Tips From the Trenches
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Conflict in the Workplace Through the Lens of Polarities |
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 Leaders are only as effective (or ineffective, another polarization) as
the character and competencies they possess. Accordingly, conflict
competency needs to be part of a leader’s repertoire. If you are not
comfortable with personal conflict, you won’t be good at managing it
among your staff.
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Team Understanding |
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 Fostering a culture of respect, admiration and listening are key
components to having an organization operate smoothly. Once your
organization is saturated with these key ingredients, you will have
happier, self-motivated successful employees, teams, and an organization
that understands each other and is willing to talk about what is
working and what needs improvement.
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The Conflict Interruption |
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 If you are a manager who finds yourself spending a lot of time dealing with conflict, here are practical insights into the fundamentals of a conflict.
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Creating High Performing Teams |
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 A team’s effectiveness and success is closely tied to factors that define the extent to which two key elements exist within the team … those related to both productivity and positivity. Here’s some insight to what these are and how they are interrelated.
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Tell versus Ask |
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When engaged in either formal or informal performance development
discussions with your team members, what is the primary form of speech
you use to communicate with them? Is it to TELL the individual what
you believe will improve, inspire, motivate, correct, etc., them to
maximize their talents and skills? Or do you ASK questions so they may
discover for themselves what they know to be true or reveal for the
first time?
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Designing Alliances |
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The initial designing of an alliance takes conscious effort. As you practice it becomes more natural and automatic.
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