conflict engagement skills

Conflict is Inevitable: Why You Must Build Confidence and Embrace It

Conflict is Inevitable: Why You Must Build Confidence and Embrace It

Conflict is an inevitable part of the human experience. While it often makes us uncomfortable, learning to engage in conflict with confidence and ease is an essential life skill. Building confidence for engaging in conflict can help us navigate difficult situations, develop healthy attitudes toward most conflicts, and minimize the negative impact of fear and anxiety conflict can have on our lives. In this article, we explore the inevitable nature of conflict, the role of emotions in conflict, and the skills and strategies needed to build confidence and embrace conflict.

Unlocking the Power of Respect: How to Resolve Conflict Effectively

Unlocking the Power of Respect: How to Resolve Conflict Effectively

Respect is quite often the most important catalyst for resolving conflicts. It’s not always easy to offer to an opponent, in part due to conflicting ideas of what “respect” means. Respectful conflict resolution requires active listening, empathy and a proactive approach to future conflicts. In this article, we’ll discuss the power of respect and how to use it to resolve conflicts effectively.

The Transformative Power of Mediation is as Mystifying as Magic

The Transformative Power of Mediation is as Mystifying as Magic

In my journey, from mediator to mediation coach, I have become fascinated by how magical mediation is in helping people collaborate to develop a mutually-satisfactory resolution to a conflict. The mediation process can inspire a person to unlock previously untapped sources of imagination, flexibility, productivity, and courage. Encouraging words, poignant questions, validation, acknowledgment of common interests, and reframing what parties say can miraculously quench and neutralize a long-lasting and heated conflict. A mediator does not have supernatural powers, but the transformative power of mediation is as mystifying as magic.