Our Favorite Management Tips on Dealing with Conflict

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Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. In this article, we list six of our favorite tips on managing through conflict, covering topics like encouraging healthy conflict on your team, dealing with a jealous coworker, leading an emotionally charged meeting, and more.

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Featured Tips

How to Stay Civil When Emotions Are Running High

Civility can increase employees’ job satisfaction, mental health, and organizational commitment while reducing their emotional exhaustion and intention to quit. Staying calm under pressure takes practice. Use these three habits to keep your responses constructive when emotions run high. Read more >

Encourage Healthy Conflict on Your Team

Tension and disagreement are inevitable in the workplace. But there’s a difference between healthy and unhealthy conflict. Here are four ways to encourage productive conflict on your team. Read more >

Get Ready to Lead an Emotionally Charged Meeting

Leading through tension is part of being a manager, but you don’t have to go into emotionally charged meetings unprepared. Here’s how to stay grounded and guide high-stakes conversations with clarity and composure. Read more >

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