Tag: conflict

  • Workplace conflict: how to nip it in the bud

    Workplace conflict: how to nip it in the bud

    You’ve noticed things don’t seem too cheery in the office. There’s palpable tension in the Comms team and you’re beginning to wonder what on earth is going on. Did Hannah really walk out of the room the minute Sam walked in last week? And that sniping in the yesterday’s meeting! What was that all about?…

  • Conflict at Work: Four Foolproof Phrases to Avoid it

    Conflict at Work: Four Foolproof Phrases to Avoid it

    There are now 68 million refugees and displaced people in the world. My teenage daughters and I heard this shocking statistic the other day from a UN spokesperson in a breakfast interview as we headed off to school, exams and coaching.  It stopped us in our tracks. What the interviewee said next was scary. “The…