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Welcome to the Junior League Conflict Mode Workshop. Presented by BJ Fuller Holmberg, Ph. D. Organizational Consultant October 25, 2005 San Francisco. Conflict Situation where your concerns or desires differ from another’s.
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Welcome to the Junior League Conflict Mode Workshop Presented by BJ Fuller Holmberg, Ph. D. Organizational Consultant October 25, 2005 San Francisco Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Conflict Situation where your concerns or desires differ from another’s Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Five Modes for Handling ConflictAdapted from the Thomas-Kilman Conflict Mode Instrument Competing Collaborating High Assertiveness Compromising Low Avoiding Accommodating Low High Cooperativeness
Steps for Finding a Collaborative Solution • Create an effective atmosphere • Clarify perceptions • Focus on individual and shared needs • Build shared positive power • Look to the future; learn from the past • Generate options • Develop “doables” – stepping stones to action • Make mutual-benefit agreements • From the Eight Essential Steps to Conflict Resolution, Dudley Weeks Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Criticism has the power to do good when there is something that must be destroyed, dissolved or reduced, but it is capable only of harm when there is something to be built. Carl Jung Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Giving Feedback SBI (Situation-Behavior-Impact) • Describe the Situation • Describe the Behavior • Describe the Impact Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Top 10 Feedback Mistakes • Judge individuals not actions • Too vague • Speaks for others • Sandwich negative feedback between positive messages • Exaggerated • Psychoanalyzes motives • Goes on too long • Contains an implied threat • Inappropriate humor • Question, not a statement Adapted from materials from Center for Creative Leadership Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use
Skill Building • Practice giving feedback using the SBI model in a non-threatening situation to build your skills • Pay attention to how you typically give feedback (at home, to the kids, at work, to friends) and see if you habitually make any of the top 10 mistakes; work on doing feedback differently if you do • Choose a conflict that’s worth the time and effort to come to a collaborative solution and try out the Eight Steps Developed By BJ Buzz - Restricted Use