We Need to Talk: Your Guide to Challenging Business Conversations (Wealthy Thought Leader Library) - Softcover

Lee, Andrea J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0986298409 ISBN 13: 9780986298400

Publisher: Thought Partners International, 2015

Synopsis

WE NEED TO TALK. Those four little words have the power to strike fear into the heart of the most experienced business person. That’s why too often, the hard things, the words we are afraid to say, the conversations we don’t know quite how to handle, remain unsaid. And the stress on our businesses and our lives builds up. Well – not any more. This practical, step-by-step guide will help you break the silence and open the lines of communication in a new, healthy, productive and profitable way. It’s packed with tested tools proven in real-life scenarios and designed to navigate a full range of difficult business conversations, including: · How to ask for – and get – more money for your work · How to calm down an angry or disappointed client · How to take control of a meeting that’s going nowhere · How to apologize in a way that actually makes you look, and feel, better · ... and more Filled with real templates and sample conversations you can actually use, WE NEED TO TALK will help you clear the air, reboot relationships and transition to powerful and productive new beginnings – from a business mentor who’s been there, done that and made it work for thousands of happy clients.

About this title

About the Author:

Andrea J. Lee is founder of Thought Partners International, which does business online under the identity "Wealthy Thought Leader University"--an internationally-known company that has helped thousands of entrepreneurs upturn the status quo. Through coaching, they learn to prove their original business concepts, design offerings that break new ground, and sell in lucrative ways that feel good.

She is also Director of Strategic Planning for the Indrani's Light Foundation--a global non-profit devoted to eradicating domestic violence, in partnership with the NGO Population Services International.

Andrea has earned a long-standing reputation for excellence and ethics as a mentor coach, trusted advisor and thought partner, but the secret is out: she's also a gifted speaker with a talent for making serious topics playful, and turning play into serious impact.

Alongside the coaching team at Wealthy Thought Leader University, Andrea has taught breakthrough thinking to thousands of entrepreneurial leaders from the start-up phase through 6, 7 and 8 figure incomes. These audiences work in a range of fields including entertainment, technology, philanthropy, manufacturing, the performing arts, therapy, coaching, the healing arts entrepreneurship and more.

Andrea has coached actively and continuously since 2003, both individually and in groups, in a countless variety of situations and towards a range of deeply-sought goals. She coaches privately, in intensive group programs online, in workshops and in an innovative process of shadowing, particularly at live events for first-time event hosts. Working with Andrea is also said to be...fun.

Andrea is available for interviews, speaking engagements and customized workshops. She is equally comfortable as an opening or closing keynote, emcee, or facilitating an afternoon workshop or retreat.

Review:

“This book is a mapping tool. With it you can locate yourself within any sticky situation and find a way out that gets you the results you want—be it money, better relationship, stronger team Simple, easy and useable in any business or life situation!”
--Joan McLeod, M.A.
President & CEO, ConflictNavigator.com

“The world needs this book. Andrea’s unique blend of street smarts, humour and vision is all the guidance you’ll need to talk out your toughest business conversations and keep your power, when before it, you may have suffered silently.”
--Lisa Sasevich
CEO, The Invisible Close

“Andrea is a master at asking questions that get you thinking in different ways, questions that become living inquiries that help you step more fully into your leadership and unfold new possibilities. She’s also crazy gifted at crafting just the right clear yet compassionate language to respond to a particularly sticky-wicket of a situation. I’m already quite skilled in the realm of communication, and I’m always learning something new from Andrea!”
--Susanna Maida, Ph.D.
ReWeavingTheWorld.com

“Andrea knows what to say during difficult business conversations because she’s experienced all of them. The most stressful part of being in business—potential conflict with another person—is elegantly addressed.”
--Bonita Richter, MBA
Business Mastery Mentor

“I've followed Andrea’s work from near and far for quite some time now. By and far she has the greatest knack (really it's a skill maybe even elevated to art form) for making difficult conversations simple. That doesn’t always mean the difficult conversations are then easy but the simplicity and heart with which she guides you to have them means you feel empowered to actually have them.”
--Paula Gregorowicz
The Paula G Company LLC

“Conversations that matter and that take you beyond the ordinary moment into the unexpected have a combination of expert business experience and a bit of magic ability to listen beyond the word level to what is really going on. Andrea has that gift.”
--Rebecca Skeele

About this edition

• Publisher: Thought Partners International
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0986298409
• ISBN 13: 9780986298400
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192