As a leader in academe, you know that difficult conversations are neither enjoyable nor avoidable. However, you can take steps to ensure a tough conversation results in supportive stakeholders, common goals, and positive institutional outcomes.

Get strategies for leading difficult dialogues with The Chronicle's newest issue brief, Preparing for Tough Conversations: How to Set the Stage for Major Change on Your Campus.This essential resource offers advice for developing strong relationships, communicating vision, anticipating conflict, and managing competing interests. 

Get the issue brief and learn how to:

• Cultivate strong relationships that will help you establish credibility
• Collect and analyze data to make the case for change and navigate shared governance
• Implement strategies for communicating your vision and getting buy-in from campus skeptics
• Anticipate conflict while providing constant communication to all stakeholders
• Frame a crisis as an opportunity to bring about positive transformation