What’s your mindset about conflict? Do you view it as something to avoid at all costs? Or as an obstacle to accomplishing your “real” work? That’s not surprising. As social animals we want to get along and cooperate. We tend to see conflict as something scary and dangerous, where there will be winners and losers and nobody goes away as friends.
What if you could view conflict as a constructive force?
My colleague, Cynthia Way, and I were having a heated discussion on a topic we both cared deeply about in the presence of her intern. We were doing a pretty good job of listening to each other but it was clear we had different perspectives. At the time, we reached what felt to me like an inconclusive resolution.
