CONFLICT AT WORK
STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKPLACE By Chantelle Smith, Recruitment Specialist Many of us are returning to the
teams and team members to reach
The first step to resolving
There are 5 possible types of conflict
conflict such as bullying, victimisation,
the actual nature of the conflict
workplace after 7 months of lockdown. which you may encounter – however, remedies do exist. Although some workplace ‘conflict’ is positive, for
example, the competition between
specific goals or targets, negative
and serious personality clashes, can be completely destructive, causing harm to people and relationships and the
undermining of teamwork in general.
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workplace conflict is to determine at hand and what the underlying
cause may be, and that will allow it to be addressed correctly.