Coaching practices for Zen to Done Ztd During Conflict
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The second things get tense I snap into the same move every time without choosing it
- I’m efficient now, blowing through my list every day, but I’ve started to feel hollow about it
- 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
- I can’t stay on one thing
- We’re completely deadlocked on the one number
Practices that may help
- Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical
Zen To Done (ZTD) is Leo Babauta’s streamification of Getting Things Done — it keeps GTD’s capture and next-action habits while adding a minimalist philosophy: focus on one habit at a time, maintain a small set of most important tasks each day, and simplify rather than optimize. ZTD is a practitioner system grounded in habit-formation and attention research rather than a formally tested protocol. - 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) - Align daily work with meaningful goals
Ground your MITs and projects in goals that genuinely matter to you, not just what is urgent.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical - 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) - Do one thing at a time with full focus
Work on one task at a stretch with no split attention — the Zen principle applied to execution.
Zen To Done (ZTD), Made Practical - Expand the ZOPA by adding issues to the negotiation
When you’re stuck on a single issue, adding more issues often creates room for trades that satisfy both sides.
ZOPA: The Zone of Possible Agreement - 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 - 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 - Competing (assertive, uncooperative)
Pursue your own position firmly when speed, principle, or stakes outweigh the relationship cost.
The Five Conflict-Resolution Styles - 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
Related concerns
- Essentialism During Conflict
In any conflict, identify the values or goals you and the other person genuinely share before cataloguing differences.
Map shared values before mapping the disagreement
- Greasing The Groove During Conflict
Work the underlying interests until you find a solution that genuinely meets both sides’ needs.
Collaborating (assertive and cooperative)
- Nature And Movement During Conflict
Before you can choose a mode, you have to know which one you use automatically.
Identify your default conflict mode
- Possible Selves During Conflict
Use each conflict as an opportunity to raise the quality of the relationship itself.
Transform the relationship, not just the issue
- Process Goals During Conflict
Before entering a difficult conversation, decide which of the three goals matters most right now.
Three-goals prioritization: objective, relationship, or self-respect?
- The Compound Effect During Conflict
Use each conflict as an opportunity to raise the quality of the relationship itself.
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