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But, often, it is. It can be stressful, harm productivity, spoil working relationships, and lead to damaging behaviors.
And, if you have any level of responsibility as a team leader, supervisor, or manager, fixing it may well be down to you.
And this course will give you them.
More than that, you'll learn how and why conflict arises, and how to minimize it before it takes hold.
Here are the main topics you'll cover:
The sources of conflict
How to listen
The effect of personalities on conflict
The ways people resist imposed ideas
The signs and stages of conflict escalation
The steps for de-escalating conflict
Strategies for resolving conflict
Five ways to handle conflict
How to recover a broken (workplace) relationship
During the course, your project will be to keep and share aspects of your Conflict Log. You will create a record of your observations, successes, and struggles. Other students and your tutor will support you, endorse your successes, and help you with your questions.
The only prior experience you need is daily life. If you’ve been a hermit or in long-term peaceful coexistence with all your fellow human beings, you won’t need this course.
However, the people who may find this most valuable are those who experience conflict in the workplace, and especially those in supervisory or management roles.
Your Tutor
Your tutor is Dr. Mike Clayton. As a senior manager at international consulting firm, Deloitte, Mike had to deal with conflict among staff, and with clients, and even among clients. But more important, as a senior representative of his firm and a program leader, he needed to avoid escalation of conflict.
Now, as a trainer and facilitator, he has been applying what he learned and teaching it to others. This course represents 15 years' experience of what tools students find most helpful, and 25 years experience in business, managing conflicts large and small.
However, it's not all been plain sailing. Three times in 25 years, Mike has had to use his own 'Breakdown Routine' to the breakdown of a professional relationship. Three times it worked. And managers and leaders he has coached have used it with equal success.
So, you see, we have you covered. This course will give you the tools to:
Prevent conflict
Reduce and reverse its escalation
Handle full blown conflict
and... recover from the effects of a conflict-induced relationship breakdown.
Dr Mike Clayton
Mike Clayton has been a successful and innovative project manager.
He has led large project teams and managed large groups as a Senior Manager at international consulting firm, Deloitte.
And he has coached and trained many thousands of project managers.
Introduction to Your Conflict Management Course
Welcome to Your Conflict Management Course (2:55)
What are Conflict and Conflict Management? (3:07)
Your Conflict Log
Exercise 1: Conflict Behaviors: Self-Assessment
Exercise 2: What Behaviors Trigger Conflict?
Understand the Keys to Conflict
The Rational and Irrational Sources of Conflict (3:13)
Exercise 3: Notice the Sources of Conflict in Yourself and the People around You
The Effects of Respect on Conflict (3:56)
Exercise 4: Recognizing Assertive, Passive, and Aggressive Behaviors
How to Use Respect to Help Resolve Conflict (4:50)
How Misunderstandings Arise... and the Solution
How Communication Works (5:17)
How we Listen: The Four Listening Levels (4:47)
How to Listen Well (4:25)
Exercise 5: Practice your Listening
When does the course start and finish?The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.How long do I have access to the course?How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.What if I am unhappy with the course?We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.