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Category Archives: Avoiding

Avoiding Conflict

In my work as a conflict management coach, many clients admit a tendency to avoid conflict. When faced with situations they want to resolve somehow, there is a sense of helplessness and lack of confidence and competence to know how … Continue reading

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RUNNING AWAY FROM CONFLICT

For this fourth Tuesday of August (as I am taking some holiday time), please find below the fourth most popular blog from 2015. If you are inclined, please provide your comments on why you think this one was so well-received. … Continue reading

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Avoiding Conflict

Sometimes avoiding conflict is prudent. Many times though, doing so serves no purpose other than to build resentment. It takes courage to face the other person and ourselves and make the effort to reconcile differences that may initially seem irreconcilable. … Continue reading

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

When it comes to some interpersonal conflicts the expression let sleeping dogs lie may be used to mean “to leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past”. Certainly … Continue reading

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Bury Your Head in the Sand

It’s not likely that burying our heads in the sand when in conflict helps to solve matters, mend the relationship, or clarify assumptions and perceptions. Sometimes though it may be the best tact. The expression “bury your head in the … Continue reading

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