The key is prevention.  A major role of fire departments is not only to fight fires – but also to prevent those fires.  Work to anticipate to prevent as well as deal with conflicts and situations of conflict.

What may be a small event – well under stress will get magnified and worse.  Its like giving kerosene to an arsonist.

Try not to have events and conflicts run up and grow in the workplace .  Work ahead of time to soothe nerves .  Plan ahead.  Do not leave events or planning for the last moment. It only compounds and gets much much worse.

This is the lesson of life.

Below are some workplace conflict resolution posts - events you may want to take notice of – where a lot more is covered than the role of facial expressions an behavior.

While we have to recognize the presence or potential of conflict before we can do something about it, we also need to know what, in terms of workplace conflict resolution strategies we should employ. Here are some.

• Win Us » Workplace Conflict Resolution: What s Creating Workplace … – HOME Win Us Click on the network recorded live! Replaceable Text Workplace Conflict Resolution: What. Dig It   |   Add To Del. A radio interviewer recently asked me if I thought there was more conflict in the workplace today than in the past.
• Workplace Conflict Resolution Begins With Identification of … - When you think of conflict – what do you think of first, the cause or the effects? When you think about workplace conflict – what comes to your mind first – discomfort, embarrassment, tears, agitation, & frustration, or money being …
• Registration now open for March conflict resolution retreat – A few more posts on this topic:. March 2009 conflict zen retreat; Your next step: reserve your retreat lodging; Conflict Zen retreats; Events; Upcoming workplace conflict resolution events.
• Workplace Conflict Resolution Strategies – Workplace conflict resolution strategies may seem like an esoteric topic for a consultant to write on, but I want to share a secret with you: sometimes there’s conflict—boatloads of internal conflict—that gets in the way of employees …
• Are There Behaviors That Show Us That Conflict is Present?

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