Posts Tagged ‘conflict’

How to Be Offended

I teach things that many find offensive. Whether it's articles containing racist language in my "Gender, Race, and Class" course or descriptions of oral insemination as part of the Sembia male's coming-of-age rituals in my anthropology course, I know that some students are going to be offended, sometimes deeply.

Over the years, I've come to view offense as a particularly useful state of being – but only when the offense one… Continue reading

May 11 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: conflict, learning, offense, personal growth | 25 comments»

How to Confidently Handle Festive Family Friction

Help me Steve! The kids, my husband, getting the house ready, the cooking, the shopping plus full-time work - I've got everything to do for Christmas, I'm already running around like a mad thing and time's fast running out! Plus my husband's parents are coming over for the first time and I don't get on with his Mum at all. So Christmas Day itself is going to be… Continue reading

December 10 2008 | By Steve | Tagged: christmas, confident, conflict, family, holiday, personal-development, self-help, stress | 2 comments»

Don’t Be Eeyore

One of the barriers to a happy, effective life is the way that we create negativity in our daily affairs. We swap stories of adversity -- the store clerk that was rude to you, the boss that never recognizes your contribution, the accident we saw on our way into work -- as a way of passing time, of connecting with each other. We kick ourselves for procrastinating… Continue reading

July 25 2007 | By Dustin | Tagged: conflict, negativity, worry | 18 comments»

When Personalities Clash

Unfortunately, we have all had to work with someone that we can't stand at one point or another. It is particularly frustrating when that person is either: your boss, a family member, or a colleague. Psychology Today provides insight about how to handle working with someone that has a drastically different personality than you. The following are the take aways: Resist recruiting allies. It's reassuring to… Continue reading

January 23 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: attitude, conflict, Management, stress | no comments»

Five Types of Conflict Management

Reg Adkins at Elemental Truths and our regular guest contributor has done a great series at his blog on conflict management. Everyone has their own way to deal with conflict, there are five of them:

Collaborating
Competing
Avoiding
Harmonizing
Compromising

There is not one type superior than other, but it is all depends the people, environment and the context. However there is probably one style that is usually utilized in many situations. Find out your type… Continue reading

December 1 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: conflict, Management | 1 comment»