Are you struggling with workplace conflict? Workplace conflict can create so much stress,
it can give you loss of sleep. It really has an impact on your health. So in this video,
I'm going to share with you five tips on how you can avoid workplace conflict. And if you
stay tuned to the end of this video, I have something really special for you,
something that's going to help you ensure that you don't have any conflicts in your projects.
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more great content out to you. Now, on that note, let's get to those five tips on how
to avoid workplace content, conflict, sorry. Be willing to listen when confronted. Okay. In
the perfect world, no one will be confronting you because everyone's professional and you're going
to do things in a way that you're going to talk to someone and really set things up so you have
really good one-on-one conversations whenever there's conflict, because there is method to it.
But unfortunately, a lot of people don't know how to do it and as a result they confront you. They
say, "Oh my goodness, I'm upset with this." Whoa. The key thing for you is to take a step back,
listen, see what they have to say, take a deep breath. And if they're being respectful,
even though they may be raising their voice, allow them to finish their thought, and then
bring in the calmness and repeat what they said and see if you can get it past the conflict.
Now, on a side note, if they are not being respectful, you have every right to end
that conversation because you don't have to listen to that stuff. And you can say, "Look,
when you calm down, I'm happy to chat with you but please don't talk to me in that way." So for sure,
ensure that you're available to listen but on sort of the level that's really important to you
Be considerate of the workplace office space. So, if you make a mess, clean it up. Don't leave tons
of food, particularly old food, in the fridge. If you're in a meeting room and you're using it and
you're now leaving, ensure that you take your coffee cups and anything else that belongs to
you out of there and leave it neat and clean for the next group of people who are coming in. These
small little things are just considerations for your other team members and other colleagues. Just
to ensure that again, when they come in, there's not going to be conflict, "You don't do this,"
and "Their stuff is in the fridge constantly." Because those little things can get on people's
nerves. So just clean up after yourself. It's really simple, very respectful as well.
Acknowledge others and be positive. Now, this is really interesting because you're like,
"what do you mean? I'm positive." But you'll be surprised. Walking to the office,
you may have something on your mind and you get right into your office setting in your desk and
you bypass tens of people, but you didn't say hi, you didn't smile because you're so preoccupied.
Sometimes people take offense to that, sometimes they even take it personally. And I know that's
not about you, it's about them because they should get over it really. You're busy,
you're focused. Do you really have to stop and be nice to every single person? Sometimes,
yeah. Sometimes taking that step back and when you walk in, you may have something on your mind,
but really, you pass by someone, "Hey, Jane, how are you? I hope you had a nice day." Those simple
little things can make someone else's day. And if you're making someone else's day feel better,
it's a trickle effect and you're just going to have a more positive working environment.
And it's really going to reduce conflicts or worse yet, assumptions or misconceptions for
why you didn't say hi to them which can go on forever and just create other political issues.
Stay away from water cooler gossip. Gossip is the number one killer of relationships and
number one contributor to a lot of workplace conflict. So it's something you want to stay
away from with a 10 foot pole. So if you happen to be in a conversation that leads to gossip,
kindly excuse yourself. If you're looking for some more tips, I actually have a video on that
underneath this YouTube video with a link that will give you some additional help and resources
on how to deal with it. But it is something that is like, do not do, do not touch, don't go there.
It's negative, it is only going to hurt you, it is not going to help you. And it is not worth it
for the few seconds of oh, titillation that you get from hearing that gossip.
Immediately address conflict. So, like my first tip, you don't want to go, "Oh my goodness!" and
start yelling at someone because that's not what I mean. I mean, address the elephant in the room,
address conflict that is occurring, nip it in the bud. There's a lot of great respectful ways
to do that. Keep yourself very cool, calm and collected, and just share with the individual
if something is popping up and saying, "Hey, you know what, Joe? Can we just talk about this for
a minute? I've noticed the way you said this, it feels like I'm being attacked." Or, "The way that
this is happening, I think it's going to create conflict for this other department," however
you want to do it but addressing it. Pretending that you didn't hear it is not going to help it,
it's only going to fester and grow. So I really recommend, address conflict immediately.
That elephant in the room, everybody knows it's there, don't think that they don't. And have the
courage to do it. It's really going to make you stand out. And really as a leader and growing
in your career, that's definitely what you want. Now that you know how to avoid workplace conflict,
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