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title: "Book Review: 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees by Paul Falcone"
description: "The day job requires me to pretend like I know how to manage employees so I subscribe to a number of newsletters for HR, entrepreneurs and managers. I don't find a ton of useful information, although..."
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date: 2010-08-03
modified: 2010-08-03
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# Book Review: 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Employees by Paul Falcone

The (http://www.boxcarmarketing.com) requires me to pretend like I know how to manage employees so I subscribe to a number of newsletters for HR, entrepreneurs and managers. I don’t find a ton of useful information, although it is good reinforcement that in all situations common sense should prevail.

I recently read this (http://smartblogs.com/workforce/2010/06/29/paul-falcone-on-how-to-handle-difficult-conversations/) and thought I’d check out the book.

What I learned was that whether it’s lateness, harassment, poor behaviour or lousy productivity, you should do something, and you should do it sooner rather than later.

Paul definitely has a “corporate America” take on how to have these conversations, but I still found value in his guidelines and the sample dialogues.

Be clear.

Be direct.

Be fair.

Be firm.