Rather than relying on a single authority figure, high-performing teams create a culture where team members actively engage in peer-to-peer accountability. In today’s evolving workplace, the most ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. Conflict resolution has been on the organizational agenda ...

Compromise is a major strategy for conflict resolution and is essential for any working relationship—whether in our personal lives, the workplace, in our communities or as citizens. But it’s clearly ...

For every fierce clash, there will be those behind the scenes striving to resolve it through diplomatic means. One such mediator, from Berlin’s Berghof Foundation, tells us the key steps to resolution ...

Every team has a “mild salsa” person. You know the one. They won’t touch anything spicier than ketchup, panics at the sight of a jalapeño, lives by the motto “Better safe than sorry.” You lovingly ...

Leda Stawnychko has received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Anamika Choudhary does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company ...

Conflict is never much fun. It can start with a disagreement or a misunderstanding. Then, in almost no time at all, the conflict will flare up into a raging battle as soon as emotion takes over. The ...

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 ...

Sibling fights are a natural part of growing up, but parental intervention can fuel resentment. Instead of taking sides, ...

The Underused Potential of the Offer to Compromise in New York Scott Taffet discusses how New York litigators are overlooking the Offer to Compromise as a powerful but underused settlement tool that ...