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Conflict Resolution Training- When Personal Safety is an Issue
Conflict generally arises by having your needs, desires, perceptions and values challenged. When a person feels that their values are being challenged they generally respond the strongest. Inwardly they feel their personal safety threatened and desire to stop that threat. Surprisingly for most people, is that one of the reasons many attempts at conflict resolution fail is the desire to keep emotion out of the equation. People will look at content and make a decision on how to proceed with the conflict but want to disregard emotions. However, how we feel about our values and the emotional aspects of the conflict is of a very high importance. When they are not dealt with, they can become a trigger during the process, depending on any history with the people involved or other unrelated incidences.Feelings and needs are a fundamental process and requirement of all people, men as well as women. Content: Is the issue to be resolved. Process: How we talk to and treat each other. Allowingpeople to feel heard and acknowledged. Emotion: How we feel about what happened. If we are angry, we shut down our thinking process and the conflicts rarely get resolved. Many things trigger emotions;the history between the people or organization, the issue or other similar events. People respond to conflict in many ways, some look for solutions and others just work on keeping it going. One of the most important aspects is not to jump into solution right away. Many times importance elements or ideas can be over looked. A secondary, yet highly important issue that that when we don't give people a chance to come up with their own solutions we disempower them. It is essential when you want a strong working team or family bond to give the belief of trust in the other person to come up with his or her own solutions whenever possible. In business, there are situations where time is of the essence, and you need to act, however, done too often will lead to a breakdown in trust and performance by workers and partners. Your beliefs about how to deal with them also affects the process. These will get in the way of constructive, solutions and waste time and money. Or if you respond by: These can lead to stress, destroyed relationships, and production breakdown. There are different styles of conflict resolution to choose from depending on the situation. 1)Accommodation Challenges with;If you feel taken advantage of, you may become resentful.You may not get your needs met. 2)Avoidance Challenges with; The conflict may grow until it boils over. Relationships will remain superficial. 3)Collaboration Challenges with; There is a risk of wasted time and energy on issues that are considered unimportant. 4)Compromise Challenges with; You may focus on what you compromised.Problems may recur if you did not fully explore the issues to reach a resolution. 5)Competition Challenges with; May weaken relationships.Other may not agree to your plan of action and may try to sabotage Each has its pros and cons and a time for using them. Most often, we must look at the situation and decide which would be most effective. If you find yourself using accommodation all the time, you may be trying to show yourself as nice person and are at risk of becoming used. If on the other end, you are using competition most of the time, you may be seen as controlling and uncaring about the people you work with. This will destroy trust and production. In all aspects, it is important not to generalize. Stating observable facts in a neutral tone with open the doors to resolution. People who feel attacked will close down and fight and solutions. An example would be: Try: We all arrived at 8 am and have been waiting for you. The last three times you have arrived at 8:30am. We need to start on time in order to meet our deadline. There are many aspects to conflict resolution and some things seem like they are harder to deal with. However, in the end, when trust and respect are a part of your atmosphere, you will find greater success and achievements in all of your endeavors. All the Best! P.S. If you like what you're reading in this newsletter, you'll love the book,
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