Coaching practices for Owning Your Part in Conflict

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

• We’re both waiting for the other to admit their part first, so nothing moves
• Somewhere in this I stopped seeing a problem we both have and started seeing the other person AS the problem
• We both keep digging into our positions and neither of us is really hearing why the other one cares
• This used to be something I wanted, but ever since my boss started tracking it and someone’s always checking in, it’s curdled into a chore I do for them
• When something goes wrong my first move is to find whose fault it was, and being right about that leaves me stuck

Practices that may help

1. Own your share of the rupture
   Name your specific contribution to the break — without making it a competition over who was worse.
   Rupture and Repair
2. 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
3. Collaborating (assertive and cooperative)
   Work the underlying interests until you find a solution that genuinely meets both sides’ needs.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
4. Protect your sense of autonomy while pursuing the goal
   Keep the goal yours even when a coach, boss, or partner is involved in it.
   Self-Concordant Goals, Made Practical
5. Take extreme ownership of outcomes — even ones that aren’t your fault
   Claiming ownership of everything in your domain — even external failures — is the fastest path to fixing them.
   Discipline Equals Freedom: Jocko Willink's Framework
6. Competing (assertive, uncooperative)
   Pursue your own position firmly when speed, principle, or stakes outweigh the relationship cost.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
7. Move from blame to contribution
   Ask how each side contributed to the situation instead of who is at fault.
   Difficult Conversations, Made Practical
8. Take radical responsibility for your choices
   Own every choice completely — including its unintended consequences and the unchosen conditions within which you chose.
   Existentialism and Radical Choice
9. Drive all blames into one
   When conflict arises, examine how self-grasping is the root, rather than blaming the other person.
   Lojong: Tibetan Mind Training
10. Protect fondness actively during and after conflict
    Conflict is the test of PSO — deliberately hold the positive frame while the negative one is loudest.
    Positive Sentiment Override: How to Build the Lens That Protects Relationships

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