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Upcoming workplace conflict resolution events

29 April 2008 by Tammy Lenski 2 Comments

I’ve got two June workplace conflict resolution workshops that are open to the public, and registration is now under way for both. I’d love to see you there!

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace

New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
Thursday, June 5, 2008, Keene, NH

This seminar will invite you to jump-start the important dialogues in your life by breaking deeply ingrained habits that undermine dialogue and integrating new habits that shift the way your most important exchanges unfold. You will also learn how to see the art and practice of dialogue as [Read more...]

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Beginner's mind and interpersonal conflict at work

27 April 2008 by Tammy Lenski 2 Comments

zen mind in interpersonal conflict“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, in the expert’s there are few.” – Suzuki Roshi, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mindzen mind, beginner's mind

In Zen practice, beginner’s mind is the curious mind, the mind that’s completely open to what’s unfolding in front of it and free of judgments, expectations, diagnoses. Like a child’s mind, it embraces wonderment at what it’s noticing and exploring.

Beginner’s mind is a mind that’s not yet made up. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Organizational conflict management Tagged With: suzuki, zen mind beginner's mind

Stop an argument dead in its tracks: "Let's fight about it"

25 April 2008 by Tammy Lenski 9 Comments

keep your balanceArguments can be seductive. What begins as a minor squabble escalates as each person temporarily loses their senses, forgetting that winning a squabble is rarely a success at all.

In the heat of the moment during interpersonal conflict, the gap between what you know and what you do becomes the damn Grand Canyon.

What if you have a simple, surefire phrase that either of you could offer up, right as you teeter on the brink? Something that would stop the argument before you go over the edge? [Read more...]

Filed Under: Workplace influence

Healthy relationships, moment by moment

11 April 2008 by Tammy Lenski 2 Comments

healthy relationshipsSo much conflict is about what happened and the pain of the past. So much workplace conflict resolution is about what will happen from here forward. It’s unfortunate that we so highly value the past and the future at the expense of the present.

The present moment is, after all, the only time over which we truly have dominion. And attending to the richness of the present moment means we don’t miss the gems that build healthy business partnerships and professional relationships at work.

Folk singer and all-around-wonderful-human Christine Kane tells this story of Present Moment Awareness: [Read more...]

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Conflict Zen ® is about the simple yet powerful habits of mind and word that radically shift problems and turn conflict into opportunity. Dr. Tammy Lenski, a conflict management consultant for 15 years, shares what really works for organizational, management, business and executive conflict resolution.

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