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A Key to Success: Start the Difficult Conversation You're Avoiding

This article addresses why difficult conversations are especially challenging in the legal environment, the value of having them, and offers a framework with a few extremely valuable tools for navigating these sticky situations to engage in these dialogues more directly and effectively.

11 minute read October 01, 2023 at 12:11 AM
By
Rudhir Krishtel
A Key to Success: Start the Difficult Conversation You're Avoiding

As lawyers, many of us tend to avoid difficult conversations. Although by nature, we are professional communicators — arguing a case in court, negotiating a business deal, and advising clients are examples of our expanded capacity for critical communication skills.

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