conflicts
The instinct to avoid conflict is an instinct that is natural and useful - if the tribe didn't like you, you wouldn't get food. However, conflict avoidance is also a form of dishonesty, the most common form in business. I'm talking about leaders who fail to create a team environment where conflict avoidance is mitigated. "This isn't working."
Linkedin • Conflict Avoidance is Dishonesty
the great benefit of using the conflict resolution diagram: finding win-win solutions.
Conflict Resolution Diagram
Rather than viewing conflict as a threat, the transformative view sees conflict as a valuable opportunity to grow and increases our understanding of ourselves and others. Conflict helps us stop, assess and take notice.
John Paul Lederach • Conflict Transformation
Conflict can be seen as something that is bad, or as a teaching moment.
Rebecca Anne Bailey • Easy To Love, Difficult To Discipline: The 7 Basic Skills For Turning Conflict
Disagreeable givers often make the best critics: their intent is to elevate the work, not feed their own egos. They don’t criticize because they’re insecure; they challenge because they care. They dish out tough love.
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
disagreeable givers
If we’re comfortable being wrong, we’re not afraid to poke fun at ourselves. Laughing at ourselves reminds us that although we might take our decisions seriously, we don’t have to take ourselves too seriously.