When I sit in leadership meetings that lack conflict, I get suspicious. Like, really suspicious. The conflict is there, whether we talk about it or not. Identifying and effectively resolving conflict is, in many ways, the job of leadership. High-functioning teams are great at productive conflict. They’re great at identifying it, they’re great at prioritizing it, and they’re great at resolving it.
The conflict quadrants
The conflict quadrants
The conflict quadrants
When I sit in leadership meetings that lack conflict, I get suspicious. Like, really suspicious. The conflict is there, whether we talk about it or not. Identifying and effectively resolving conflict is, in many ways, the job of leadership. High-functioning teams are great at productive conflict. They’re great at identifying it, they’re great at prioritizing it, and they’re great at resolving it.