Conversations Matter™ because they are fundamental to success in so many ways. They matter because… * you make more money if you really understand how to talk to your staff; (1) * you work harder and stick around longer if you engage well with your managers and colleagues; * you have much better relationships if you talk and support each other. (40% of marriages end in divorce, 20% of defacto relationships split within 18months of the birth of a child, and 70,000 kids, under the age of 18, are experiencing their birth parents separating) (2) * you live longer if you contribute to open, caring and honest conversations. (3) ___________ 1. Since 1998 Fortunes 100 Best Companies to Work For has shown their stocks have returned 5 times as much to investors as the market in general. 2. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 3. Dean Ornish: Love and Survival: The Healing Power of Intimacy.