Tag: Conflict
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Happy New Year!
As we begin another travel around the sun I am, like many others at this time of year, caught up in an introspective mood. This past year has proven the utility of conflict studies for me. I have had many opportunities in 2023 to use my negotiation skills and knowledge of conflict for practical purposes.…
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The Chicken Wars
My wife and I went to Costco to do some shopping a few days ago. We went mainly to buy groceries, but, it being Costco and all we did end up buying additional items that were not originally on our shopping list. One of those things we decided, on impulse, to buy was a rotisserie…
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Intention and Assertion in Conflict
I did a presentation on conflict back in May this year wherein I spent time explaining the dual concern model. At the end of the presentation there was a question and answer session. One of the attendees asked how she could be move from the side of the model where she avoided conflict to the…
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Your path to victory …
Strategy is useful to conflict, but not in the way most people think about it. Strategy commonly seems to be thought of as a mapping out of actions that will lead to a particular goal. This can be true, but in the context of conflict you are dealing with other people. People are capricious. Organizations are capricious…
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Articulate and Protect Your Interests
When asked what I do I often respond that I help people articulate and protect their interests. Most of the time the response I get is a puzzled look. I suppose it might be easier to say that I help people deal with conflict. However, that is not always true. What I do is help…
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