Developing Your Conflict Competence: A Hands-On Guide for Leaders, Managers, Facilitators, and Teams (J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership))

282 Pages·2010·1.91 MB·English

by  Craig E. Runde

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Developing Your
Confl ict Competence
A HANDS-ON GUIDE FOR LEADERS,
MANAGERS , FAC ILI TATOR S, AND TEAMS
Craig E. Runde
Tim A. Flanagan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Runde, Craig E.
Developing your confl ict competence : a hands-on guide for leaders, managers, facilitators,
and teams /Craig E. Runde, Tim A. Flanagan.
p. cm.
"A joint publication of the Jossey-Bass business & management series and the Center
for Creative Leadership."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-470-50546-5 (cloth)
1. Confl ict management. 2. Interpersonal confl ict. I. Flanagan, Tim A.
II. Center for Creative Leadership. III. Title.
HD42.R864 2010
658.3'145—dc22
2009044800
Printed in the United States of America
THIRD EDITION
HB Printing 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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A Joint Publication of
The Jossey-Bass
Business & Management Series
and
The Center for Creative Leadership
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For all those challenged by confl ict (pretty much everyone in the world).
May you fi nd new ways to make the best out of differences!
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C O N T E N T S
Preface: What’s a Hands-On Guide and Why Should
I Be Interested? ix
1 Introduction 1
2 Cognitive Aspects of Confl ict 11
3 The Emotional Side of Confl ict 33
4 Engaging Confl ict Constructively 71
5 Team Confl ict Competence 139
6 Organizational Confl ict Competence 215
Resources 243
References 249
The Authors 253
Index 255
About the Center for Creative Leadership 267
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P R E F A C E
W H A T ‘ S A H A N D S - O N G U I D E A N D W H Y
S H O U L D I B E I N T E R E S T E D ?
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ur fi rst two books, Becoming a Confl ict Competent Leader and
Building Confl ict Competent Teams, generated a good deal of
interest (Runde and Flanagan, 2007, 2008). We were pleased with the
reviews and the number of invitations we received to speak and pres-
ent. We were also intrigued by the volume of inquiries from readers
regarding how they could put the principles of confl ict competence
into action.
We had designed B uilding Confl ict Competent Teams to be user friendly. Our in-
tent was that teams could use portions of it as a handbook as they developed
norms for interaction and encountered the challenges of confl ict. We discovered
that team leaders, coaches, consultants, and trainers loved this notion. We also
found that they wanted even more. Thus, the concept for this book, Developing
Your Confl ict Competence, is unquestioningly one of practicality and usability for
individuals, teams, trainers, facilitators, and coaches.
We didn ’t enter into this third book in the series lightly. For us, tackling a hands -
on guide means covering the concepts we presented in the fi rst two books without
pure (boring) replication. At the same time, our intent isn’ t to break much new
ground. Rather, we are committed to providing examples, suggestions, and tools
for embracing the opportunities and meeting the challenges of confl ict. Our goal
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