Before the Hard Conversation: A Preparation Worksheet

Most difficult conversations don’t go badly because people have bad intentions. They go badly because the person walking in hasn’t gotten clear about what they actually want and need to say. 

This worksheet changes that.

Before the Hard Conversation is a structured 2-page preparation tool for the conversations that matter most. It takes you through a series of focused sections designed to move your thinking from your head onto the page in a clearer and more usable way before you begin the conversation.

Each section asks you something specific. Not surface-level. The kind of questions that surfaces what you actually think when you are forced to write it down rather than just carry it around like bowl of spaghetti.

You’ll finish this worksheet knowing what you need to say with clarity. That clarity does not guarantee the conversation goes perfectly. Your conversation partner has their own will an part to play. But it does mean you walk in with yourself intact knowing that you went in clear of mind and with intention.

Two pages. Print it and fill it in by hand, or complete it digitally on any device.

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