How do You Deal with Conflict at Work?
In this article, Kate Mercer of Shine Consulting offers some ideas about an issue she is often asked about - handling conflict at work.
We all face conflict at work. Reactions range from ‘ostrich-like’ avoidance at one extreme to ‘just losing it’ at the other. Here’s a framework to help you move from conflict to consensus.
First, it’s useful to distinguish two aspects and deal with these differently:
1. What the Conflict is About
In increasing order of difficulty, conflicts arise on:
Facts