The 5 Kinds of Conflict Resolution
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The 5 Kinds of Conflict Resolution

Conflict. Nobody wants to deal with it. Everybody has to sometimes. So how do you deal with it well? We’re on a mission to become more effective communicators, so how do effective communicators approach an interpersonal conflict? In today’s post, we’ll look at the five different styles of conflict resolution and discuss why one of those five is almost always the right choice.

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Giving & Receiving Feedback Effectively
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Giving & Receiving Feedback Effectively

You have to give constructive criticism to a member of your team. How are you going to do it? Giving feedback is hard. And that’s largely because receiving feedback is hard. How can you be firm enough to get results when offering constructive criticism but kind enough to not end up hurting someone’s feelings? How can you motivate the people around you to do better when you first have to tell them that they’re not doing as well as you want them to be?

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Becoming a Better Listener
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Becoming a Better Listener

How do you know when someone is listening to you? Most of the time it’s pretty easy to tell. Someone who’s listening to you—really listening to you—makes eye contact, they give feedback by nodding or mirroring your facial expressions. Someone who’s listening to you interacts, sometimes asking additional questions or affirming their agreement with you.

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Overcoming Challenges in Communication
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Overcoming Challenges in Communication

When it comes to communication, there are many challenges that we face every day. Effective communication does not happen accidentally; we have to work at it with intentionality and perseverance! Today, we’ll look at three of the most common obstacles that disrupt our communication with others, and we’ll see what steps we can take to avoid them.

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