The Art of Managing Conflict

This course is designed to provide learners with personal insight, understanding and immediate, practical application of conflict management skills.

Overview

Expect people to produce outcomes with high-pressure stakes, tight deadlines, multiple intentions and conflict is inevitable. Being able to prevent and manage conflict is essential to producing excellent results in a complex world.  This course is a highly interactive session with self-discovery, group discussions, many skill practices, and thought-provoking debriefing sessions.

Audience

This course is designed to provide learners with personal insight, understanding and immediate, practical application of conflict management skills.

Length

1 day

Outline

  • Where, how & why conflict shows up in your world
  • Brain & body chemistry of the conflict response
  • Common approaches to conflict: recognizing, understanding and managing these differences
  • Communication skills that lead to understanding and collaboration

Discovery Listening

Questions that bring peace and understanding

Tips for speaking so they will listen to you

  • Defensiveness: Tips for handling this natural response
  • The 6 Keys to Managing Conflict
  • The Conflict Resolution Model