Learn how to “lean into” conflict with a few short easy steps you and your family can take
It can be difficult and uncomfortable to deal with conflict in a family business. What we have to acknowledge is that conflict is natural, inherent, and inevitable in any business. All great companies know that a certain amount of conflict is actually healthy for the business as a whole.
Many companies avoid conflict, or in other cases handle conflict very poorly. As these patterns continue, the residual damage from not properly dealing with conflict can become exponential, and the results will not only be immediate, but span through generations and vastly affect a company’s overall performance.
In this video, Coach Pete discusses the need for healthy conflict, how to work with conflict constructively and effectively, and how to deal with conflicts that may already exist in your family business. Not everyone deals with conflict the same way. In order to learn how to best deal with conflict in business, it is important to first realize how you as an individual deal with conflict, as well as how others within the company deal with conflict.
Once we recognize how the individuals within a company deal with conflict, we can begin to identify new behaviors that may be more effective. Only then can we begin getting comfortable in utilizing these new behaviors to deal with existing and future conflicts.
Start developing these new muscles right away and you’ll be on your way to higher level family business performance!
