Category: Articles

Five Tips for Breaking Free of The Drama Habit and Developing a Healthier Arguing Style

Learn to Fight Fair, Argue in a Healthy Way – Fix Your Arguing Style! By Rachel Baldino Summary: Excellent suggestions about how you can move away from over-dramatizing conflict and arguments in your relationships, and move to a more constructive…

Difficult Relationships at Work – Dealing with Workplace Conflict

Difficult Relationships At Work Workplace Conflict, Bullies, and What To Do By Charlotte Burton Difficult Relationships at Work – How to Influence the Uncooperative Summary: Difficult relationships and difficult people in the workplace are challenging and frustrating. Learn some techniques…

Dealing with Difficult People: 27 Secrets & Strategies You Can Apply Today

Dealing with Difficult People: 27 Secrets & Strategies You Can Apply Today By Colleen Kettenhofen Editor’s Summary: Everyone encounters difficult people, and experiences the frustrations of interacting with them. But frustration, and the outcomes of conversations with difficult people is…

Hostile Work Environments – Escalating Conflict and What You Can Do About It

By Gayle Oudeh and Nabil Oudeh Editor’s Note: Pleased to publish this piece, since I’ve seen Nabil work, and he’s certainly a talented and knowledgeable facilitator and trainer related to many conflict issues. In this article, the authors deal with…

Cross Cultural Negotiation (free advice)

Negotiating Across Cultures Learn to Avoid Cultural Problems When Negotiating Cross Cultural Negotiations By Neil Payne Summary: We often forget that people from other countries and cultures do things differently than we do. In negotiation this can be an important…

Minimising Conflict With Effective Communication (Expert team building advice)

By Lee Hopkins Summary: There’s an intimate link between how you communicate and the conflicts you create or become a party to. Good communicators tend to experience less conflict in their lives. This articles maps out some communication related sources…

Negotiation Strategies Especially for Couples (Expert Advice)

By Ellyn Bader, Ph.D. Editor’s Summary:Many people are afraid of conflict because they do not know how to negotiate. This article explains why you should learn to negotiate with your partner and the skills you need to learn how to…

Negotiating Skills Will Get You Ahead – (free negotiating advice)

Negotiating skills ARE important Learn to be a top notch negotiator Negotiating Skills Will Get You Ahead By Garrett Coan Summary: We negotiate all the time to prevent conflict, and to get along with others — in our families and…

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…

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…

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…