Coaching practices for Taking Ownership in Conflict

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• When something goes wrong my first move is to find whose fault it was, and being right about that leaves me stuck
• Somewhere in this I stopped seeing a problem we both have and started seeing the other person AS the problem
• We’re both waiting for the other to admit their part first, so nothing moves
• I walk away from conflicts having caved again
• My team dropped the ball again and my first instinct is to point at them or at circumstances

Practices that may help

1. 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
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. 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
4. FAST: maintaining self-respect in difficult interactions
   Fair, no Apologies, Stick to values, Truthful — the self-respect compass for high-pressure conversations.
   DBT Interpersonal Effectiveness: Getting What You Need Without Destroying the Relationship
5. Take extreme ownership
   When the team fails, the leader looks first at what the leader did or failed to do.
   Extreme Ownership, Made Practical
6. 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
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. Collaborating (assertive and cooperative)
   Work the underlying interests until you find a solution that genuinely meets both sides’ needs.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
9. Turn toward during conflict, not just during calm
   Bids happen in the middle of arguments — recognizing them mid-fight changes everything.
   Turning Toward: The Daily Practice That Builds Relationship Resilience
10. 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

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