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Communication and Document Formatting. BCS‐BE‐1: The student exhibits appropriate oral and written communication on personal and professional levels. Essential Question: What are the most effective methods of resolving conflicts? . What is Conflict?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Communication and Document Formatting
BCS‐BE‐1: The student exhibits appropriate oral and written communication on personal and professional levels.
Essential Question: What are the most effective methods
of resolving conflicts?
What is Conflict? an open clash between two opposing
groups or individuals opposition between two simultaneous but
incompatible feelings a state of opposition between persons or
ideas or interests an incompatibility of dates or events; "he
noticed a conflict in the dates of the two meetings"
Causes of Office Conflict The Root Causes of Workplace Conflict
Are Often Systemic! Lack of Information Skill Deficits Ineffective Organizational Systems
What are some of the Costs of Conflict to a Company?
Damage to morale for those remaining at the company
Lost opportunity for growth and success of the company had the department stayed strong and cohesive
Additional expenses, including company benefits for Gary and all other affected staff
New hire – uncertainty of how strong a fit this person will be, and how long it may take before they have fully replaced
I vs. You What is the
difference?
Conflict Resolution Strategies
Create physical space. Establish standards of behavior. Invite critical feedback. Consider your response to rights vs.
needs/wants. Develop respectful responses to
disrespectful behavior. Do not shoulder the blame for criticisms
that are not yours to own.
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Listen with respect and respond with care.
Stick to issues and behaviors. Choose and use a level of assertion;
especially try empathetic. Initiate contact with, “Specifically, how
can I be helpful to you? Maintain your focus on, “We can work
this out.”
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Expect respect. (“We can work this out when you stop yelling.”)
Say what you mean in specific terms (we can’t read minds).
Use fair humor (quips, toys, stickers, etc.). Keep congruent – words, tone actions. Avoid debate. Use sure signals for confidence. (Head up,
face forward, eye contact, shoulders back, steady stance, posture straight, no leaning)
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Give people a way out. Establish choices.
Refuse the win-lose perspective. Breathe. Fully breathe for calm and for
conveying steadiness and confidence.
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Count to 10. Use silence to increase your calm. It’s valuable to “leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Speak from the “same side of the table.”
Tangible reminders to respond appropriately.
Build your credibility with your language and actions of deny Junk Talk and raise WOW!
What is the diff
erence?Being Assertive
Being Aggressive
Confidently self-assured; positive He is too assertive as a salesman.
Characterized by aggression: aggressive behavior.
Inclined to behave in an actively hostile fashion: an aggressive regime.
Conflict Resolution Model
Use the internet to research the conflict resolution model
Create, label and define all parts of the communication model. (You can use a chart, Thinking Map, Flow Chart, etc.) You can use MS Word or construction paper