How to Recognize Healthy Workplace Conflict
Even when framed in a positive light, the term “workplace conflict” sounds like an unpleasant one. It implies arguments, power struggles, fights—basically everything people try to avoid, especially at work!
It’s natural to tend toward harmony rather than confrontation, but it’s important to remember these words aren’t opposites. In most cases, workplace harmony is achieved through healthy, respectful workplace conflict.
While we know conflict can be a great catalyst for change in the workplace, these negative notions may still cloud our understanding of it. In this article, we’ll explore the utility of workplace conflict and how it operates through 3 levels of a corporate structure.
Using FSG’s Water of Systems Change model<link>, you’ll learn where and how to recognize healthy conflict within corporate policy, values, and culture. From there, you can prioritize an open, productive workplace throughout all levels of your organization. Download and learn more.
