese Johnson

Vaneese Johnson, The Boldness Coach™ is an empowerment coach, truth-teller, and transformation instigator, who helps women to claim their boldness and get clear about becoming the woman she was always meant to be.