Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life: Success Tip of the Week - Mediate Conflict

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Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life Success Tip of the Week - Mediate Conflict From Susan M. Heathfield, your Guide to Human Resources Here is the current issue of Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life. What motivates the motivators? These tips do! Your Motivational Tip and your links to a short Take Action Tip and a Supporting Resource follow. Motivational Tip Quotes of the Week "When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst." --H. Allen Smith "...conflict is the primary engine of creativity and innovation. People don't learn by staring into a mirror; people learn by encountering difference." --Ronald Heifetz Take Action Tip Workplace Conflict Resolution: People Management Tips The temptation, as an organization leader, is to solve staff problems for them. After all, that's part of the reason you became a manager, isn't it? You are a good problem solver. Think about it this way, however. If you solve all the problems, are you enabling and empowering your staff members to grow? Thus, your role as mediator takes center stage. As an organization leader, manager or supervisor, you are responsible for creating a work environment that enables people to thrive. If turf wars, conflicts, disagreements and differences of opinion escalate into interpersonal conflict, you must intervene immediately. Conflict resolution, with you as mediator, is essential. Conflict resolution is an immediate priority for your organization. Supporting Resource Fight for What's Right: Ten Tips Conflict avoidance is most frequently the topic when conflict in organizations is discussed. Conflict resolution - as quickly as possible - is the second most frequent topic. This is bad news because meaningful conflict is a cornerstone in healthy, successful organizations. These tips will help you initiate and encourage positive conflict. These tips tell you how to create a work environment that encourages healthy conflict over ideas and plans - not personalities. This email is written by: Susan M. Heathfield Human Resources Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Your Tip of the Week for Success in Work and Life' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement