Tag Archives: Conflict

Hate Confrontation? Seven Steps To De-escalate A Tricky Situation — With A Customer, A Colleague Or Even Your Boss

You may hate confrontation. Someone raising his or her voice may make you want to run and hide. And it certainly seems safer to freeze into nothing and wait till the situation burns itself out. But sometimes that's just not … Continue reading

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 On July 7 I posted a question on LinkedIn. Several of the people who responded asked to be updated about what happened next. First let me be clear that I didn't know exactly what I was doing. I had just … Continue reading

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Confronting Your Boss (Part 2)

(Please see the previous post for the first part of this story) Jerry wrote back saying essentially that his motive for trying to help his boss was because of Jerry’s own responsibility to the organization. He talked about nobody else … Continue reading

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Confronting Your Boss

I recently had an extended e-mail conversation with a subscriber. I intended to post it because his problem is so common. However, Jerry (not really his name) denied permission to post his side of the conversation. So I’m going to … Continue reading

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