Coaching practices for The Ivy Lee Method During Conflict

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

• I came in hard because the situation called for it, but partway through the urgent part got settled and the other person clearly just needed to feel heard
• The same fight with this person spirals every single time
• Something’s genuinely wrong here and there’s no time to coax everyone to a comfortable yes
• The second things get tense I snap into the same move every time without choosing it
• There’s a real call that has to be made right now with no time to build consensus, and I keep softening it and hedging to keep everyone happy

Practices that may help

1. The Ivy Lee Method, Made Practical
   The Ivy Lee Method is a simple daily planning routine: each evening, list your six most important tasks for tomorrow in priority order, then work through them sequentially without switching. It is a practitioner system with a century-old origin story and no formal controlled trials, but it operationalizes well-supported principles — prioritization, sequencing, and single-task focus — in a low-overhead format.
2. Recognize when to shift modes mid-conflict
   The mode that’s right at the start of a conversation may not be right ten minutes in.
   The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)
3. Responding to conflict without escalation
   In a conflict, address the problem without attacking the person.
   Ahimsa: Non-Violence as a Daily Practice
4. Competing (assertive, uncooperative)
   Pursue your own position firmly when speed, principle, or stakes outweigh the relationship cost.
   The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
5. Identify your default conflict mode
   Before you can choose a mode, you have to know which one you use automatically.
   The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)
6. Use Competing when speed or safety matters more than buy-in
   Competing — high assertive, low cooperative — is appropriate when the decision is urgent, high-stakes, and not open for debate.
   The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)
7. 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
8. 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
9. The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles
   The Thomas-Kilmann model maps conflict behavior on two axes — how much you assert your own needs and how much you cooperate with the other’s — yielding five styles: competing, accommodating, avoiding, compromising, and collaborating. None is "best": each fits certain situations, and skill lies in choosing deliberately rather than defaulting to the one style you always reach for. The model is a widely used framework and instrument, not an outcome-tested intervention.
10. Use Collaborating when the relationship and the solution both matter
    Collaborating — high assertive, high cooperative — finds a solution that genuinely works for both parties, but it takes time.
    The Thomas–Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI)

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