Workplace conflict can arise due to miscommunication, lack of clarity around goals, people feeling taken for granted, and different thinking styles between individuals. This leads to wasted time and energy, reduced performance and productivity, stress, delays in work, and even absenteeism, violence or accidents. To prevent conflict, the document recommends communicating instead of being in conflict, clarifying instead of challenging, collaborating instead of confronting, complimenting instead of criticizing, and connecting instead of confusing. It also suggests learning to work effectively in teams.
22. Communicate instead of conflict .
Clarify instead of challenging.
Collaborative instead of confronting.
Compliment instead of criticizing.
Connecting instead of confusing.
Conflict happens when individuals or groups do not meet their needs and when they do not find satisfaction to their own wants or self-interest.
The perfectionist boss is one of the most dreaded of bad bosses. The perfectionist boss expects everything to go according to his or her expectations, which may be grossly out of touch with what is reasonable or appropriate for ordinary people. The perfectionist boss tends to micromanage everything, makes decisions at a snails pace, is afraid to stand up for the team on controversial decisions, and erodes morale with a constant stream of negativity and criticism.
