Reconnecting with a colleague after a blowup
You lost your temper with a coworker and the relationship has been cold since.
Strategy
Own your part with no conditions attached — no but, no context, no scoreboard. Then ask what a reset would cost you rather than proposing one, and give them a way to say "not yet."
How this one opens
I want to talk about Thursday, and I am not going to dress it up.
This is the first line of the full script for this exact situation.
What usually happens next
Most likely: a flat "I appreciate you saying that,"
One thing not to say
I am sorry you took it that way
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The rest of the opening, the full pushback path, everything to avoid, and the follow-up message — written for this situation.
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