Conflict Resolution: Asserting How You Feel
This is from the Conflict Resolution Network http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_2
Learning to come to problems with I Statements is a skill that can be hard at first to learn. We often are angry and we may say ‘you did not listen to me you are rude’. Rather than ‘I do not feel heard when you are looking… Continue reading
Conflict Resolution: Are You Listening?
Empathy is a very important value that enables a person to stand in the other person’s shoes. It is to imagine what they are feeling and to find ways to meet in the middle. We can understand how another may be feeling but we are not feeling their feelings. Empathy is a way of really… Continue reading
Conflict Resolution: Winners and Learners
http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_2
I love the statement below that says winners and learners. I think this could be applied across society. I am always interested in those who have explored who dare to think outside of the box who turn problems into possibilities, these are creative approaches that are fearless. Real courage is not avoidance or dominance… Continue reading
Conflict Resolution: Real Leadership is Win/Win
The concept of win/win diverges from traditional societal beliefs about conflict where one should win and one should lose. We have enshrined within our cultural stories of the hero, the more intelligent one winning the argument, winning the race, winning the case (legal system), pass/fail (school) and success/failure (life). Activities of life couched in win/lose,… Continue reading
Conflict Resolution: Conflict is Normal
This is a page from the Conflict Resolution Network website http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_2.
The challenge is to not avoid conflict but to embrace it as an opportunity. To see it as an insight into who you really are. In truth, even those difficult people, do give us insights into ourselves. How we handle criticism, how we face… Continue reading
Conflict Resolution One of the Keys to World Peace
I’d like to introduce you to the Conflict Resolution Network. I met Stella Cornelius who started the Conflict Resolution Network. She also was on a UN Committee during the International Year of Peace (1986) and was involved with numerous initiatives to promote a peaceful world. She believed wholeheartedly in a win/win approach, she dedicated her… Continue reading