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Managing Conflict Made Easier

Guest post by: Sylvia Lafair

Article Overview: The most difficult aspect of work is when employees don't get along. I decided to go over, under and around all the traditional issues that plague most workplace relationships.

Managing Conflict Made Easier

The most difficult aspect of work is when employees don't get along. The tension "makes it hard to breathe", can be "cut with a knife", or "gives me a stomach ache" are comments that I have heard year after year.

When I started consulting with entrepreneurs I thought, actually wanted it to be different than the large organizations I had been used to. I saw entrepreneurs as quick-witted, highly creative, and for the most part, lots of fun.

So, in my mind I decided they would go over, around, or under the traditional issues that plague most workplace relationships. I made a decision that there would not be any hostility, office politics, sabotage, subterfuge.

That was what I wanted. However, that is certainly not what I got. Just like any relationship, there is a honeymoon period when everyday is filled with gardenias, the smell of the ocean, and lots of sunshine.

Then there comes the first rainy day and finally the big storms. Relationships are relationships, are relationships. I knew it all the time yet, my idealized belief in entrepreneurs made me want to see things in a fairy tale way.

So many people asked me when I was going to write the book on conflict and how to make it easier that I finally carves out three months and began to write and write and write. I want to thank the many entrepreneurs who opened their minds and hearts to me and were the research projects to help me get the formula for conflict resolution right.

The result of all the experimentation with how to help people become the best they can be at work resides in "Don't Bring It to Work" and I am honored to have an excellent review by Evan Carmichael, a master entrepreneur to share with you here.

"Don't Bring It to Work" is a breakthrough book that can help entrepreneurs understand the behaviors of their staff, discover how these behaviors were created, and how to take action to change them for the better of the organization. If you find yourself constantly managing conflicts at your office then you need to pick up this book" ---Evan Carmichael.

Want to learn more go to www.sylvialafair.com and take the free pattern aware quiz and find out where you fit in terms of the 13 most common patterns that cause workplace conflict, then call for a free consultation about how to make change happen.

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