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Back to Search47 Train your brain for conflict competence
Season 2 Episode 47
Your brain uses your senses to collect data, interpret the information, make a risk assessment, and report to you at the speed of thought. Your brain…
1 year, 7 months ago
46 How to decide whether to engage in, ignore or avoid conflict
Season 2 Episode 46
Your values and many other factors influence your decision to engage with conflict, how you engage, or if you won't engage. You have more choices tha…
1 year, 7 months ago
45 How empathy mapping builds conflict competence
Season 2 Episode 45
When you understand another person, conversations can flow. Perhaps you've heard the expression: 'meet people where they are' and wondered how to do …
1 year, 7 months ago
44 How to fix talking past each other
Season 2 Episode 44
Some conversations just miss; you aren't on the same wavelength, no one seems to listen, and you feel verbally attacked. There are two conflict compe…
1 year, 7 months ago
43 What conflict competent tools deal with bullies?
Season 2 Episode 43
Bullies exert power over someone, perhaps to achieve a goal, and perhaps that goal is simple intimidation for selfish rewards. The bully's target has…
1 year, 7 months ago
42 How assumptions, beliefs and intentions interact in conflicts
Season 2 Episode 42
Intentions are invisible. We predict and assume what someone intends, and then act as if what we believe is true. Game on for conflict. There are con…
1 year, 7 months ago
41 How to be conflict competent when provoked
Season 2 Episode 41
There are many common statements that trigger conflict. We give strategies for how you can respond when someone pushes your buttons.
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1 year, 7 months ago
40 Are any ghosts haunting your conflict?
Season 2 Episode 40
If someone is trying to insert themselves into your conflict, they're like a conflict ghost. They aren't parties to the conflict, but they want to in…
1 year, 7 months ago
39 Why you might be reluctant to apologize
Season 2 Episode 39
Is there a downside to apologizing? What if your apology isn't accepted? We discuss the conflict competence you gain when you take a chance to offer …
1 year, 8 months ago
38 What's more effective than calling out someone you disagree with?
Season 2 Episode 38
It's fast and easy to call out someone for an opinion or action, but is it effective? There are more conflict competent and effective steps than call…
1 year, 8 months ago