Believe it or not, conflict is an untapped source for creativity and energy.
Not surprisingly, conflict grows out of the rich diversity of who we are: our thoughts and perceptions, attitudes and beliefs, emotions and the felt experience of living in our bodies.
Conflict challenges us to utilize our differences for mutual growth and gain. It requires engagement, not avoidance. Without the capacity to bear conflict, to take a stand for who we are and what's important to us, we're in danger of being defined by another's reality.
It's essential to learn to pay attention to our own experiences of bodily and emotional tension, to step back to examine our views, and to re-center ourselves to gain clarity about 'what's important?' It's only then that we can determine how to move forward in channeling conflict to work for us.
Learn to :
- Attend to bodily tensions & learn to work with them vs. trying to "get them to stop"
- Center yourself amidst tension & stress
- Develop a tolerance to 'be with' the uncertainties of life
- Increase your resiliency
- Learn to access your best resources, even under pressure
- Use conflict as an opportunity to develop trust
- Negotiate difficult, fierce conversations
- Take & keep your stand while offering respect to others
- Develop awareness of your moods & learn to shift your mood to fit the situation
Contact Q4 Consulting today: Click here to email or
call 630.368.0122 to put the power of mindfulness to work for you to get you and your team mining conflict for the innovative juices it will provide all while working toward common goals.