Preparing for Hard Workplace Conversations with AI

End-of-lesson check

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1. Which kind of conversation does AI prep tend to help with most?

   1. Booking a meeting room
   2. Hard, recurring conversations you keep avoiding
   3. Casual hallway chats
   4. Choosing where to eat lunch

2. Which is a strong use of AI in this context?

   1. Role-playing the other person's likely opening, defenses, and emotional reactions
   2. Predicting the other person's salary
   3. Reading their private messages
   4. Recording the conversation without consent

3. Which prompt pattern is recommended for role-play?

   1. 'Tell me what to say.'
   2. 'You play a defensive senior manager. Push back on me, then critique my phrasing each round.'
   3. 'Be nice to me.'
   4. 'Generate the perfect script.'

4. What is AI specifically not able to provide in this prep?

   1. Knowledge of the actual person's history and current state
   2. Generic defensive lines for a role-play
   3. Suggested opening sentences
   4. Recovery phrases when things go sideways

5. Why anonymize the conversation when prepping with consumer AI?

   1. To avoid leaking real names, performance details, or proprietary info
   2. To make the AI work faster
   3. To bypass moderation rules
   4. To save tokens

6. For more sensitive workplace specifics, what's the safer path?

   1. Paste everything into a public chatbot
   2. Use only workplace-approved AI tools
   3. Use a friend's account
   4. Print and shred

7. Which is a healthy framing AI can help you find?

   1. Separating the issue from your story about the person
   2. Crafting a personal attack
   3. Drafting an ultimatum
   4. Faking remorse

8. What can AI help draft for the conversation's start?

   1. An opening line that names the issue without escalating
   2. An attack speech
   3. A list of insults
   4. A demand letter

9. What is one thing only you (not AI) can supply?

   1. The courage to actually start the conversation
   2. A grammatically correct sentence
   3. An organized outline
   4. A list of objections

10. Which follow-through factor is outside AI's reach after the conversation?

    1. Repairing the actual relationship over time
    2. Drafting a follow-up email
    3. Suggesting a check-in cadence
    4. Helping you reflect

11. Why is iterative critique inside the role-play valuable?

    1. You learn alternative phrasings without leaving the rehearsal
    2. It speeds up the model
    3. It removes the need for tone
    4. It guarantees the real person agrees

12. You're tempted to vent the colleague's name and personal details into a public AI. Which response is best?

    1. Vent it all; AI forgets
    2. Anonymize ('my manager,' 'the project') or use approved tools
    3. Use code names but include real numbers
    4. Email the chat history to HR

13. Which is the best definition of a 'recovery phrase' in this context?

    1. A line that lets you re-center after the conversation goes off-track
    2. A password reset code
    3. A meditation mantra
    4. A medical term

14. Why is rehearsing with a defensive partner helpful?

    1. It exposes weak phrasings before the real conversation
    2. It makes the real person less defensive
    3. It guarantees agreement
    4. It removes the need to listen later

15. After prep, what's the next step AI cannot take for you?

    1. Booking and showing up to the conversation
    2. Generating a script
    3. Outlining points
    4. Suggesting tone