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Give me an example how you deal with a conflict

Give me an example how you deal with a conflict

During our daily work life, we come across situations where we agree as well disagree with our colleagues, team members, partners or boss. Conflict is part of life and managing it respectfully is important for results. How good are you at managing inter-personal challenges?
It is a tough situation to be in and we can be torn apart.
Show that you can resolve such situations and you are good at conflict resolution.
Do's
• Tell about a situation where you differed with someone
• Show you listen and appreciate others views
• How did you finally resolve the matter e.g. discussion, creative solution, compromise, escalation
• Show the learning
Don'ts
• Don't blame others
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The mistakes we make in our everyday life

• We are hardwired to make these mistakes • Few biases are simply evolutionary • These errors affect all of us including the bright ones • Experience is just not enough to overcome • but expertise is required to recognize and overcome

Few of biases as below · Anchoring - When an individual depends too heavily on an initial piece of information during decision making · Fixed pie - When we assume that our interests conflict with the other party's interests and we play adversarial · Framing - When we decide on our options differently when the options are presented with positive or negative connotations · Vividness – When we pay attention to strong features at the expense of less, that could be more impactful · Over confidence – When our subjective confidence is greater than the objective accuracy · Escalation – When initial decision is followed up with an irrational decision to justify the initial decision

Few ways to mitigate these biases are · Learn to recognize the bias · Use slow, effortful and logical thinking (System 2) · Avoid fast, automatic and effortless thinking (System 1) · Avoid negotiations which are thrust upon when not ready · Learn through use of stories, examples, exercises · Bring an outsider perspective