Last Updated on Apr 7, 2020 by James W
Have you ever been in a conflict with your colleagues? Would you want to put an end to ever this happen again, but it seems that this will never be like that? Well, you might be quite correct here – conflicts are inevitable from time to time. Due to stress, lack of cooperation and many other reasons there to be mentioned, tension appears and before it has to deal with anything, it needs to be shared with the others. Thus, we have conflicts, we have rumours and we have a bad time. Even though we cannot stop them, we can at least make them smaller. These being said, in case you are looking forward to knowing more concerning the subject, make sure to stick with us and keep an eye onto the following lines in order to meet the top 3 tips on handling conflicts while at work!
- Don’t Take Parts – Be Neutral
Like Switzerland has been throughout time, in conflicts it is so much better to be neutral – especially if it is not about you directly. By this way, once the conflict is over, you will not suffer the effects (that will be plenty, once you feel them on your own skin). Thus, you will be all good!
- Think Rational
Since we are humans, we have this capacity of thinking in a rational way. For this incentive, it is utterly important to make sure you understand the conflict and the cause of it – since it is what is the most important. On the other hand, rationality implies no rush at all, so make sure you keep following these steps to make the best out of it.
- Focus on the Real Problem, not the People
Did you know that another major problem we all seem to interfere with is that we are rarely focusing on the real problem and instead, we set our eyes on the people? Rumouring and talking bad about one each other is definitely not the best thing for it. Instead, you might be interested on looking into the problem, the causes and later about how it turned out that someone has managed it wrongly. By this way, until you know it the conflict is solved and everyone is back to work, until another one comes across. Still, this happens when we are in a collective – and unfortunately we don’t choose the colleagues at work, but the company.
