Workplace Conflict

From years of research and practical experience as a consultant, Jeff DeGraff has learned that when it comes to any innovation initiative, disharmony is crucial. We innovate when we disrupt, and we first have to disrupt each other.

We all need help navigating the politics of ministry. In The Politics of Ministry, Bob Burns, Tasha Chapman, and Donald Guthrie combine their long ministry experience with sociological research on the topic. Filled with real-life stories taken from a variety of ministry settings, this book sets out wise principles and practices that help us see more clearly the political dynamics at play in our churches and parachurch ministries.

For the first time in history, eight generations are alive at the same time and four of them are working side by side in today’s workplace. Whether in our everyday lives or at work, we’re all interacting across multiple generations, and yet bridging the age gap has never been more challenging.

LEARN TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT ETHICAL CHALLENGES Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees, teaches you the leadership principles that cultivate an ethical workplace and legally protect your company. Ethical challenges ranging from designing a...

Working with a horrible boss can certainly be a challenge. Throughout this book, I will try my best to help you identify and comprehend the reason behind your complicated relationship with your boss. I will then show you ways to manage the situation with your boss.

The human longing for respect and dignity is deep and pervasive. Yet, while resolving more than 300 workplace conflicts, author Anna Maravelas has met thousands of individuals struggling with tension and mistrust. Creating a Drama-Free Workplace contains strategies to avoid and reverse these troubling trends. Learn why trust and connectedness slip through our fingers despite our yearnings for workplaces that are grounded in collaboration and success.

In this book, I share my journey and how I moved from being an unfulfilled nurse, experiencing burnout mentally, emotionally, and physically, completely unfit to serve to become a fulfilled, warmhearted nurse, who is mentally fit and emotionally balanced to give the best care. What’s the secret? I learned how respect works and how it doesn’t. This is a record of an authentic journey from feeling disrespected and unworthy to finding my value and feeling worthy. I share the secrets that I have used to become the person I am today. As you will learn, respect is about you, not them.

From the cranberry bogs of Massachusetts to the classrooms of Singapore and Finland, from tiny start-ups to global engineering firms and beloved American organizations like Ocean Spray, Eileen Fisher, Gore, and Boston Scientific, Heffernan discovers ways of living and working that foster creativity, spark innovation, reinforce our social fabric, and feel so much better than winning.

Hailed by PMA, the Independent Book Publisher's Association, as a "business breakthrough" and "one of the 30 best business books of the year" by Soundview, the first edition of Working Relationships set the standard for managing conflict and developing teamwork while learning to get along with friends and foes at work. Now author Bob Wall is back with the latest research and field-tested knowledge about the critical role emotional intelligence (EQ) plays in achieving workplace and career success.

Wir sagen gemeine Dinge, wenn wir wütend sind, vor allem, wenn uns ein bestimmter Punkt sehr am Herzen liegt oder wenn wir generell eine dickköpfige Ader haben. Manchmal sagen wir sogar Dinge, die wir nicht so meinen, nur um es später zu bereuen, wenn die Person, mit der wir uns streiten, sich wirklich verletzt fühlt. Dieser Leitfaden wird Ihnen helfen, Ihre Emotionen zu beherrschen, Ihre impulsiven Reaktionen zu kontrollieren und Ihnen beibringen, wie Sie Konflikte auf ruhige, friedliche Weise lösen können, sei es am Arbeitsplatz, in der Ehe im Familien.

It’s not being negative or pessimistic to assume that something will always go wrong in business and in your career. It’s being realistic. What you do when crisis hits is the only thing matters - and this proven guide delivers everything you need to take positive action with confidence, skill, and professionalism. Frank Supovitz, the man who has been behind-the-scenes at major events like the Super Bowl, Stanley Cup, and Indy 500 guides you through the process of making sure you handle inevitable problems as if it’s something you do day in and day out.

There's no denying that our workplaces are more diverse than ever. Age, race, gender - there are so many different perspectives and experiences being brought to the table. And the best employees and leaders know that harnessing the power of these differences will build stronger teams, ideas, and organizations. But how do we do this? If we all think, feel, and act so differently, how do we get anything done?

Emotion, more than anything else, spells the difference between stellar and mediocre team performance. Fear, anger, frustration, and other negative feelings, can en danger a group's dynamic. But positive emotions have the power to transform it into a high-performance engine, where everyone operates at their peak. Their minds sharpen. They find creative solutions. They get great results.

An accessible guide showing all people how to create and sustain diversity and inclusivity in the workplace—no matter your identity, industry, or level of experience Offering real-life accounts that illustrate common workplace occurrences around inclusivity and answers to questions like “How...

John Gray, who changed the way people view gender differences with his #1 international bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, now brings his insights to the working world. In Mars and Venus in the Workplace, Gray analyzes the differences in the ways men and women misunderstand and...

Our approach to Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) is broken. We have done the same thing over and over for years, expecting better representation and more equitable treatment, all to no avail. In fact, many people still don't know exactly what D&I is. We can’t fix the mess we’re in with a 2-hour training session. Creating a world which is truly more equitable for everyone is a process. It takes time and practice.

Exactly what are the rules these days? Is it acceptable to text your boss at home? What is the polite way to ask a colleague to take a distracting conversation behind closed doors? What about the use of smartphones in meetings? Merging classic rules of behavior with new realities of modern business, Excuse Me spotlights dozens of puzzling situations, with suggestions for bridging divides.

The idea of leadership failure and derailment has been brushed under the carpet for far too long, and only now are statistics appearing on the sheer numbers who fail. Backstabbers and Bullies provides the latest psychiatric and clinical perspectives on dark-side behavior, including: recognizing and coping with overconfident, narcissistic, and psychopathic leaders; causes of leadership derailment and failure; corrupt corporate cultures; and the criminal personality.

Do you struggle to get along with your co-workers or especially one in particular? Would you like to find a way to manage your workplace conflict and reduce stress at work? Do you want to learn the skills of conflict management? Then this book is for you! Conflict at Work teaches you about the different kinds of conflict that commonly happen in the workplace and the best ways to reduce them.

This guide will enable anyone interested in business success to achieve peak performance by learning how to work more effectively with others.