Difficult Conversations Archives - Jeff Havens | Keynote Speaker | Leadership Keynote Speaker https://www.jeffhavens.com/category/difficult-conversations Leadership | Generational Issues | Entertaining Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:35:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Why Engage with People That Think Differently Than You https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/why-engage-with-people-that-think-differently-than-you https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/why-engage-with-people-that-think-differently-than-you#respond Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:35:42 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=14424 I like it when people agree with me.  I think most of us do.  It’s hard not to enjoy hearing that others think our ideas, attitudes, and beliefs are right.  In fact, I’m sure the world would be a much simpler place if everyone just agreed with every single thing I ever did or said. …

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/why-engage-with-people-that-think-differently-than-you/feed 0 How to Respond When You’ve Made a Mistake https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/how-to-respond-when-youve-made-a-mistake https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/how-to-respond-when-youve-made-a-mistake#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2025 20:23:17 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=14340 A couple months ago I wrote an article about how to avoid allowing a mistake to challenge your sense of self-worth.  This month, though, I realized I left something out of that conversation.  It focused on the personal benefit of learning to accept that mistakes are a natural part of the learning process.  This month,…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/personal-development/how-to-respond-when-youve-made-a-mistake/feed 0 The Most Important Word For Finding Work-Life Balance https://www.jeffhavens.com/work-life-balance/the-most-important-word-for-finding-work-life-balance https://www.jeffhavens.com/work-life-balance/the-most-important-word-for-finding-work-life-balance#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2024 19:54:59 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=14027 This year, you probably asked Santa for a pony. Or a laser cannon, or socks – I don’t really know, but you probably didn’t ask for better work-life balance, even though it’s something you probably want. Most of us do. So, operating under the assumption that Santa didn’t put that one under the tree, I’m…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/work-life-balance/the-most-important-word-for-finding-work-life-balance/feed 0 The Most Important Step In Conflict De-Escalation https://www.jeffhavens.com/conflict-resolution-2/the-most-important-step-in-conflict-de-escalation https://www.jeffhavens.com/conflict-resolution-2/the-most-important-step-in-conflict-de-escalation#respond Wed, 31 May 2023 16:43:23 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=13714 There are a lot of ways to handle conflict.  A popular one is to escalate them by avoiding the contentious subject, shouting at people who disagree with you, and other fun things like that. But if you’d like to, I don’t know, reduce the pain and agony of your next conflict, then active listening is…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/conflict-resolution-2/the-most-important-step-in-conflict-de-escalation/feed 0 Is Striving For Consensus Keeping You From Moving Forward? https://www.jeffhavens.com/business/is-striving-for-consensus-keeping-you-from-moving-forward https://www.jeffhavens.com/business/is-striving-for-consensus-keeping-you-from-moving-forward#respond Mon, 08 Aug 2022 13:46:27 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=13377 Recently my wife and I were in Barcelona, visiting her family and 87 of their closest friends.  (Not quite, but there were a lot of people.)  We were outside, it was a beautiful day, and it was time to decide where to have dinner.  The only thing everyone agreed on was that we wanted to…

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]]> https://www.jeffhavens.com/business/is-striving-for-consensus-keeping-you-from-moving-forward/feed 0 5 Secrets to Telling Someone They Smell Bad https://www.jeffhavens.com/human-resources/5-secrets-to-telling-someone-they-smell-bad https://www.jeffhavens.com/human-resources/5-secrets-to-telling-someone-they-smell-bad#respond Mon, 06 May 2019 12:58:12 +0000 https://www.jeffhavens.com/?p=10804 Hello, and welcome to one of the most difficult jobs you might ever be unfortunate enough to face – telling somebody they smell bad. I’ll be honest, I’m amazed and saddened by how often someone has asked me how to do this. Apparently there are millions of people blindingly unaware of their own foulness. Why…

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