The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook

Author : Barbara Mitchell
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1632659905
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook written by Barbara Mitchell and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2015-09-21 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's workplaces are dynamic, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that tension can develop quickly and ruinously. The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook is the ideal resource for anyone ready to confront conflict at work rather than run from it. Managed correctly, conflict can be a positive source for innovation and creativity. Using examples drawn from a wide range of corporate and entrepreneurial experiences, along with checklists and other practical tools, The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook will help employees, managers at all levels, and business owners answer the following important questions: What's changing in the workplace and the workforce today? Are the right issues being addressed? How can we create more options to solve conflicts? What's my conflict style, and why is it important? How should I set and manage expectations? What happens when disruptive behavior gets out of control? Positive interactions are critical to successful workplaces. This vital new title gives you the confidence you need to communicate effectively, as well as a clear understanding of your individual responsibility, no matter your title or role. It also gives the organization a plan for what it can do to foster a tension-free workplace.

Author : Carol Vallone
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook written by Carol Vallone and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's workplaces are dynamic, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that tension can develop quickly and ruinously. The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook is the ideal resource for anyone ready to confront conflict at work rather than run from it. Managed correctly, conflict can be a positive source for innovation and creativity.

Author : Marick Francis Masters
Publisher : Amacom Books
ISBN 13 : 9780814406298
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide to Conflict Resolution in the Workplace written by Marick Francis Masters and published by Amacom Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People thrive on conflict in most areas of their lives - football games, political debates, legal disputes - yet steer clear from workplace conflicts. But conflict is actually a healthy way to challenge the existing order and essential to change in the workplace. The real problem is not conflict per se, but managing conflict. This authoritative manual explains step by step how to design a complete conflict resolution system and develop the skills to implement it. Packed with exercises, case studies, and checklists, the book also supplies: * an overview of workplace conflict * diagnostic tools for measuring it * techniques for resolving conflict, such as negotiation, labor/management partnerships, third-party dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration, more." "

Author : Barbara Mitchell
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1632659069
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book written by Barbara Mitchell and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference to help business leaders and human resources managers dissolve office disputes and foster dialogue with employees. Ouch! Did I really say that? What was I thinking? It’s uncomfortable to go into a tenuous situation blind and fumbling for words. That’s why people run from conflict. Rather than avoid these situations, The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book can help you prepare for and embrace them. Sometimes you just need a prompt to say the right thing, and that’s what this book will do. Using it you’ll learn: Positive things to say when initiating or responding to difficult conversations and situations How to find and craft language to start a sensitive conversation The right words to positively influence the situation The more you practice, the better you’ll become. Having this book at your fingertips will give you the confidence that the words will come out right. The Conflict Resolution Phrase Book is a natural complement to the author’s previous book, The Essential Workplace Conflict Handbook. “Barbara and Cornelia take the fear out of managing conflict and difficult conversations.” —Adam Bowman, MA. PHR “A ready resource on how to talk differently to get different results when managing conflict. It is a must have for the manager or HR professional.” —Marsha Hughes-Rease, MSOD, PCC, CAPT/NC/USN/Ret., Quo Vadis Coaching and Consulting, LLC

Author : Vivian Scott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0730319504
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies written by Vivian Scott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-12-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resolving conflict in the workplace? No problem! Working your way through a conflict in the office can present unexpected challenges, but there's no need to feel unprepared — Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies has you covered! In the book, you'll find practical, expert guidance on various approaches to negotiating and mediating a successful resolution for you and your team. You'll get coverage of negotiation techniques, mediation methods and solutions for managers and employees dealing with workplace conflict, and tons of tips on building and maintaining successful teams to work through existing conflicts and help avoid future disturbances. Encouraging colleagues to work together toward a common goal is an essential skill that all successful business professionals must possess. Rather than resorting to arguments, surrendering, running away or filing a complaint, this resource shows you how to address uncomfortable conflict in the workplace head-on, giving you the tools and advice you need to restore peace, prevent conflicts from ever starting in the first place, and maintain better productivity while boosting morale. Offers clear instruction for addressing conflicts, resolving disputes and restoring peace and productivity to the workplace Helps you find a solution and explore positive means for resolving conflicts Illustrates how working through problems within your team makes the workplace the positive environment it should be Provides guidance on developing the key negotiation and mediation skills you need to create a harmonious workplace Whether you're new to managing professionals, working your way up the corporate ladder or just want to brush up on your knowledge base, Workplace Conflict Resolution Essentials For Dummies has everything you need to ensure your workplace environment is positive and productive!

Author : David B. Lipsky
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Emerging Systems for Managing Workplace Conflict written by David B. Lipsky and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2003-04-25 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging Systems of Managing Workplace Conflict presents illustrative real-life examples as well as cutting-edge methods and tools for integrating systems of dispute resolution into standard corporate procedures. This vital resource investigates the systems organizations have developed to manage common and costly workplace conflicts involving supervisor-employee relationships; race, age, and gender discrimination complaints; sexual harassment; occupational safety and health; reasonable accommodation of the disabled; and wrongful termination as well as other problems stemming from governmental regulations and court actions. Drawing on the authors' vast research and frontline experience with a wide variety of corporations and organizations, this important book examines successful responses to universal workplace problems and conflicts. In addition, the book is filled with illuminating case examples and stories from organizations, such as Brown and Root, Kaufman and Broad, Warner Brothers, Universal-Studios, Kaiser Permanente, the United States Postal Service, Johnson & Johnson, Shell, Prudential, and others, that have instituted systems of dispute resolution in response to ongoing destructive conflict, expensive litigation, and crippling settlements. This book offers an enormously useful approach for the application of the most up-to-date systems of organizational conflict resolution and shows how this approach can work in specific situations to save time and money.

Author : Sharon Armstrong
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 160163868X
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Essential HR Handbook written by Sharon Armstrong and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2008-08-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a newly promoted manager, a seasoned business owner, or a human resources professional, knowing the ins and outs of dealing with HR issues is critical to your success. The Essential HR Handbook is a quick-reference guide that sheds light on the issues that keep managers up at night. It is filled with information, tools, tips, checklists, and road maps to guide managers and HR professionals through the maze of people and legal issues, from recruiting and retaining the best employees to terminating poor performers. With this book, You'll learn how to effectively and efficiently: Individually manage each employee, starting on his or her first day. Manage a multi-generational workforce. Appraise job performance. Coach and counsel. Provide equitable pay, benefits, and total rewards strategies. Identify legal pitfalls and stay out of court. The Essential HR Handbook is the one HR guide every manager needs on his or her desk!

Author : David Liddle
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0749480890
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Conflict written by David Liddle and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2017-09-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conflict in the workplace is a perennial problem for organizations. Whether it's a disagreement between colleagues, a dispute with management or large-scale industrial action, conflict negatively affects both people and profits as employee morale and productivity fall. Endorsed by the CIPD, Managing Conflict is an essential guide for HR professionals needing to tackle these problems by not only resolving current issues, but also preventing future instances of conflict. Going beyond interpersonal conflict, the book also looks at resolving board room disputes, disputes with shareholders, in the supply chain, commercial disputes and customer complaints. The first part of Managing Conflict covers the causes and costs of conflict, the impact of the psychological contract and the legal framework for managing workplace disputes both in the UK and internationally. The second part of the book provides a blueprint for redefining resolution and building a culture of constructive conflict management, from designing a conflict management strategy and developing a formal resolution process to embedding mediation, engaging stakeholders and training managers in resolution and mediation skills. This book also includes conflict resolution toolkits for managers, HR teams, employees and unions to help tackle conflict and bullying at work. Packed with best practice case studies from major UK and global organizations, this is an indispensable guide for all HR professionals looking to resolve conflict in the workplace. Online supporting resources include a conflict health check tool, conflict cost calculator, and checklist for developing an internal mediation scheme.

Author : Jack G. Montgomery
Publisher : American Library Association
ISBN 13 : 9780838908907
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conflict Management for Libraries written by Jack G. Montgomery and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2005 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a research survey, the expert authors examined the comon causes of workplace conflict in libraries. The authors have developed 17 scenarios of conflict, along with realistic ways to manage them.

Author : Mary Scannell
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071743669
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Big Book of Conflict Resolution Games: Quick, Effective Activities to Improve Communication, Trust and Collaboration written by Mary Scannell and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2010-05-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make workplace conflict resolution a game that EVERYBODY wins! Recent studies show that typical managers devote more than a quarter of their time to resolving coworker disputes. The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games offers a wealth of activities and exercises for groups of any size that let you manage your business (instead of managing personalities). Part of the acclaimed, bestselling Big Books series, this guide offers step-by-step directions and customizable tools that empower you to heal rifts arising from ineffective communication, cultural/personality clashes, and other specific problem areas—before they affect your organization's bottom line. Let The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games help you to: Build trust Foster morale Improve processes Overcome diversity issues And more Dozens of physical and verbal activities help create a safe environment for teams to explore several common forms of conflict—and their resolution. Inexpensive, easy-to-implement, and proved effective at Fortune 500 corporations and mom-and-pop businesses alike, the exercises in The Big Book of Conflict-Resolution Games delivers everything you need to make your workplace more efficient, effective, and engaged.