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Talking Helps

Three helpful ideas for involving other people in your decision-making process.

Be hard on the problem, not the people. Politics and participation make for bad bedfellows. If you’ve involved others, treat them well, no matter how much you disagree. Put your energy into figuring out the real problem, sorting out choices, determining what’s important, and grappling with uncertainty.

Talk to somebody new. Find someone you often disagree with and ask them what he or she would do. Put down the reports. Unplug from email. Get off social media. Actually talk to someone with a different point of view.

Raise conflict sooner rather than later. If you and I have different points of view, now would be a good time to hash that out. It doesn’t get easier later. It gets harder.