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Unlocking Success: How Senior Leadership Transforms Start-ups into Thriving Businesses

N2Growth Blog

These individuals often come with a higher price tag than younger, less experienced employees. They may also have different ideas and approaches than the young entrepreneurs who founded the company, which can lead to conflicts and disagreements. Of course, bringing on senior leadership has its challenges.

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5 Times It’s Better to Say No

Let's Grow Leaders

A close second to expectation violations , the inability to say no is one of the top sources of intrapersonal and interpersonal conflict in organizations. You’ve outlined the project and the deliverables, but the “just one more” requests keep getting tagged on, without renegotiated deadlines or compensation.

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Trusted Leaders Build High-Trust Cultures

The Practical Leader

Nine-year-old third base player, Juan Miguel, fielded a ground ball and tried to tag a runner going from second to third base. The umpire, Laura Benson, called the runner out, but young Juan immediately ran to her side and said, “Ma’am, I didn’t tag the runner.” “Did you tag the runner?”

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How to Tell If a Conflict is Good or Bad | Guy Harris: The.

The Recovering Engineer

In fact some conflict can actually be good. The difference is whether the conflict is constructive or destructive. The difference is whether the conflict is constructive or destructive. The challenge is that the emotional energy, body language, and other external signs of the conflict can look the same to an outside observer.

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Three Actions You Can Take to De-escalate Conflicts | Guy Harris.

The Recovering Engineer

In this post, I’m expanding on three of the actions with some additional thoughts on how to put them to work in your conflict resolution repertoire. Here are three things you can do in virtually any conflict situation to improve the outcome. You might not be totally at fault for the challenge that led to the conflict.

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Task-Oriented vs People-Oriented: A Common Source of Conflict.

The Recovering Engineer

We did not get into a conflict over this situation because we were both able to adjust our communication styles (word choice, tone, etc) to better connect with each other. The misinterpretation of intent that often comes from this simple difference in perspective and approach can create some pretty intense conflicts.

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Communication Tips: Connecting With Outgoing, Task-Oriented People.

The Recovering Engineer

With concerted effort and focused study, he has become a Human Behavior and Conflict Resolution Specialist. He has spent many years learning to connect and communicate with other people more effectively. He now enjoys speaking, writing, and teaching these relationship principles to others.

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