Conflict and harmony

In my coaching work, I have come across teams where some of the team members are stuck in entrenched conflict.

Conflict is rife throughout any organization, but there are two kinds of conflict, and that makes all the difference.

Some teams have unhealthy conflict, and it is always personal in nature. The other person is viewed as the problem.

But teams that have healthy conflict are focused on problems and finding solutions to those problem.

Conflict is inevitable.

Human beings are hard-wired for conflict.

But what is so amazing is that we are also hard-wired for harmony.

And under the right conditions, people will begin to move to the same side of the table, and where they may have once viewed the other as the problem, they begin to see that together, they can solve the problem.

This is a magical process.

Possibilities begin to come into view that were not previously visible.

There’s a good chance that you are involved in a conflict at the moment, or in the recent past.

Have you been able to define the problem?

And if in your mind, the other person is the problem, how will you move to work with them and define the problem as something you can tackle together?

Love,

Audrey