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Workplace Conflict Management Course — Session Four

Improve approaches to workplace conflict with confidential cohort of managers & supervisors. Using text, discussion, role play and case studies – course is interactive.

This 10-session course uses the book:  Conflict Management in the Workplace: How to manage disagreements and develop trust and understanding by Shay and Margaret McConnon.

Spring 2023 – 10 sessions

Dates: 3/1, 3/8, 3/15, 3/22, 3/29, 4/5, 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3
Wednesdays
9 - 10:30 AM
1.5 hours
Topic and Chapter and Case study participant Core terms & Skills
Session One
March 1, 2023
Intro to Conflict Management in the Workplace
Planning together for the Cohort
• Conflict
• Win-win
Session Two
March 8, 2023
Conflict as Learning
Chapter One: How the View Explains our Differences
• Perspective
• Self Awareness
Session Three
March 15, 2023
Conflict as Opportunity for Growth
Chapter Two: Differences in Personality Types
• Neutrality
• Mutuality
Session Four
March 22, 2023
The Inevitability of Conflict
Chapter Three: Fight the Difference or Celebrate it?
• Conflict Positive
• Goal Setting
Session Five
March 29, 2023
Open, Wide Awake approach to conflict
Chapter Four: Are you Building a Bridge or a Barrier?
• Collaboration
• Reframing
Session Six
April 5, 2023
We all can learn to manage our feelings
Chapter Five: Understand and Manage your Feelings
• Emotional intelligence
• Limbic System
Session Seven
April 12, 2023
Better negotiation leads to resolved conflicts
Video Ury: Updated negotiation for the 21st Century
• Positions
• Interests/Needs
Session Eight
April 19, 2023
Analyzing conflict, countering the avoidance tendency
Chapter Six: Develop Skills and Increase Your Choices
• Active Listening
• Non-judgmental
Session Nine
April 26, 2023
The conflict management flow, step by step
Chapter 7: Four Steps to Resolution
• Self determination
• Open-ended questions
Session Ten
May 3, 2023
Handle conflict or it will handle you
Chapter 8: Preventing Conflict
• Culture
• Structures & Rituals
Earlier Event: March 18
Bowling Fundraiser
Later Event: March 22
Role Play