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How Do You De-Escalate a Conflict in Any Situation?

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Human brains tend to react quickly and negatively as soon as they feel threatened. Out of three brains, the reptilian brain – known as the amygdala causes you to fight-flight or freeze whenever dangerous situation approaches. When you’re in a conflict situation, the amygdala kicks in. As a result, you escalate the situation. Fortunately, this situation can be avoided by practice and you can control the amygdala. Please take a look at this topic to understand the ways to avoid escalation, the physical impacts of escalation and the ways to de-escalate the situation when it becomes escalated: Generally, you can get angry within a few seconds. Whenever you get angry, the chemicals released in the blood stream can remain with you for 6-8 hours. Therefore, it’s highly suggested that you should never let yourself become angry. Whenever any potentially verbal or physically explosive situation happens, verbal de-escalation is a must. There are three ste
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Collaborative Approach – An Effective Conflict Resolution Strategy to Look Upon!

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“Conflict” the term is often considered as a negative factor in every aspect of life, be it workplace or personal. However, the truth is even the top-run companies with the most responsive and employee-friendly environments too experience conflict . Conflict is one of the essential constituents of effective human interaction. Despite the negative implications that the term holds, the conflict has its benefits as well. When conflicts are managed in a proper way, innovative and diversified ideas generate. By expressing views and listening to the differing opinions logically and comfortably, team relationships get better and stronger. Further, the ideas that evolve out of these discussions and the relationships hence formed, lead to higher productivity as well as bigger profits for the business. Conclusion: The Collaboration Effect® enhances relationships, resources and revenues by developing relationships, actively listening, educating participants and collaborating clo
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Strengthening an Organization – Infusing Team Building Activities

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"None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful." – Mother Teresa "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." – Henry Ford "Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships." – Michael Jordan All these quotes point out one thing i.e.; teamwork is the key to succeed any battle (not literally). However, for that, a leader needs to build their team first. Building a good team does not imply hiring a self-acknowledged team player! One should instead focus on building high-performance teams with highly-capable members. What Is Team Building? Team building means an environment where planning, analyzing, and decision making is done in a cooperative and better way. Team building encourages excellent communication and cooperation, which further gives a boost to the bottom line
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Conflicts at Workplace – Common Sources and Resolution!

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Conflicts are an inevitable reality of every organization. Conflicts at times help in bringing out the best and most creative ideas from both the parties, and that is healthy! However, if negative conflicts are left unchecked, these can lead to miserable working conditions and ultimately hamper productivity. That is why it is essential for organizations to make every possible effort to resolve negative conflicts efficiently and quickly. For finding solutions one needs to be aware of and understand the causes behind the conflict. Some of common conflict sources at workplaces include competition for resources, position of any employee, relationships with higher authority, co-workers as well as customers, and personality conflicts. But if conflicts are managed properly, then it can add value to the organization. Otherwise negative conflicts can affect the work environment adversely. If you are looking for a dynamic, interactive, educational and entertaining speaker book Mike
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