Conflict Management

     I am not the type of person to get into a conflict/disagreement, to me, which is not the way to solve a problem.  So this week’s blog was a challenge for me. I actually had to pick my brains to think of a person I actually had a disagreement with, and the only person that comes to mind is my sister. We disagree on time management. This may not seem like a problem to some people, but it is with us. I can see where there are times it can escalate to a more intense conflict.  She believes that I waste time and I disagreed, because I feel like I make the best use of my time, she feels like  there are things I could combined and get done in a timely manner. The two strategies from the conflict resolution network that I feel might help us manage or resolve our disagreement more productively are: Co-operative power-When faced with a statement hat has potential to create conflict,ask open questions to reframe resistance.Explore the difficulties and then re-direct discussion to focus on positive possibilities , and appropriate assertiveness-When you want to state your point of view helpfully,the "I" statement says how it is on my side,how I see it. I cannot see us compromising, because we are both head strong on this issue. We definitely can at least apply the 3 R’s, respect reciprocal and responsiveness. When I asked my sister why she feels I waste time, she goes on a breaks my day down, hoping that I will eventually come around, but that never happens. Time management is just something that she and I are not going to see eye to eye on.


Reference
Conflict Resolution Network. (n.d.). CR kit. Retrieved from http://www.crnhq.org/pages.php?pID=12#skill_3