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Introducing Your Host: Matt Selker

Matt is a leadership development, organizational performance, and transition and change management expert whose consultancy exceeds 13 years. He provides consulting services to for-profit, nonprofit, and government entities, serving many business sectors.

He earned his Bachelors in Business Administration degree from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Masters in Public Administration degree from the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, and his education in Positive Organizational Development and Change from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Adult, Continuing, and Higher Education from Cleveland State University.

He is President and CEO of Matt Selker & Associates, a Simul LLC company, and is an adjunct professor of Business Administration in the DeVille School of Business at Walsh University.

He has authored or co-authored research on organizational effectiveness, emotional intelligence competencies in nonprofit executive directors, communities of practice, and leadership competencies of future leaders. He is published by the American Society for Public Administration, the Academy of Human Resource Development, and the New Prairie Press.

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Many managers and leaders will tell you that having difficult conversations with employees, direct reports, or others is one of the least desirable parts of their position. Regardless of how difficult they are, they must occur. This podcast will introduce you to frameworks and tips intended to help you become comfortable having difficult conversations.

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