Today we dive into the super comfortable topic of CONFLICT! Excited? Probably not, most of us avoid conflict. We don’t love it either AND it’s a part of life, especially the life of a leader. As a leader, you’re managing multiple perspectives as well as your own so a conflict of opinions is not only likely, it’s inevitable. How you handle it is critical to your ability to communicate well within your team while maintaining trust.
While avoidance may seem simpler at the onset, finding respectful ways to deal with the conflict as a team will help your team grow and be healthier. But how do we grow through conflict?
Because of how we’re wired, we’ll often have different points of tension within a team and that’s okay. We need to name and remove shame for how we deal with conflict differently while recognizing our shared desire to win as a culture and a company.
Join us this week to hear some tips on modeling healthy conflict as well as building winning conflict strategies within your team. And then make sure you listen next week as we continue to part two of Growing Through Conflict.
At the Grounding and Growing Leadership podcast, we believe that everyone is a leader and that leadership starts with you. Join Tara Gronhovd, Gallup Certified Clifton Strengths Coach and e2Grow High Performing Team Coach, and Pamela Nelson, Certified Leadership Coach, Counselor and Spiritual Director, as we navigate conversations to grow you and your teams on your leadership journeys.
CliftonStrengths (aka Strengthsfinder) is an assessment that is based on positive psychology and measures core motivations. It’s an extremely powerful tool for personal and professional development as well as improving team dynamics. You will hear us reference Strengths frequently in our podcasts. If you are interested in learning more and taking the CliftonStrengths assessment for you or your team, please reach out to tara@aligntransform.com.
Comments or questions about this episode? Ideas for future podcast topics and guests? We’d love to hear from you!
Resources: Counselor’s Corner with Jim Cress
Workplace Conflict Data: CPP Global Human Capital Report
Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships by Jayson Gaddis
Interested in the FANOS exercise? Email tara@aligntransform.com and we’ll be happy to email you a PDF!
