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Conflicts Can Sometimes Be Averted When We Take the Position of the Caring Listener (Ezine Article)

August 20, 2020

It is easy to lock horns, sometimes with those near and dear, about opinions on favorite subjects…like religion, politics, and finances. This list is endless.

Managing Workplace Conflicts (Ezine Article)

August 14, 2020

Let’s start by identifying where conflicts happen. Think about the kinds of conflicts that happen around your workplace: disagreements over turf (who should do what), disagreements over policy (how things should be done), and conflicts of personality and style.

Conflict Stories – From Confrontation to Collaboration (Ezine Article)

August 6, 2020

Hardly constructive, these exchanges resemble debates or ping-pong games and serve only to inflame emotions and entrench the participants. How do normally intelligent and articulate people fall into such unproductive patterns? And what can be done about it? The answers to both questions lie in the roles we instinctively and sometimes unconsciously adopt when confronted by conflict.

Conflict Resolution And Understanding The Cost Of Conflict (Ezine Article)

July 30, 2020

Understanding the cost of conflict is a major factor in persuading contesting parties to attempt conflict resolution and turn their conflict into collaboration. Stewart Levine in his excellent book “Getting to Resolution – Turning Conflict into Resolution” identifies four costs of conflict: direct costs, productivity costs, continuity costs, and emotional costs.

Great Relationship Advice: The Ability to Resolve Conflict (Ezine Article)

July 24, 2020

Conflict in a relationship is both normal and painful. In working with couples I have found that it’s the successful resolution of the conflict that strengthens the couple’s bond and brings them closer together. The resolution comes only by walking through the conflict and not around it.

The Art and Science of Conflict Resolution (Ezine Article)

July 18, 2020

Conflict Resolution is a skill set necessary for survival in today’s business world. The ability to recognize conflict, understand the nature of conflict and to be able to bring swift and fair resolution to conflict will serve you well as a senior executive or entrepreneur.

Workplace Conflict – The Five W’s for Intervention (Ezine Article)

July 8, 2020

Jocelyn (not her real name), VP of Human Resources in a mid-size manufacturing company, was worried about a situation in one of their plants. It wasn’t the first time. She had been called into the plant several times over the past year. But this was bigger.

Conflict Resolution – Simple But Not Easy (Ezine Article)

July 3, 2020

Conflict resolution is, in theory, quite simple. Yet who among us hasn’t experienced times when our common sense flies out the window and even the most basic skills desert us. Those times demonstrate that conflict resolution may be simple, but is far from easy. Let’s see why.

Teach Your Children How To Resolve Conflict Without Using Anger Or Power (Ezine Article)

June 20, 2020

Teaching kids to deal with conflict effectively and peacefully is perhaps the biggest challenge facing adults today. Children’s disagreements both at home and at school can be noisy, physical and psychologically hurtful. The approach to conflict resolution learned and practised in childhood often stays for life.

Confrontation – Keys to Handling Confrontation Well (Ezine Article)

June 12, 2020

Most people don’t want to cause upset by confronting people. But putting up with bad treatment actually harms relationships. Bottling things up causes pressure and leaves you open to the risk of exploding. Confrontation may not be pleasant but it is sometimes necessary. It’s time to start standing up for yourself.