Category: Articles

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Conflict: Don’t Just Fight It, Manage It (Expert Advice)

By Eric Garner Editor’s Summary: Conflict doesn’t have to mean arguing or fighting. The best way to deal with conflict in your life is to take a proactive approach and manage the process. That’s the best way to make intelligent…

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Resolving Conflicts Effectively (free conflict advice)

Help for resolving conflicts Resolving Conflicts Effectively By Garrett Coan Summary: Here’s a nice, concisely written article on conflict resolution that covers different ways we tend to address conflict, and some sound advice on resolving conflicts at home and at…

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A Shining Example of Communication and Conflict (Conflict Insight)

By Don Doman Summary: Using examples from several well known movies (The Shining, 2001 A Space Odyssey), the author explains the link between conflict and communication as it exists within the workplace. Lack of communication is a major cause of…

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Workplace Conflict Not Always About The People

Root Causes of Conflict in Work-Groups By Mark Bodnarczuk Studies have shown that over 85% of the root causes of organizational performance problems are in the structures, systems, and culture within which work-groups are embedded – put good people in…

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Dissolving Conflict Through Reframing (expert conflict tips)

Dissolving Conflict Through Reframing Reframing is a valuable tool to help you clarify your thinking about a conflict and understand the situation calmly. By Maria Boomhower Summary: A short but insightful article that explains reframing as a technique to gain…

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Understanding Need Based Conflict (Expert Perspective)

By Amarendra Bhushan Summary: Indepth and somewhat academic explanation of needs based conflict, a particular type of conflict. Need-based conflicts arise due to multiplicity of needs, in congruency of needs and need dissatisfaction. I. Multiplicity of Needs At a given…