Deal with Conflict

Focus on your conflict resolution skills to learn how you should be dealing with conflict in the workplace. Learn to recognize when a situation has turned from a simple disagreement into a conflict by understanding the root cause of conflict and the role threat-response plays. Temper your own reactions in a heated moment with a conflict analysis framework. Work toward positive-sum outcomes with a 4-step process for managing your responses and offers.

Course Outline

  • Understand the root causes of conflict
  • Ask questions to analyze the conflict
  • Follow a four-step process to respond to conflict
  • What is conflict?
  • Perceived threats
  • Using conflict analysis to choose your behavior
  • The 4 steps to responding to conflict
  • How to reformulate your position
  • Compromise or collaborate
  • Own your actions

Who Should Attend:

This training is best suited to anyone who deals with conflict, not just disagreement, on a regular basis. It's ideal for managers but will be a good fit for anyone, from individual contributors to leaders.