How to Handle Conflicts Without Losing Your Cool, Your Relationships, or Your Job

How to Handle Conflicts Without Losing Your Cool, Your Relationships, or Your Job

Why do we struggle with conflict even when we know it's important? In today's polarized and high-stakes workplace, leaders are more afraid than ever to say the wrong thing or engage in tough conversations. But avoiding conflict doesn't protect relationships, it slowly breaks them. In this episode, Bob Bordone, Senior Fellow at Harvard Law School, shares why conflict isn't something to fear, but something to practice and turn into a tool for connection. You'll learn how to build conflict resilience by recognizing your default conflict style (fight, flight, freeze, fawn, or fester), why avoidance is the "slow kill" of meaningful relationships, and how to approach disagreement with assertiveness and empathy. We also tackle how to know when to engage in conflict and when to let it go, handling workplace tension and generational differences, why most workplaces misunderstand psychological safety, and why grace—not censorship—is the antidote to cancel culture. This episode will show you why discomfort isn't something to run from and give you the mindset and tools to handle conflict with more clarity, confidence, and care.

________________

Start your day with the world's top leaders by joining thousands of others at Great Leadership on Substack. Just enter your email: ⁠⁠https://greatleadership.substack.com/

Jaksot(1191)

Ep. 23: What the Future of Work Will Look Like

Ep. 23: What the Future of Work Will Look Like

Toni Cusumano is a Principal and Technology Sector Human Capital Leader at PwC, and she and her team have been spending a lot of time exploring what the future of work is going to look like. They have...

4 Maalis 201555min

Ep. 22: Exponential Organizations

Ep. 22: Exponential Organizations

This week's episode of the future of work podcast is one of my favorites. I talk with Salim Ismail, Founding Executive Director of Singularity University, and co-author of "Exponential Organizations: ...

25 Helmi 20151h 14min

Ep. 21: Behind the Scenes of Spiceworks

Ep. 21: Behind the Scenes of Spiceworks

Spiceworks is the world's largest community of global IT professionals that come together online and offline. Spiceworks was recently named by Glassdoor as one of the world's best companies to work fo...

18 Helmi 20151h 24min

Ep.19: Overcoming the Skills Gap

Ep.19: Overcoming the Skills Gap

The "skills gap" is inarguably one of the biggest threats for modern day workplaces. Many employers say they can't fill open jobs and employees say that they aren't getting the proper education and tr...

5 Helmi 201555min

Ep 20: Corporate Culture

Ep 20: Corporate Culture

MuleSoft is another organization that was recently ranked by Glassdoor as one of the best places to work in America and they have also won plenty of other awards for being a great place to work. Accor...

2 Helmi 20151h 9min

Ep. 18: Turning the Ship Around

Ep. 18: Turning the Ship Around

How does a nuclear submarine captain take one of the lowest performing vessels and make them one of the top performing ones? David Marquet did just that and he explains how he did it in his new book, ...

28 Tammi 20151h 16min

Ep.17: The Quantified Workplace

Ep.17: The Quantified Workplace

Many people are already using technology to track things in their personal lives such as food they eat, steps they take, sleeping patterns, and much more. However, what if we took this same approach o...

21 Tammi 201559min

Ep.16: Playing to Win

Ep.16: Playing to Win

F5 Networks recently made it to "Glassdoor's prestigious list of the Top 50 Places to Work in America" and was ranked #4 out of the "large companies" category. This podcast has Staffing Director, Rich...

14 Tammi 20151h 26min

Suosittua kategoriassa Liike-elämä ja talous

sijotuskasti
mimmit-sijoittaa
rss-rahapodi
psykopodiaa-podcast
rss-rahamania
hyva-paha-johtaminen
inderespodi
ostan-asuntoja-podcast
rss-lahtijat
rss-oivalluksia-rahasta-elamasta
rahapuhetta
rss-bisnesta-bebeja
rss-sisalto-kuntoon
leadcast
oppimisen-psykologia
mihin-sita-saastais
rss-startup-ministerio
rss-rikasta-elamaa
rss-kohti-unelmia
rss-40-ajatusta-aanesta