What to Do if You Witness Colleagues Fighting

What to Do if You Witness Colleagues Fighting

This is part 3 in a four-part series about what to do when you witness dysfunction on your team. Each post provides a better alternative to being a hapless bystander. In the first post, we talked about how to help if the boss is bullying your colleague. In the second,...
How to Tell if Your Work Conflict is Healthy

How to Tell if Your Work Conflict is Healthy

I have been in the throes of helping a client with their strategic planning process. I love this work, but you might be wondering why someone with a Ph.D. in organizational psychology is of any use in facilitating strategy. The answer is that strategy is all about...
The Steps to Resolve a Conflict at Work

The Steps to Resolve a Conflict at Work

Have you found yourself in a workplace conflict with no idea how to get out? Read on for constructive options you can use to work through the issue in a way that provides not only a workable solution but also a way of repairing any damage that might have been done to...
Productive Versus Unproductive Conflict Resolution

Productive Versus Unproductive Conflict Resolution

You could probably benefit from more conflict in your life. Does that sound strange? Backward? Misguided? I’ve spent 15 years advising teams, and 90% of those teams started performing more effectively when they had conflict more frequently. And as the team members...