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Who’s getting after it and is moving and shaking things up and is running into adversity.
Conflict isn’t bad. Managing conflict poorly is though.
@dannylovingonpurpose says “The first goal of conversation: understanding not agreement.”
“When a group of intelligent people come together to talk about issues that matter, it is both natural and productive for disagreement to occur. Resolving those issues is what makes a meeting productive, engaging, even fun. – Patrick Lencioni
Let’s lean in today not avoid or run away. That’s my temptation when conflict arises, to throw in the towel. But that’s what children do. Quit when it gets hard. But today let’s journey together towards understanding.
That means we have to have our reasons thought out and be able to communicate them well. We need to be excellent clarifiers.
