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Having Hard Conversations
1.
Having Hard Conversations Agenda Welcomes,
Introductions, Overview of Session Start Your Own Case Study Why We Hesitate Having Hard Conversations Questions to Ask Yourself Before Deciding to Have the Conversation Using Professional Behaviors as Your Foundation Outcome Mapping â Action Planning Quick Scripts Reflection Jennifer Abrams, Educational Consultant 650-858-0699 jennifer@jenniferabrams.com www.jenniferabrams.com ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 1 www.jenniferabrams.com
2.
About the Presenter Jennifer
Abrams is an international educational and communications consultant for public and private schools, hospitals, universities and non-profits. Jennifer trains and coaches teachers, administrators, nurses, hospital personnel and others on successful instructional practices, new employee support, supervision and evaluation, generational savvy, having hard conversations and effective collaboration skills. In Palo Alto USD (Palo Alto, CA), Jennifer led professional development sessions on topics from equity and elements of effective instruction to teacher leadership and peer coaching and provided new teacher and administrator trainings at both the elementary and secondary level. From 2000-2011, Jennifer was lead coach for the Palo Alto-Mountain View-Los Altos-SaratogaLos Gatos Consortiumâs Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Program. In her educational consulting work, Jennifer has presented at annual conferences such as Learning Forward, ASCD, NASSP, AMLE, ISACS and the New Teacher Center Annual Symposium, as well as at the Teachersâ and Principalsâ Centers for International School Leadership. Jenniferâs communications consulting in the health care sector includes training and coaching work at the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula and Stanford Hospital and Clinics. Jenniferâs publications include Having Hard Conversations, and the Corwin Press e-course by the same name, âPlanning Productive Talk,â her article for ASCDâs Educational Leadership (October 2011), her chapter, âHabits of Mind for the School Savvy Leaderâ in Art Costaâs and Bena Kallickâs book, Learning and Leading with Habits of Mind: 16 Essential Characteristics for Success, and her contribution to the book, Mentors in the Making: Developing New Leaders for New Teachers published by Teachers College Press. Her book, with co-author Valerie Von Frank, The Multigenerational Workplace: Communicating, Collaborating & Creating Community was published by Corwin Press in November of 2013. Jennifer also writes a monthly newsletter/blog, Voice Lessons, available for reading at and subscribing to on her website, www.jenniferabrams.com. Jennifer has been a featured interviewee on the topic of professionalism for ASCDâs video series, Master Class, hosted by National Public Radioâs Claudio Sanchez, and in the lead article, âFinding Your Voice in Facilitating Productive Conversationsâ for Learning Forward's The Leading Teacher, Summer 2013 newsletter; as a generational expert for "Tune in to What the New Generation of Teachers Can Do," published in Phi Delta Kappan, (May 2011), and by the Ontario Ministry of Education for their Leadership Matters: Supporting Open-to-Learning Conversations video series. Jennifer considers herself a âvoice coach,â helping others learn how to best use their voices be it collaborating on a team, presenting in front of an audience, coaching a colleague, supervising an employee, and most recently in writing for the stage, as she did in her tenure as a Board Member of the National New Play Network. Jennifer holds a Masterâs degree in Education from Stanford University and a Bachelorâs degree in English from Tufts University. She lives in Palo Alto, California. Jennifer can be reached at jennifer@jenniferabrams.com, www.jenniferabrams.com, and on Twitter @jenniferabrams. ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 2 www.jenniferabrams.com
3.
Setting the Stage Think
about a hard conversation you havenât had with someone. What are the circumstances surrounding the concern? What is bothering you? What are some of the reasons why you havenât said anything yet? You will be using this âcase studyâ throughout the session so please pick a challenge you feel comfortable working on and sharing with others. ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 3 www.jenniferabrams.com
4.
Tensions That Surface
AND/OR Competing Commitments Want to be Pleasing Safety Comfort No Sense of Urgency Perfectionism Distrust â Of Self and Other Too Big a Shift in Role Expectations Priorities/Survival Identity Fatigue Personality Intent ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 4 www.jenniferabrams.com
5.
What Wins Out
& What We Have To Deal With When We DONâT Speak Up â The Tolls of Ambivalence âą âą âą âą âą Pain and Guilt â Anxiety and Loneliness âIf you want to see someone in real pain watch someone who knows who he is and defaults on it on a regular basis.â (Pat Murray) By our own silence we are condoning behavior we donât agree with. We may feel lonely â not with the system, not with the ârenegadesâ â we may feel like we donât fit. âWe feel fraudulent, even invisible, because we are not in the world as we really are.â (Parker Palmer) We may feel like weâre not fulfilling our obligations. The Other Person Has Control and Power âą The other person runs the show and runs us. âą âą âą âą We Donât Live By Our Principles Bottom line values are being compromised. âWhen you walk by incompetence, you lose your moral authority to lead.â Bud Scarr We may feel like a hypocrite â not walking our talk. âIt is one thing to learn a method. It is another thing to commit to a philosophy.â Asa Hilliard Negative Impact on ALL Staff âą What actually happens to the staff? âą What do they live with? What do they see? Two of the most significant barriers to the realization of human potential â resignation and dependency â are also often invisible to the casual observer. By recognizing and naming them, we begin the process of shifting from resignation to possibility and from dependency to a sense of personal power. Dennis Sparks â Leading for Results ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 5 www.jenniferabrams.com
6.
Questions to Ask
Yourself Before Having the Hard Conversation With Thanks to Debra Meyersonâs Tempered Radicals Timing Is this a good time to take a risk and pose a challenge? Do I have to say anything or will it fix itself on its own? What is the intensity of this need? Does it need to be handled now or can it wait? Am I in the right frame of mind to say something or will I become too emotional? Is this the time for the person to hear this? Can he/she hear this now? Or is his/her stress level so high it wouldnât be heard? Do I have enough information and accurate information about this situation? Do I prioritize this conversation before another one? Stakes How high are the stakes for the different parties involved? Is this a fight worth picking? If I speak up, who or what else will this affect? What is the ripple effect? Are the negative effects greater than the potential gains if I choose to speak out? How important is it for the students/staff that I bring this up? Is what is going on in the classroom/office unsafe or damaging to students/staff? Is this something that the âhigher upsâ need to know about? Is this a contractual situation? What rights do I have? What rights does he/she have? How vulnerable am I willing to get? Is this imperative to talk about or just somewhat important? What would happen if I didnât have the conversation? ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 6 www.jenniferabrams.com
7.
Questions to Ask
Yourself Before Having the Hard Conversation With Thanks to Debra Meyersonâs Tempered Radicals Likelihood of Success How promising are the hoped for results? Have I thought through enough what the real problem is so I have it well articulated myself? Has it come up before? Is it a pattern? If I bring this issue up do I have an action plan thought out? Can I support the person through the changes I would like to see made? Do I have a game plan in mind? If I say something is it going to move the personâs practice/work forward? Options Are there better alternative responses to those that would pose a less significant risk? Are there responses that will enable me to take a stand without overly jeopardizing my credibility? Has the person been given the opportunity to self-discover this issue and is it on his/her plate? Have I tried to bring it up before and what was the response? Is there a way I could help them see it is a concern without going into âhard conversationâ mode? Can this issue be brought up via email or another medium? Which medium would be most effective? Or does it truly need to be said face-to-face? How do I feel about offering this criticism? Does it give me pleasure or pain? If I am feeling pleasure, is there someone else to speak to the person because I will âact outâ my attitude and it will be seen? What am I trying to accomplish and if I speak up will it move me toward or away from that goal? What are some other ways of thinking about this? Has this always been the case or have there been times when something different has happened? ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 7 www.jenniferabrams.com
8.
Questions to Ask
Yourself Before Having the Hard Conversation With Thanks to Debra Meyersonâs Tempered Radicals Consequences for Failure What are the worst possible outcomes of the different choices? How bad are they, and how likely are they to occur? No matter the outcome is this something I have to say because I have to say it? Am I willing to experience the discomfort that might come as a result of bringing up this topic? Personal Association- Personal Perspective Will this be seen as only âmy issueâ? Am I outside the interaction and yet commenting on it with âheatâ? Can I say what I want to say and still project acceptance of this person? Do I have a positive, trusting relationship with this person so I can bring up this concern and have it heard? Is the person doing something that is really bugging me because it is a pet peeve of mine/a style difference or is this something that needs to change because it is affecting students/staff? Do I model the correct behavior I am looking for so after I say something I will know I am already walking my talk? By my silence does this person think I agree with his/her perspective/behavior? Is that ok? Is there a cultural lens I am wearing that I need to acknowledge and deal with? How do my beliefs guide me to think this way, and how might other beliefs alter my thinking? If I trusted this personâs intentions would I interpret his/her responses differently? Why do I hold on so strongly to this view? ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 8 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Questions to Ask
Yourself Before Having the Hard Conversation With Thanks to Debra Meyersonâs Tempered Radicals Do-ability Does a response feel do-able? Is there a response that is not overwhelming; that I can help implement even more effectively and would be as helpful? Is there specific and reliable evidence I can share? How would I present that in a way that can be heard? If I do bring up the concern is there enough time to really deal with it or will it just cause problems? Have I thought through why the individual might be behaving in this way? What external or internal factors are affecting the individual? Motivations? Why would a reasonable, rational and decent person be doing what he or she is doing? Can I see the actions through the lens of positive intentions? Is the behavior I am proposing to as a substitute do-able/teach-able for this individual? What are my Top 5 Questions that I need to ask myself with regard to this case study? 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 9 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Growth Agentâs Needed Internal/External Resources (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) In
order for you to implement these strategies what knowledge, skills or attitude do you need to learn or relearn? (See Internal Resources page) What is your hunch about what attitude or emotion or value you need to tap into in this situation in order to be most effective? Growth Agentâs Strategies To Promote Growth What strategies will you use to help this person understand and do the behaviors that would solve the problem? What are some specific things you could do to address this need forâŠa new skill, new knowledge setâŠa new value? Given what you know about your person, what language or actions would touch or reach her? Employeeâs Needed Internal Resources (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) In order to do these behaviors what knowledge, skills or attitude will the person need to have? (see Internal Resources page to follow) So looking at this list, what are the critical pieces? What skills or knowledge if the person had them would have the most effect? THESE TWO WHERE 95% SHOULD Employeeâs Desired Behaviors What specific and measurable things would you like to see or hear if the problem was gone? Work on getting at least 3-4 specific, visible, audible behaviors into this column. Tentative Outcome Presenting Problem What is the 180 of this? What is the complete opposite of the problem and the best outcome? Paraphrase the problem and get the problem into a clear, realistic format. Say more about what you would like to happen so you donât have this problem anymore. Make visible the invisible. COLUMNS ARE OF THE WORK HAPPEN What is the one essential challenge? If you have several problems, pick the most pressing or your best point of entry. What is imperative (and do-able) vs. somewhat important? OUTCOME MAP â Adapted from Garmston and Wellman Adaptive Schools Work ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 10 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Internal Resources â
Questions to Ask âą Does what I am asking the person to do play to a weakness or a strength? Can I work with a strength you know the person has? âą Do I need to build the personâs mental capacity? âą Do I need to build a personâs emotional capacity? âą What information, tools, and dispositions, values or beliefs or identity definition might this person need to call forth? âą What might I need to enforce, value, acknowledge or give permission to in order to help this person do the actions you want them to do? âą What barriers might be stopping this person from exhibiting the required behaviors? âą Is there a social force or influence that might need to be acknowledged, worked with or removed? Adapted from Crucial Confrontations â Patterson, Grenny, McMillian and Switzler and Effective Presentation Skills by Robert Dilts ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 11 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Dept. Chairâs Internal Resources (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) Support
from the principal and the assistant principal. Help with scripting talks with teacher. Help with writing up evaluations. Courage to do the job. Dept. Chairâs Intervention Strategies Articulate requirements verbally and in writing. Show a sample lesson plan that is correct. Teacherâs Internal Teacherâs Resources Desired Needed Behaviors (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) Needs to clearly know what is expected of him. Meet with the teacher on a weekly basis to review the plans. Needs to know what the required lesson Show the teacher what a plan format is. prepared field looks like. Give positive feedback when he does something well. Acknowledge how hard it is to be new. ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 Needs to feel comfortable learning new tricks. Needs to see models of the behavior done in the dept. Show up at 7:30am. Follow what the department chair does in terms of lesson planning. Tentative Outcome Presenting Problem To 'get with the program' and do what the rest of us are doing. New teacher isnât following the department procedures Set up the playing field early and get things prepared. Ask the department chair about units at least 1 week ahead. 12 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Growth Agentâs Growth
Agentâs Internal Intervention Resources Strategies (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 Employeeâs Internal Employee's Resources Desired Needed Behaviors (Knowledge, Skills, Attitude) 13 Tentative Outcome Presenting Problem www.jenniferabrams.com
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HHC Scripting âScaffoldâ Opening
statement that shows positive intent. Issue framed in professional language. Specific example(s) that illustrates the behavior. Clarification of the impact of behavior on others. A request for action. Invitation to dialogue. ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 14 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Quick Scripts for
Having Hard Conversations From Crucial Conversations by Kerry Patterson âState My Path Statementâ âThis is what I have noticedâŠ.. I am beginning to thinkâŠ.. What is your take on it?â Example: âI noticed you said, âWhat do you want?â in a gruff way when the student came to see you at your desk. If I was that student I might feel a bit intimidated about coming to ask you a question if I got that response. Did you sense that she was a bit shy in responding to you? Whatâs your take on what happened?â From âManagement Shorts" by Andrea Corney (www.acorn-od.com) âI Message Feedback Statements - Take Oneâ âWhen you do X (behavior), I think/feel Y (reaction). It would be helpful to me if you could do Z (behavior) instead. Would that work for you? What do you need?â Example: âWhen you come to our meeting late, I get the sense that the meeting isnât important to you and that you disrespect me in some way. It would be helpful for me if you would show up on time and that way I wouldnât feel defensive from the get-go. Is that something you could do?â From âManagement Shorts" by Andrea Corney (www.acorn-od.com) âI Message Feedback Statements â Take Twoâ âHere is the problem as I see it. What is going on from your perspective? What am I doing that gets in the way? And what can we both do to fix this problem?â Example: âWhen you roll your eyes and respond to my comments in the brainstorm with âYeah, butâŠâ I have to admit I feel really feel angry and pretty much shut down. I have no idea if you know you are doing this or if you know how it is impacting me. I would really like to be able to participate in this meeting without feeling bad about it. Can you see this from my perspective? Am I missing something because I would like it if both of us could participate fully in this meeting.â ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 15 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Seize the Moment Exploring
ways to speak up rather than tune out when presented with negatively racialized or generalized statements made by students or colleagues. Give yourself a voice and the power to affect change by addressing uncomfortable, untrue, generalizing, or negatively racialized comments when theyâre made. Sentence Starters: â âTell me more about what makes you say that.â â âIâm not willing to agree with that generalization.â â âDo you think thatâs true generally? Do you have a specific student or example in mind?â â âSome of the words you just used make me uncomfortable.â â âI donât agree with what you just said. Could you please share more about what you mean?â â âThat makes me feel uncomfortable. Can we talk about it?â â âThat seems unfair to me.â â âCould you explain that to me please?â â âTell me more about what makes you say that.â â âI have a different opinion, but Iâm willing to listen and share.â â âHereâs an example of how I feel differently.â ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 16 www.jenniferabrams.com
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The Whats, Wheres
and Whens Location Timing Body Language - Voice, Hands, Eyes Trigger Words Recommend, Suggest, Expect Notes â 3rd point concept Phrases â (with supervisors, ask for permission) Preparing Yourself Emotionally Crying or Yelling The Greater Yes ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 17 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Having Hard Conversations
â Other Resources If you canât articulate where the teacher is stuck and you need some help with pinning the issue down and helping to move him/her along: âA New Way of Thinking: Beginning Teacher Coaching Through Garmstonâs and Costaâs States of Mindâ - Jennifer Abrams (www.cognitivecoaching.com â CC Literature/Readings) Cognitive Coaching: A Foundation for Renaissance Schools, 2nd ed. â Arthur Costa and Robert Garmston, Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 2002 If you can articulate the problem and you need some help to think about the solution more deeply: The Adaptive School: A Sourcebook for Developing Collaborative Groups â Robert Garmston and Bruce Wellman, Christopher-Gordon Publishers, 1999 (www.adaptiveschools.com) âGetting Unstuck: Using an Outcome Map for Effective Problem Solvingâ â Jennifer Abrams (www.updc.org - UPDC Library, Utah Special Educator, November, 2003) Critical Friends Groups â Chapter 9 â Powerful Designs for Professional Learning â Lois Brown Easton, editor â National Staff Development Council, 2004 If you need help with scripting protocols: Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When The Stakes Are High â Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Mc Graw Hill, 2002 (State My Path Chapter) Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations and Bad Behavior Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Mc Graw Hill, 2005 Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time â Susan Scott, Viking Press, 2002 (www.fierceinc.com) (Confrontation Model) âCommunicating Concerns Directlyâ â a protocol in the New Teacher Centerâs training, Improving Student Achievement Through Teacher Observation and Coaching (www.newteachercenter.org) ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 18 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Having Hard Conversations
â Other Resources If you need help designing an action plan once you have had the conversation: The Skillful Leader: Confronting Mediocre Teaching â Alexander Platt, et al, Ready About Press, 2000, (www.ready-about.com) Other resources for language, protocols, support: Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning â Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick, Corwin Press, 2004 The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacherâs Life, Parker J. Palmer, Jossey-Bass, 1998 Data Driven Dialogue: A Facilitatorâs Guide to Collaborative Inquiry - Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman, Miravia LLC, 2003 (www.miravia.com) The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When Youâre Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed or Desperate â Harriet Lerner, Harper Collins, 2001 How The Way We Talk Can Change The Way We Work: Seven Languages for Transformation â Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey, Jossey-Bass, 2001 How to Make Supervision and Evaluation Really Work â Jon Saphier, Research for Better Teaching, Inc., 1993 Mentoring Matters: A Practical Guide to Learning-Focused Relationships â Laura Lipton and Bruce Wellman, Miravia LLC, 2001 (www.miravia.com) On Apology â Aaron Lazare, Oxford University Press, 2004 Tempered Radicals: How Everyday Leaders Inspire Change at Work â Debra E. Meyerson, Harvard Business School Press, 2003 Success with the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense â Suzette H. Elgin, Prentice Hall, 1989 Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: How to Choose Words Wisely and Well â Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, William Morrow, 1996 ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 19 www.jenniferabrams.com
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Our conversations invent
us. Through our speech and our silence, we become smaller or larger selves. Through our speech and our silence, we diminish or enhance the other person, and we narrow or expand the possibilities between us. How we use our voice determines the quality of our relationships, who we are in the world, and what the world can be and might become. Clearly, a lot is at stake here. Harriet Lerner, The Dance of Connection ©Jennifer Abrams, 2014 20 www.jenniferabrams.com
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