I have a strong conviction there is a correlation between a person’s willingness to have difficult conversations and their personal growth.
As someone who previously avoided hard conversations, but has a wife who is excellent at them, I know that a willingness to have those them saves many headaches down the line.
I also see excellent examples of people in the workplace who can disagree agreeably. It allows them to make progress and decisions quicker than those who avoid confrontation.
The exact degree of correlation doesn’t matter, believing in its existence is enough for me.