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Category Archives: Conflict Management Coaching

Calling a Truce

As a starting point to the subject of this week’s blog, the Oxford Dictionary (online) defines the expression “calling a truce” as “an agreement between enemies or opponents to stop fighting or arguing for a certain time”. In the middle … Continue reading

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Conflict Resolutions for 2016

If you make New Year’s resolutions, won’t you also consider the “conflict resolutions” below? This year, I will be kinder to others and to myself, too. This year, I will accept the inevitability of interpersonal conflicts and see them as … Continue reading

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Say What You Mean

Picking up on the last Conflict Mastery Quest(ions) blog “Conveying Conflict Messages Passively”, tendencies to communicate indirectly when it comes to difficult messages are not always heard with the meaning intended. This conflict-causing situation can set up a bit of … Continue reading

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Conveying Conflict Messages Passively

In an effort to not offend others, some of us say things indirectly hoping the message will be heard. It doesn’t always work and for many, can be a destructive communication that serves no purpose other than to cause undue … Continue reading

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Saying “Sorry” Too Quickly

Sometimes we say “I’m sorry” immediately after realizing we offended another person. It sort of slips out almost in the same sentence as the statement or deed that hurt someone. What happens for many is that such a quick apology … Continue reading

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