What triggers workplace conflicts and how has the nature of these conflicts evolved over time? What emerging trends or challenges do you foresee in workplace conflict management?
LC Before we talk about what triggers workplace conflict and how it has evolved over the years, it is pertinent to have a common understanding of what is a workplace conflict. Workplace conflict is primarily a disagreement between individuals or team members within a group. This disagreement or dispute or differences can be on account of varied opinions, views, choices, personal styles, values, etc. Workplace conflicts were there in the past, they exist today and will continue to exist in the future because every individual or team, or group is unique. They are unique because of the why and purpose for which they exist. The goals they want to achieve. The relationships they want to build and nurture. The strategy they finalize, the goals they define, the actions they take, the measures they adopt, and more importantly the way they reflect individually and...