Coaching practices for How Do I Deal with Conflict

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• There’s a problem I keep not bringing up
• We solve the immediate thing but the same ugly dynamic underneath stays exactly the same, so the next disagreement plays out identically
• I handle every disagreement the same way, and it works with maybe one kind of person and blows up with everyone else
• Somewhere in this I stopped seeing a problem we both have and started seeing the other person AS the problem
• Something’s genuinely wrong here and there’s no time to coax everyone to a comfortable yes

Practices that may help

1. Avoiding (unassertive, uncooperative)
   Sidestep or postpone the conflict when timing is bad or the issue isn’t worth engaging.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
2. Transform the relationship, not just the issue
   Use each conflict as an opportunity to raise the quality of the relationship itself.
   The Third Alternative, Made Practical
3. Adapt your conflict approach to the other person’s DISC style
   Conflict lands differently for each style — match your approach to reduce defensiveness.
   DISC Behavioral Styles
4. Separate the person from the problem
   Treat the conflict as a problem you face together, not a contest you fight each other.
   The Third Alternative, Made Practical
5. Competing (assertive, uncooperative)
   Pursue your own position firmly when speed, principle, or stakes outweigh the relationship cost.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
6. Choose your style deliberately
   The real skill isn’t a favorite style — it’s matching the style to the situation instead of defaulting.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
7. Responding to conflict without escalation
   In a conflict, address the problem without attacking the person.
   Ahimsa: Non-Violence as a Daily Practice
8. Accommodating (cooperative, unassertive)
   Yield to the other’s needs when the issue matters far more to them than to you.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
9. Storming: name the conflict without taking sides
   Surface the tension that’s already there rather than managing it away.
   Tuckman’s Stages of Team Development
10. Use Avoiding strategically, not reflexively
    Avoiding has a real place — but only when the issue is trivial, the timing is wrong, or cooling down is necessary.
    The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

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