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When Experience Meets Conflict After 50
Jan 24, 2026

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For professionals over 50, workplace conflict carries the weight of experience, reputation, financial realities, caregiving responsibilities, and age bias. This article explores why conflict feels different later in a career and how a trauma-informed, Conflict-IQ® approach can transform it into a source of strength.
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What If We’ve Had It Wrong About Workplace Culture?
Nov 15, 2025

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An in-depth exploration of how traditional HR structures may be harming workplace culture, revealing real-life cases of failed accountability and highlighting why organizations must rethink HR’s role to rebuild trust, fairness, and organizational civility.
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Why Conflict Management and AI Literacy Are the Two Most Critical Skills for the Modern Workplace
Jul 15, 2025

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Discover why LinkedIn’s latest research highlights conflict management and AI literacy as the top skills employers want—and how Conflict-IQ® bridges the gap between emotional intelligence and workplace readiness.
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Why Smart COOs Prioritize Conflict Management: The Hidden Key to Operational Excellence
May 11, 2025

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Discover why conflict management is critical for operational excellence and how smart COOs use conflict resolution strategies to drive efficiency, retention, and innovation.
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The Hidden Cost of Work-Life Conflict: How It's Eroding Employee Performance in the U.S. and Beyond
May 1, 2025

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Based on the study “Impact of Work Life Conflict on Employee Performance” by Muhammad Nabeel Siddiqui, Far East Journal of Psychology and Business (2013)
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The Hidden Costs of Bias in Performance Reviews
Sep 4, 2024

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In today’s workplace, race and gender biases continue to shape the outcomes of performance reviews, as revealed by a recent study from HR tech company Textio. These biases not only affect the language used in feedback but also have far-reaching consequences on employee advancement, engagement, and retention.
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Six Benefits to Unveiling the Value of a Fractional Ombudsperson Professionals to Enhancing Organizational Productivity and Inclusion
Oct 16, 2023

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In today's dynamic business landscape, employees seek more than just performance-driven workplaces; they demand environments where their human needs are acknowledged. This shift has given rise to a vital corporate role: the Fractional Ombudsperson. Unlike traditional ombuds, these professionals...
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Secret Reasons: Unmasking Sneaky Work Sabotage and Stopping It
Jul 25, 2023

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The research paper "Motives for Service Sabotage: An Empirical Study of Front-Line Workers" by Lloyd C. Harris and Emmanuel Ogbonna explores the motives behind service sabotage exhibited by front-line employees. The authors argue that...
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The Ultimate Technique For Resolving Workplace Conflicts
Jun 06, 2023

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Workplace conflicts can be a pest that is often avoided and concealed by business owners who overlook the essential leadership skill to resolve issues in their business. However, effectively managing conflict can significantly impact your business in positive ways, even in challenging situations...
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Choosing the Right Mediator for Your Disputes
Apr 26, 2023

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Law and mediation are separate fields, even though they share an interest in resolving disputes. Lawyers are trained in negotiating and advocating for one party, while mediators are trained in facilitating dispute resolution as a neutral third-party without involving legal processes.
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Clear Paychecks: Talking About Salaries at Work
Mar 09, 2023

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In our world, pay disclosure laws usher in a new era of workplace transparency. Our salaries are no longer kept secret, forcing us to negotiate in the dark for a fair wage. Employers are forced to disclose their wages, and workers are also starting to announce their...
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Smooth Skills: Dealing with Tough Co-workers
Mar 06, 2023

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Abrasive behaviors can come from employee to employer, among co-workers, or from employer to employee; only the latter is difficult to control. Some myths and misconceptions follow this variation of abrasive behavior. This guide was created to help; lighten abrasive behavior, the people involved,...
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State to Workplace Bullies: knock it off
Dec 19, 2022

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In November 2014, the San Diego Union Tribune informed the community of the new state law taking effect Jan. 1, 2015 that now included in the trainings of Sexual Harrassment an addition to include workplace bullying. The hopes is to curb that behavior at the start and make the organizations...
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When Conflicts Arise, Do You Stonewall?
Aug 22, 2022

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People react to conflicts in different ways. The way a person tends to react to conflict is referred to as that person’s conflict management style.
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The leaky bottom line: The hidden cost of conflict in the workplace
Aug 22, 2022

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Human conflict happens in any situation where facts, desires or fears push or pull participants against each other or in divergent directions. Conflict can be unpredictable and is inherently part of what happens when you have multiple people interacting at any given time, especially in the...
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The Hidden Conflict; Where is it coming from?
Aug 22, 2022

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Conflict is an inner state in a level of consciousness that most of the time can be very unconscious. It manifest in the outer world, and few stop to think or ask "how did I get here?" or "how did this happen?".
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Interview Podcast: Talking about lines and boundaries on this episode of Earbud-U, Episode #4
Aug 22, 2022

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Interview made by colleague Jeson Sorrells, with Human Services Consulting. Our guest today is Yvette Durazo. She a bilingual conflict resolutions specialist and she coaches, and asks questions in two languages.
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What is a Conflict Management Coach?
Aug 22, 2022

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Lawyers are no longer the “go-to” professionals for problem-solving; instead, they are often seen as an expensive way of escalating a conflict. Corporations have started to opt out of the traditional dispute resolution system, instead they realize that conflicts deplete energy,...
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Effective Training for International Cross-Cultural Collaboration and Leadership
Jul 01, 2022

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The purpose of this chapter is to share effective training methods designed to prepare business leaders for global cross-cultural collaboration and for the preparation to be utilized by practitioners, theorists and researchers from fields as diverse as humanities, sociology, psychology, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and businesses.
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