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The Creating Value in Schools Podcast › Episode 8

Call them honest: conversations to empower, understand and resolve

Do you dread tough conversations? Nickii Messer shares how to reframe them as ‘honest conversations’, build trust, and keep a focus on what matters – the life chances and wellbeing of children in the school.
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'It’s about developing a relationship, it's about developing somebody's work, it's about the truth.'

Do you dread tough conversations? Nickii Messer shares how to reframe them as ‘honest conversations’, build trust, and keep a focus on what matters – the life chances and wellbeing of children in the school. 

Top tips from Nickii:

  • Avoidance makes it worse
  • Listen to understand, not just to fix
  • Believe in yourself and take action.

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