Home / Resources / Is conflict resolution relevant to me?

Is conflict resolution relevant to me?

 

Well, yes, if you’re experiencing a work situation that isn’t flourishing.  Also remember that conflict is happening in ourselves when we’re not flourishing.  And key to this are the judgements and evaluations we form about ourselves and others, for example:

  • “I might have known he’d say that”, “Here she goes again!”
  • “I MUST get it right”
  • “What can I say so I won’t upset her?”
  • “I’ve screwed up!”

The model of relationship building I have found to have a deep impact in Sri Lanka, Lebanon and the UK brings a fresh understanding to and departure from these judgements and evaluations. It gets under the skin of what’s truly happening in conflict situations and brings a thinking and methodology for establishing common ground and empathy: learning this approach truly transforms our relationships.

So if any of the situations below apply to you we know we can help:

  • You feel anxious before talking to a particular person
  • You find that certain individuals or topics ‘trigger’ you or others
  • Morale and creativity is low or a team isn’t performing in the way you’d like
  • Energy gets put into destructive rumours and gossip
  • Disagreements between individuals are characterised by put downs, raised voices or silence
  • People don’t like bringing up certain topics with certain individuals
  • You don’t book your holiday on the same days as your boss or colleague because to be at work without them IS a holiday
  • You’ve got sickness absence problems

Andy Mason, Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and trained in mediation at the Regents College School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, has spent the last ten years working with conflict in teams, organisations and communities with people as diverse as Tamils and Sinhalese in war torn Sri Lanka, Iraqi refugees in Beirut and senior managers in UK corporations.  He trains, coaches and mediates.  He runs inspiring introductory programmes and offers hands on mediation.  He supports individuals and groups to learn how to truly transform their relationships by understanding and working with their judgements and prejudice.  As the Director of HR in one client company says ‘Andy Mason is a seasoned HR professional who brings a dimension to improved people skills that is very difficult to find in other consultants or training companies’.

View more details about conflict at work here

Recent articles on our blog....

A white plate with a white and green flower arrangement and candles in the background

Do you seek or avoid conversations about grief at work?

December 7, 2023

For this year’s National Grief Awareness Week (2 – 8 December) we have reviewed and updated the section on grief within our mental health resources and consider why we may avoid conversations about grief at work.

Read More →

Autumn 2023 Newsletter includes tips for Stress Awareness Week

November 1, 2023

For Stress Awareness Week, the autumn edition of our quarterly wellbeing at work newsletter includes stress management tips and resources.

Read More →
Two anonymous co-workers sitting outside talking, one holding a coffee cup and the other the stump filter of a coffee machine.

Communication at work – be aware of the pitfalls of co-rumination

November 1, 2023

We offer 5 tips for helping to develop healthy interactions at work in order to increase wellbeing and avoid co-rumination.

Read More →

Testimonials

ineq-about-us-150x150

Our purpose is to provide training and consultancy services to enhance resilience, health and wellbeing in the workplace.

ineq-ethos-values-150x150

Differentiation is one of the most strategic and tactical activities in which companies most constantly engage

ineq-faqs-150x150

It's natural to have questions about training and how it fits with your organisation. Our FAQs can help you find out more.

ineq-case-studies-150x150

View case studies for some of the in-house training courses we have delivered to different types of organisations across the UK.