HOW TO HANDLE CONFLICT IN TEAMS?

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People have different viewpoints and, under the right set of circumstances, those differences escalate to conflict. How you handle that conflict determines whether it works to the team's advantage, or contributes to its demise. It totally depends on the members how they deal with the conflicting situation. Some try to completely eliminate the conflicting situation by actually removing the main cause of the conflict while others try to smartly deal with it and preventing it to occur in future. You can choose to ignore it, complain about it, blame someone for it, or try to deal with it or you can be direct, clarify what is going on, and attempt to reach a resolution through common techniques like negotiation or compromise. It's clear that conflict has to be dealt with. 

There can be some measures or preventive things that teams should try to establish among their team members so that they can prevent or handle conflicts:

1. GOOD COMMUNICATION SKILLS

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This is the first and the most important step a team should take in order to handle conflicts in a team. Listen first, and then speak. This communication rule applies to every team and its group members. Listening is a key element in understanding your team as well as your team members. Listen to all your team members and discuss what is preventing them from reaching the team goals and what is creating conflicting situations. 

REFRENCES: 
1. http://www.forbes.com/home_usa/


2. http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/02/22/5-keys-to-dealing-with-workplace-conflict/#28a324e015a0