How to Be Awesome at Your Job

1192: How to Tackle Difficult Conversations to Build Stronger Relationships with Kerry Siggins

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

Show Notes

Kerry Siggins shares her practical framework for navigating conflict, managing emotions, and finding common ground.

— YOU’LL LEARN — 1) Why avoiding conversations often does more harm than good 2) The SHARES model for effective feedback 3) The hidden assumption harming your conversation

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— ABOUT KERRY — Kerry Siggins is a sought-after international speaker and the author of The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership. Her work focuses on leadership, communication, accountability, employee ownership, and building high trust cultures. Siggins also brings her work directly into organizations through The Talk With Trust Leadership Experience, an immersive and interactive leadership experience designed to help teams practice courageous conversations and build stronger communication habits in real time. Whether speaking to executive teams, companies, conferences, or leadership groups, Siggins combines operational credibility, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership insight to help organizations create cultures where people feel empowered to communicate openly, take ownership, and grow together. • Book: Talk with Trust: How to Own Feedback, Spark Growth, and Build Stronger Teams • Book: The Ownership Mindset: A Handbook for Transforming Your Life and Leadership • Podcast: Kerry Siggins Podcast • Company: StoneAge Inc. • Website: KerrySiggins.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Book: Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard Rumelt

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