Why Honest Talk Helps Resolve Conflict Faster (Full Transcript)
[00:00:00] Speaker 1: We're trying to make it easy for you to get those cards on the table. You're anxious, you're ruminating, you're irritated, you're a little pissed off at something I did, whatever it is. We're just trying to get it on the table and the theory behind the clearing is if you can make it easy for me to say a hard thing or hear a hard thing and we can get it on the table, we're 90% more likely to work that thing out downstream.
- Create conditions where people can safely voice difficult emotions or concerns.
- Naming anxiety, rumination, irritation, or anger early prevents issues from remaining hidden.
- The ability to say and hear hard things is presented as a major predictor of successful conflict resolution.
- Getting an issue “on the table” makes it far more likely that it can be worked out later.