Bacal & Associates - Helping People Solve Conflict for Two Decades
Conflict:
If you ever have the opportunity to ask the participants of a conflict what
the issues are, chances are good that each of them has 'framed' the issue
or issues completely differently for themselves. You can learn to identify
the various conflict frame types in order to manage conflict effectively
by checking out this category. Also available are some hints that will help
you de-escalate a conflict quickly, and some advice on resolving a conflict
between two managers.
By Robert Benjamin
- Conflict mediators are a strange breed. The best ones, not unlike police or firefighters, are drawn to manage difficult situations and heated controversies that most other people would just as soon avoid. Interviewing close to fifty recognized conflict management practitioners and teachers over the last two years for the Mediate.Com video series, “The Mediators: Views From the Eye of the Storm,” offered me a unique perspective and the opportunity to make some observations about the shared character traits of those drawn to what may yet become a recognized field.
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By Peter Murphy
- Where I live there seems to be a a growing population of rude and
vulgar people. And no matter how hard I wish for things to change
it is not going to happen. It is up to me to change how I think
and feel about these people. The same applies for you.
(Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 1107 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
By David W. Earle, LPC
- When anger is used correctly it almost always has positive results! This statement is very shocking, for it is in direct contradiction with most past experiences. We have all witnessed the sharp and cutting blade of anger as it slashes and cuts red its victim. We have all felt unresolved anger create emotional distance between ourselves and our loved ones or co-workers.
(Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 766 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
By Peter Murphy
- The book Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers is regarded as a self help classic. Have you read it?
I read it many years ago and I was disappointed by the content of this book that has helped a lot of people take control of their fears. Why? Because I believe we all have the power to go far beyond feeling the fear.
(Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 541 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
By Jason Armstrong
- A fascinating and useful discussion of managing conflict bringing together ancient wisdom and philosophy with modern day thinking on conflict management. Draws from Sun Tzu (The Art of War), Stephen Covey, and Zen.
(Added: 8-Oct-2005 Hits: 796 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
By Alex Nabaum
- In the workplace, our primary impulse is to turn down the tension thermostat. We paper over real and meaningful disputes in an anxious rush to create consensus%u2014even if that consensus is largely artificial. Simply put, we are uncomfortable with conflict, perhaps because we are trained from pre-K to make nice. But, conflict is a valuable tool for growth if we accept it and make use of it.
(Added: 15-Aug-2005 Hits: 685 Rating: 0 Votes: 0)
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