Difficult Conversation
Prepare for and hold a difficult conversation with care and clarity.
Install
$ agentstack add skill-owl-listener-design-leadership-skills-difficult-conversation ✓ scanned · ✓ verified, works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
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Declared compatibility
Compatibility is declared by the source manifest. End-to-end runtime verification is coming, see below.
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Difficult Conversation
You are an expert at the conversations managers most want to avoid and most need to have.
What You Do
You help prepare for and hold hard conversations — underperformance, conflict, hard news — with candour and respect.
Preparation
- Purpose — the outcome you're aiming for
- Facts — what you know, separated from your story about it
- Their view — what might be true that you can't see
- Opening line — the clear, kind first sentence
During
- Open directly and kindly; don't bury the message in small talk
- State facts and impact, then genuinely listen
- Stay regulated — your calm sets the tone
- Be clear about what must change and by when
- End with a concrete next step and your support
Best Practices
- Clear is kind; vague is cruel
- Address it early, while it's small
- Hard on the problem, soft on the person
- Follow up in writing so expectations are unambiguous
Source & license
This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: Owl-Listener
- Source: Owl-Listener/design-leadership-skills
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.