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CoursesWeek commencing Nov 17, 2025
Theme: Hard Conversations
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“The conversation you’re avoiding is the relationship you’re risking.”
- Tim Ferris
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- Relationships don’t usually fall apart in one moment. They erode when hard truths are shelved too long. What you’re holding back may be the very thing that holds you together.
- If the relationship matters, the risk isn’t in speaking—it’s in staying silent. Discomfort is temporary; disconnection can be permanent.
Question
What difficult conversation do you need to have?
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- Hard conversations don’t get easier with time. They just grow heavier the longer you carry them.
- If you’re rehearsing it in your head, it probably needs to happen out loud. Avoiding it won’t bring relief. What’s unsaid can become what’s misunderstood.
Quill
- Radical Candor balances genuine personal care with direct challenge. Feedback that lacks either element slides into ruinous empathy, obnoxious aggression, or manipulative insincerity.
- Effective feedback is humble, timely, and anchored in observable behavior and its impact; praise in public, critique in private. Career conversations honor “rock stars” who value stability and “superstars” who crave steep growth, tailoring roles and stretch assignments to each path.
- A culture of Radical Candor powers the Get-Stuff-Done wheel: listen, clarify, debate, decide, persuade, execute, learn. Moving purposefully through this loop keeps teams improving while relationships stay strong.
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