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Uncomfortable: What Bicycling And Conflict Have In Common

Uncomfortable: What Bicycling And Conflict Have In Common

by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Organizational Conflict, Relationships

“It’s supposed to be uncomfortable,” my coach told me. “That’s how you build resilience. Work with the tension during each training session,” she continued. As I pant and sweat, I realize my discomfort has a purpose. I am working on getting faster and stronger....
How to Make Organizational Conflict Work for You

How to Make Organizational Conflict Work for You

by Productive Conflict | Facilitated Negotiation Case Study, Leadership, Organizational Conflict, Performance Issues

How do you make organizational conflict work for you? In the 1920s, Mary Parker Follett asked herself this very question. It’s a question we often ask ourselves today. Follett, a management theorist and social philosopher, proposed “integrative behavior” as the...
What to say “yes” and what to say “no” to?

What to say “yes” and what to say “no” to?

by Productive Conflict | Leadership, Relationships, Setting Boundaries

If you are like many of us working in fast-paced organizations, you most likely have no shortage of projects needing your attention. When the projects start piling up, you are faced with the difficult question of what to take on and what to put off. But the real...
Are you really setting conditions for diversity in the workplace?

Are you really setting conditions for diversity in the workplace?

by Productive Conflict | Diverse or Cross Functional Teams, Diversity, Leadership, Relationships

Diversity is everywhere. Yet, in our organizations we sometimes say we want diversity, while we fail to set conditions for it. There are many ways to define diversity in the workplace. For the purposes of this article I chose to draw on a simple and practical...
So you want to be a cross-functional team?

So you want to be a cross-functional team?

by Productive Conflict | Diverse or Cross Functional Teams, Leadership, Organizational Conflict, Performance Issues

Cross-functional teams in Government are nothing new. Over my years working within Government, and as a contractor for Government, I’ve heard them called many things such as “Swat Teams,” “Tiger Teams,” and “Special Project Units” just to name a few. Whatever you call...
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