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Video Clip #3 - Do I Need to Have a Crucial Conversation?
How do you know if there’s a crucial conversation you’re not having or not having well that’s keeping you from the results you want? Al uses the case example of chronically bad or ineffective meetings to show the signs that a crucial conversation is needed.
Video Clip #4 - Power Struggles
What are the costs of using power to get a job done? Al explains how everybody has some power. Using a metaphor called “The Law of the Hog,” he illustrates the costs we incur when we coerce, compel, or intimidate to try and confront a problem..
Video Clip #5 - Learn from the Best
So what do the very best teams and organizations actually do? Who are the people who get results, and how do they do it? Al explains how VitalSmarts researched these questions to derive the tested skills taught in Crucial Conversations and Crucial Confrontations.
Video Clip #6 - What Is a Crucial Confrontation?
People often have an aversion to the term “confrontation,” and associate it with negative and uncomfortable conflicts. Al shares why confrontations can in fact be positive and necessary in helping you reach accountability.