How do you handle conflict at work?
Conflict. Just the word makes our insides tie themselves in knots. We have such a disdain for it, that we avoid it at every turn. But what happens to our relationships when we avoid conflict? And our work outcomes?
It turns out that when we don’t share our disagreements, it hurts both our relationships and our work outcomes. If we can’t talk about the hard stuff, then our relationships can’t advance past the superficial. And if we can’t break through the superficial to the real meaty topics, there’s no way we can come up with innovative and creative solutions to the world’s biggest problems. Perhaps most importantly, though, we are left feeling “empty” because we are lacking true human connection and the intrinsic reward we feel when we do good work.
Disagreement and conflict, when offered up with respect and patience, are the glue that hold us together. They allow us to consider new and better ways of doing things and help us get better together.
So what will you do in your workplace to encourage disagreement? How will you move yourself and your teams away from superficial topics to something more “real”, more vulnerable, and more rewarding?
Inspiration article: https://hbr.org/2018/01/why-we-should-be-disagreeing-more-at-work?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=hbr&utm_source=linkedin&tpcc=orgsocial_edit
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