{"id":5092,"date":"2019-12-24T10:34:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T10:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=5092"},"modified":"2019-12-27T22:07:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-27T22:07:45","slug":"can-i-have-a-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=5092","title":{"rendered":"Can I have a word?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the questions that makes me want to run away. It is almost always followed by bad or horrendous news or uncomfortable questions often from someone senior or a person with power over you i.e. Human Resources. Its impact is compounded when the person hasn\u2019t made any contact over a long period of time which no doubt led up to this conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a manager or leader, this tool can be a powerful asset to delivering good news and provide a critical turning point to boost moral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sadly, this opportunity is often missed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Can I have a word? Actually; no f#@k off, in fact I\u2019m gonna block you from all comms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"681\" src=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920-1536x1021.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cat-245750_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Can I have a word?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the questions that makes me want to run away. It is almost always followed by bad or horrendous news or uncomfortable questions often from someone senior or a person with power over you i.e. Human Resources. Its impact is compounded when the person hasn\u2019t made any contact over a long period of time &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/?p=5092\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Can I have a word?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[136],"class_list":["post-5092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-prepared"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5092"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5103,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5092\/revisions\/5103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clickonyx.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}