Conflict: Understanding Conflict

Character Traits Of Working Dogs And Conflict Mediators: ‘Systematic Intuition’ And Tenacity
By Robert Benjamin - Conflict mediators are a strange breed. The best ones, not unlike police or firefighters, are drawn to manage difficult situations and heated controversies that most other people would just as soon avoid. Interviewing close to fifty recognized conflict management practitioners and teachers over the last two years for the Mediate.Com video series, “The Mediators: Views From the Eye of the Storm,” offered me a unique perspective and the opportunity to make some observations about the shared character traits of those drawn to what may yet become a recognized field. (Added: 24-Mar-2006 Hits: 689 )

How to Quickly and Easily Deal With Rude People
By Peter Murphy - Where I live there seems to be a a growing population of rude and vulgar people. And no matter how hard I wish for things to change it is not going to happen. It is up to me to change how I think and feel about these people. The same applies for you. (Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 1238 )

Workplace Wrath: Using Anger to Build
By David W. Earle, LPC - When anger is used correctly it almost always has positive results! This statement is very shocking, for it is in direct contradiction with most past experiences. We have all witnessed the sharp and cutting blade of anger as it slashes and cuts red its victim. We have all felt unresolved anger create emotional distance between ourselves and our loved ones or co-workers. (Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 879 )

How to Kill Fear When Dealing with Aggressive People by Peter Murphy, Self Improvement and Motivation, free articles, articles, authors, credit reporting, free reports
By Peter Murphy - The book Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers is regarded as a self help classic. Have you read it? I read it many years ago and I was disappointed by the content of this book that has helped a lot of people take control of their fears. Why? Because I believe we all have the power to go far beyond feeling the fear. (Added: 9-Feb-2006 Hits: 671 )

Managing Conflict, in Life and Work: using Ancient and Modern Approaches
By Jason Armstrong - A fascinating and useful discussion of managing conflict bringing together ancient wisdom and philosophy with modern day thinking on conflict management. Draws from Sun Tzu (The Art of War), Stephen Covey, and Zen. (Added: 8-Oct-2005 Hits: 918 )

The Joy of Conflict
By Alex Nabaum - In the workplace, our primary impulse is to turn down the tension thermostat. We paper over real and meaningful disputes in an anxious rush to create consensus%u2014even if that consensus is largely artificial. Simply put, we are uncomfortable with conflict, perhaps because we are trained from pre-K to make nice. But, conflict is a valuable tool for growth if we accept it and make use of it. (Added: 15-Aug-2005 Hits: 893 )