Tamekki Davis, Lora K, Tony Looney, Chiquita Mack, Joshua Timmons
LDR/531
Jorge Pedroza
June 7, 2015
Conflict Resolution As a manager, you will encounter situations that may not be very comfortable to confront and resolve. Situations such as gossip, employees who are difficult to deal with or who are dissatisfied, and stress on the job are just a few problems that may require a manage to resolve conflict in the workplace. A negative attitude that starts with one employee can infect the entire team and sometimes an entire company (Duggan, 2015). Part of being a successful leader is knowing how to resolve conflict as soon as it starts and knowing how to prevent negativity from spreading. Learning how to handle conflict confidently is a key component to being a successful manager. A major way to avoid conflict is to understand the causes and develop methods for managing potential negative outcomes (Schamotta, 2015). Negotiation is one of the most effective ways to decrease conflict. Conflict management and negotiation techniques are important skills that leaders and managers must develop. Below, we have listed scenarios along with different ways to handle conflict and negativity in the workplace.
Storybook 1:
How would you react when a team member is being vague and trying to spin bad news to sound more positive, thereby making it harder for the team to actually approach and resolve the issue?
Correspondence with each other is a fundamental apparatus for a team's prosperity when cooperating as a group. At the point when a teammate decides to be shifty, sugar coat issues, or issues with a task it can bring about a missed due date or disappointments relying upon how terrible the issue is. On the off chance that an issue emerges, the best thing to do is talk about it with the whole group immediately to permit time to address the issue and think of a resolution (Clinchy, 1994).
How could you encourage someone to continue to voice his