Strategy: Encourage
dialogue
Purpose/goal:
Tension between people may be due to misunderstanding each
other’s
beliefs, motives, or intent. Open dialogue may eliminate the misunderstanding.
Examples:
- Situation #7
You are on a four-person team. There is a lot of tension
in the team because the other two people think X is not doing his share
of the work. No one has said anything to X about it.
Response: Suggest
that the other two people raise their concern about the uneven distribution
of labor at the next team meeting.
- Situation #8
The two people who live (or work) in adjacent rooms across the hall
from you have, on separate occasions, complained to you about each
other. One
day, you hear them start to argue loudly in the hall.
Response: “Excuse me. I couldn’t help but overhear,
because your voices are pretty loud. I can tell that both of you
are angry. How about sitting down and talking about it?”
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