Hate Confrontations? 4 Effective Conflict Management Styles

Conflict in the workplace is very destructive. It makes people reluctant to work together.

But what causes conflict?

The simple answer is that conflict happens whenever differences, opinions and personalities clash.

How do you develop guidance or resolve conflict in a way that brings people together? The first thing to do is to understand conflict management styles.

Have a look;

1. Collaborating

Collaboration plays a major role within conflict resolution and requires great courage and much consideration. Collaborating with the other party involves listening to their side, discussing areas of agreement and goals, and ensuring that all parties understand each other.

2. Compromising

A compromising style attempts to find a solution that will at least partially please all parties. You would work to find a middle ground between all the needs, which would typically leave people unsatisfied or satisfied to a certain extent.

This style could be appropriate to use when it’s more important to reach an agreement rather than looking at whether it is the best.

3. Accommodating

This style focuses on forsaking one’s needs to accommodate the other party’s concerns.

It usually takes place when you either simply give in or are persuaded to give in.

This style could be appropriate to use when you care less about the issue than the others, want to keep the peace, feel as though you are in the wrong, or feel like you have no choice but to agree to the other point-of-view.

4. Standing your ground

It takes a rather assertive approach, because it makes you come off as stubborn and inconsiderate.

However, it is appropriate when you have to stand up for your rights or morals, need to make a quick decision and force others to get on board, need to end a long-term conflict, or have to prevent a terrible, opposing decision from being made.

Conclusively,

While we can try to avoid conflict, we cannot escape conflict. We don’t all want the same thing, work the same way or have the same personalities.

Do you have a hard time dealing with your co-workers due to differences in opinions or personality clashes?

Do you need help handling staff members who let emotions drive their decisions?

Take up the conflict management skills training to help you  embrace and address workplace conflict within your organization and team in a healthy, peaceful and productive fashion.

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