By: Sara Barnes
It’s been a whirlwind month and with all the pressing matters, both personal and professional, I haven’t found the quiet time I need to write.
I’ve been collecting graphics about various self-improvement topics. Conflict resolution in all its forms involves people working toward making things better—often including the hard work toward self-improvement. I hope these are helpful for you in your journey.
Here they are, in no particular order:
Managing Stress—Less stress, less unresolved conflict. Stress can feed conflict.
Communicating effectively—We all need to get better at saying what we mean.
Self-confidence—With confidence, we can face conflicts and keep ourselves on track.
Time Management––Conflicts involve aspects of time. More time management = less conflict.
Being Resilient—Change is challenging; build your resilience muscles, reduce conflict.
Managing Your Brain—Our amazing human brain is our biggest asset to help resolve conflict.
Personal Control—Understanding what you do/don’t control helps with conflict analysis.
Body Language—A huge percentage of conflict is affected by body language choices.
Handling Your Biases—Biases = conflict, but there is much that can be done to help.
Improving Your Memory—Keeping track of details helps to avoid conflicts.
Overcoming Obstacles—Obstacles are not always conflicts if we reframe our thinking.
Building Trust—Conflict is more easily resolved when trust is built or rebuilt.
Being a Leader—We all have leadership capacity; positive leaders can prevent conflicts.
Emotional Intelligence—The more work in this area, the stronger the conflict resolver.
Making a Difference—We all want to make helpful changes for the better.
Understanding other Generations—More work on biases; information helps.
Learning Organizations—Blame and shame can be replaced with learning and teamwork.
Read the full version of this Mediation Musings essay here.
