Making Conflict Work : Navigating Disagreement up and Down Your Organization
Coleman, Peter T., Ferguson, Robert
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2014
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- Title
- Making Conflict Work : Navigating Disagreement up and Down Your Organization
- Author
- Coleman, Peter T., Ferguson, Robert
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Publication year
- 2014
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0544148398
- ISBN 13
- 9780544148390
- Item weight
- 1.083 pounds
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A practical guide to navigating workplace conflicts by better understanding the power dynamics at play in every interaction
Conflicts at work are as inevitable as they are frustrating. In Making Conflict Work, Peter Coleman and Robert Ferguson’s leading experts in the field of conflict resolution address the key role of power in workplace tension. Whether you’re butting heads with your boss or addressing a direct report’s complaint, your relative position of power affects how you approach conflict.
Coleman and Ferguson explain how power dynamics function, with step-by-step guidance to determining your standing in a conflict and identifying and applying the strategies that will lead to the best resolution. Drawing on the authors’ years of research and consulting experience, the book gives readers effective strategies for negotiating disputes at all levels of an organization.
Making Conflict Work includes self-assessment exercises and action plans to guide managers, mediators, consultants, and attorneys through any conflict. This powerful approach can turn workplace tensions into catalysts for creativity, innovation, and meaningful change.
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From the Back Cover
Robert B. Cialdini, author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Navigating conflict effectively is an essential component of leadership. Making Conflict Work illustrates when to compromise and when to continue driving forward.
Honorable David N. Dinkins, 106th mayor of the City of New York
This book is a necessity. As someone who has navigated the traps of power and conflict across the globe, it is refreshing to find a book that calls it what it is and offers useful advice on turning traps into prospects for change. Read it.
Leymah Gbowee, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Liberian peace activist
Making Conflict Work gives us a way to think about how we deal with conflict in hierarchical organizations. Especially helpful are the chapters that link conflict intelligence how we routinely deal with conflict to actionable strategies.
Deborah M. Kolb, professor emerita, Simmons College Graduate School of Management
Through a superb balance of interviews, case studies, and evidence-based insights, the authors provide valuable lessons on how leaders can manage conflict.
Steve Cohen, executive director, the Earth Institute, Columbia University
An innovative and practical look at how to navigate everyday disagreements to reach your goals, serving up examples of best practices drawn from the authors decades of experience helping others cope with conflict, power, and change.
Lawrence Susskind, cofounder, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School
Managers who try to suppress conflict not only make things worse, but also stifle opportunities for creative problem solving. Making Conflict Work should be essential reading for all managers.
Michael Wheeler, retired professor, Harvard Business School, and author of The Art of Negotiation
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