Why is conflict good for everything? Part 3

Now let’s look at what are the ways to avoid conflict. There are five such ways: avoidance, competition mitigation, compromise and cooperation. Only one of the ways can be adopted in a given situation. Therefore, I encourage you to familiarize yourself with these strategies so that you can more easily deal with conflict situations. AVOIDANCE This involves avoiding dealing with the conflict or denying that a conflict exists. The danger of this course of action is that the conflict then

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Why is conflict good for everything? Part 2

In the previous post, I described why conflict is a positive thing, not just an event to be avoided. Now let’s look at the stages of conflict. The first stage of interpersonal conflict is the latent stage, when neither party is yet acting to defend its interests, but there is already a cause that could trigger conflict in the future. In a conflict between a superior and a subordinate, this is often too many tasks or an incompetent assignment of

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Why is conflict good for everything? Part 1

In relations between a superior and a subordinate, a very common reason for conflict is, on the one hand, the superior’s lack of interpersonal skills and, on the other hand, the subordinate’s inability to listen actively. Prolonged conflict between a superior and a subordinate often even leads to an employee leaving.   Conflict is often perceived as a threat to the existing order and order in the company. Noted in its final stage, it usually brings more harm than good. However,

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