Resolving conflicts at work : eight strategies for everyone on the job /
Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith ; foreword by Warren Bennis.
- Rev. ed.
- San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, c2005.
- xxxix, 340 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes index.
Understand the culture and context of conflict -- Listen actively, empathetically, and responsively -- Acknowledge and integrate emotions to solve problems -- Search beneath the surface for hidden meaning -- Separate what matters from what's in the way -- Stop rewarding and learn from difficult behaviors -- Solve problems creatively, plan strategically, and, negotiate collaboratively -- explore resistance, mediate, and design systems for prevention and resolution.