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Conflict Management in The Workplace

HR Digest

In fact, healthy conflict can foster innovation, creativity, and growth within teams. However, when conflict escalates and becomes unproductive, it can have detrimental effects on morale, collaboration, and overall organizational performance. It is important to note that not all conflict is inherently negative.

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How Our Hostile Environment Towards Migrants Has Evolved

The Horizons Tracker

In the aftermath of World War 1, the Austro-Hungarian, German and Ottoman empires collapsed, leading to a plethora of new countries emerging and a fundamental restructuring of the world’s borders. .” Erecting boundaries. The researchers describe how the number of countries almost doubled after the war.

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Turning a Problem into an Opportunity

Harvard Business Review

But given the sensitivities about potential job losses, the work was being done by a small group while morale deteriorated in the broader team. In parallel, a sub-team is now looking at possible layoffs and restructuring options in case the growth ideas don't bear fruit. Unfortunately, this kind of contrast is not unusual.

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Down with Knee-Jerk Downsizing

Harvard Business Review

Its opening sentence: "Despite another quarter of robust corporate profits, an ominous impulse is stirring at many big companies — restructuring.". In his work on responsible restructuring, Cascio discovered profitable alternatives to employee layoffs. This strikes us as a knee-jerk reaction and a bad idea.

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Followership : Blog | Executive Coaching | CO2 Partners

CO2

There are some situations where many people seem all too willing to abdicate responsibility and simply follow orders, even when it is morally offensive to do so. Other Self-Starters became Criticizers when their leaders acted inconsistently with their articulated vision, values, and goals. John Sullivan FORA.tv