Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. Workplace mediators will tell you that the people who ...

Joel Salinas, a Harvard neurologist, and Robert Bordone, a Harvard lawyer, are experts in the study of conflict. But their communication styles are quite different: Salinas, with over a decade of ...

Conflict can be uncomfortable, and many people tend to shy away from it. I believe conflict is a good thing, when it's expressed in a constructive way. It’s healthy for a team, and engaging in ...

Last week we began to look at how to resolve conflicts. We said that conflicts are inevitable issues that will arise in any relationship. We started delving into some basic principles of conflict ...

Relationships become stronger, more enduring, and closer through conflict resolution. Conflict cannot be resolved if anyone feels criticized, blamed, devalued, shamed, or humiliated. Plan on frequent ...

Last May, Arthur Demoulas, CEO of the iconic family-owned Boston supermarket chain Market Basket, was put on leave by the business’s board, including three fellow shareholders—his sisters—when they ...

The Mediation, Conflict Resolution, and Restorative Practices (MCR) Initiative assumes that conflict is an inevitable part of any organization, and that the existence of conflict is not problematic.

I recently spent some time travelling with my father. We haven’t lived together for a long time and are both rather set in our ways. As one would expect, we had a fight. My typical manner of resolving ...