2115 - AMA: Responding To Conflict: Strategies For Improved Communication

• Define Conflict
• Explain the Difference Between Disagreement and Conflict
• Describe the Five Levels of a Conflict
• Describe Barriers to Managing and Resolving Conflict

• Identify Your Own Personal Feelings and Actions in Response to Conflict
• Ally the P-U-R-R Model to Demonstrate Understanding and Application
• Apply the Validating Process
• Distinguish Between Listening for Thoughts and Listening for Feelings in a Conversation
• Explain That Meaning Often Comes from the Context of the Relationship Rather Than the Intrinsic Definition of the Words Used

• Identify Your Preferred Strategy or Strategies for Responding to Conflict
• Identify the Five Conflict Strategies
• Analyze Examples and Recommend Appropriate Strategies to Minimize or Manage Conflict

• Describe the Four “Cs” as the Cornerstones of Building Trust
• Explain How Trust Is Lost and Regained, and How Transparency Validates Trust
• Identify Interests Behind Positions

• Describe How Relationship Conflict and Content Conflict Should Be Handled Differently
• Demonstrate How to Turn Potential Disagreements into Discussion By Applying the Model to Disagree
• Identify and Practice Assertiveness Tools and Strategies
• Detoxify Emotional Statements, and Devise Alternative Ways to Express the Message Behind the Emotional Statement

• Explain the Difference Between Difficult People and Difficult Behavior
• Describe an Understanding of Handling Passive Behavior
• Describe a Strategy for Handling Passive or Aggressive Behavior

• Map a Conflict Using a Five-Step Approach
• Explore a Given Conflict from Various “Viewing Points”
• Separate Interests from Positions in a Specific Conflict
• Select a Conflict Strategy Appropriate to Address a Specific Goal
• Demonstrate the Implementation of the Chosen Conflict Strategy

• Apply a Combination of Skills, Techniques, and Ideas Presented Throughout This Seminar to a Conflict Situation (Called a “Thunderstorm”)
• Demonstrate the Application of Appropriate Conflict Strategies to Address the “Thunderstorm”

Business professionals who want to expand their conflict management skills, understand their own emotions and behaviors when addressing conflict, and find productive ways to manage conflict.

• Recognize the underlying causes of conflict 
• Map conflict using a five-step approach 
• Identify ways to develop flexible responses to personal and professional conflicts 
• Practice applying models, techniques and strategies to manage your interpersonal communication behaviors in conflict situations 
• Implement strategies to improve your communication and effectively respond to conflict

This course is not associated with any Certification.