WomensMedia
Conflict Management Series
- Recognize
Conflict Styles and Strategies
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of
Abandoning, Avoiding, and Dominating
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of
Obliging, Getting Help, and Using Humor
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of
Postponing and Compromise
- Conflict
Management using the strategies of
Integrating and Collaborating
How
to Cope with Anger
Reappraise...Respond...Relinquish...Relax.
Emotionally-driven automatic responses are usually
learned in childhood, so by adulthood reacting angrily
can be a habit.
How
to Handle Backstabbers at Work
Never overlook the damage backstabbers can do. Don’t
laugh at them or shrug off their behavior. If you
do, it just reinforces their control and their negative
behavior. They won’t change, because this behavior
has worked for them in the past.
How
to Stay Positive
in a Negative Workplace
How do you keep the contagious effect of negativity
from rubbing off on you? Using our expert’s
tips you can stay positive in a negative environment!
A
Victim Says, "Why Does This Keep Happening To
Me?"
Living powerless in your circumstances comes at a
hefty price: It causes confusion, upset and anger.
It robs you of clarity and peace and keeps you from
getting what you want out of life.
Sex
Discrimination: What should you do now?
So you know you’re facing unfair sex discrimination
on the job. Maybe you found out your employer is systematically
paying women less than men for the same work. Or you
got fired as soon as you said you were pregnant. Or
your male coworkers have been groping and propositioning
you and the other women relentlessly, and the company
won’t make them stop. Should you sue?
Sex
in the Workplace:
Still a Challenge for the Corporate Woman
"My Boss Asked Me to Dinner and Wanted Me for
Dessert" ran the title at the top of a recent
Fortune advice column. Guess what: sex remains alive
and well in the American corporate workplace, and
so does the double standard. And for many women eager
to climb the corporate ladder, these realities can
be career-threatening.
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