If you work with others, sooner or later you will almost inevitably face the need for conflict resolution. You may need to mediate a dispute between two members of your department. Or you may find yourself angered by something a colleague reportedly said about you in a meeting. Or you may need to engage in … Read More 
When you download the New Conflict Management: Effective Conflict Resolution Strategies to Avoid Litigation you will learn how wise negotiators extract unexpected value using an indirect approach to conflict management.
dealing with conflict
The following items are tagged dealing with conflict:
Handbook of Dispute Resolution (The)
Winner, National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution’s 2005 Book Award –
A cutting-edge, comprehensive, inter-disciplinary resource regarding the nature of disputes and the range of dispute resolution processes
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5 Conflict Resolution Strategies
Whether a conflict erupts at work or at home, we frequently fall back on the tendency to try to correct the other person or group’s perceptions, lecturing them about why we’re right—and they’re wrong. Deep down, we know that this conflict management approach usually fails to resolve the conflict and often only makes it worse.
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Win Win Negotiation: Different Cultures, Shared Meals
From movie moguls hammering out film deals in Los Angeles to publishers and agents assessing each other’s tastes in New York, the “power lunch” has become a familiar institution. Across the globe, negotiators often do business over shared meals, whether out of convenience or as part of a concerted effort to get to know one … Read More
How to Manage Conflict at Work
Sooner or later, almost all of us will find ourselves trying to cope with how to manage conflict at work. At the office, we may struggle to work through high-pressure situations with people with whom we have little in common. We need a special set of strategies to calm tempers, restore order, and meet each … Read More
Four Ways to Manage Conflict in the Workplace
Samantha was livid. While making a presentation during a meeting that both attended, Brad, a newcomer in her department, had shared some slides during a presentation that were clearly based on ideas for a project she’d shared with him privately—without giving her credit. Samantha angrily confronted Brad in his office after the meeting; he became … Read More
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Training: Mediation Curriculum
In 2009, we collected many types of curriculum materials from teachers and trainers who attended the Mediation Pedagogy Conference. We received general materials about classes on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as well as highly specific and idiosyncratic units like Conflict Resolution through Literature: Romeo and Juliet and a negotiating training package for female managers … Read More
In team negotiations, should you divide and conquer?
In a New Year’s Day address, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un proposed opening talks with South Korea to discuss the North’s possible participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Hoping to avoid disruption by the North, South Korean president Moon Jae-in had been calling on North Korea to send athletes to the … Read More
Conflict and Conflict Resolution at Work
In the workplace, negotiations with coworkers over issues such as project assignments, departmental funding, and vacation requests can sometimes flare into conflicts. When they do, the experience can be stressful, and the organizational outcomes sometimes suffers as a result.
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Seeking a Win-Win Negotiation? Pass the Chips and Salsa
From movie moguls hammering out film deals in Los Angeles to publishers and agents assessing each other’s tastes in New York, the “power lunch” has become a familiar institution. Across the globe, negotiators often do business over shared meals, whether out of convenience or as part of a concerted effort to get to know one … Read More
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- Business Negotiations
- Conflict Resolution
- Crisis Negotiations
- Crisis Negotiation Skills: The Hostage Negotiator’s Drill
- Hostage Negotiation Techniques for Business Negotiators
- Police Negotiation Techniques from the NYPD Crisis Negotiations Team
- What is Crisis Management in Negotiation?
- Famous Negotiations Cases – NBA and the Power of Deadlines at the Bargaining Table
- Dealing with Difficult People
- Dealmaking
- Negotiation Techniques: How to Predict a Negotiator’s Decisions
- Negotiation Skills in Business Communication – Use Chaos to Your Advantage at the Bargaining Table
- Deal-Making Negotiation Strategies: Short on Cash? Try Bartering
- How Does Mediation Work in a Lawsuit?
- Try a Contingent Contract if You Can’t Agree on What Will Happen
- Dispute Resolution
- The Right Way to Regulate Emotion in Negotiation
- 3 Negotiation Strategies for Conflict Resolution
- Win Win Negotiation Example – Change the Name of the Game
- What are the Three Basic Types of Dispute Resolution? What to Know About Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation
- Patience is a Winning Negotiation Skill for Getting What You Want at the Negotiation Table
- International Negotiation
- Leadership Skills
- Body Language in the Negotiation Process and the Impact of Gender at the Bargaining Table
- How to Negotiate in Cross-Cultural Situations
- Pope Francis and the Benefits of Servant Leadership in Negotiations
- Negotiations, Gender, and Status at the Bargaining Table
- Negotiation Skills and Bargaining Techniques from Female Executives
- Mediation
- When Michael Bloomberg and NYC Teachers Both Lost
- Undecided on Your Dispute Resolution Process? Combine Mediation and Arbitration, Known as Med-Arb
- How Mediation Can Help Resolve Pro Sports Disputes
- Mediation Checklist: What to Know When Hiring Mediators
- Definition of Mediation and the Mediation Process: The Impact of Lawyers on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- Negotiation Skills
- Body Language in Negotiation: How Facial Expressions Impact a Negotiation
- Metaphorical Negotiation and Defining Negotiation Skills
- In Preparation for Negotiation, Choose the Right Process
- 5 Common Negotiation Mistakes and How You Can Avoid Them
- Negotiation Strategies: Seek Advice from Others When Negotiating
- Negotiation Training
- Salary Negotiations
- Teaching Negotiation
- Negotiation Pedagogy Conference 2019: Register Now!
- NEW! International Investor-State Arbitration Video Course
- Teach Your Students Value Distribution with a Simulation on Solar Power
- Powerful Conflict Resolution Games to Help You Teach Negotiation
- How Negotiation Role-Play Simulations Can Help You Resolve Environmental Disputes
- Win-Win Negotiations