managing conflict

“Contextual intelligence” and related leadership skills

By Elisabeth Goodman, 16th August 2022 The latest issue of Harvard Business Review carries two articles that are relevant to two aspects of our work: The strategic planning exercises that RiverRhee facilitates with leaders through our Transition to Leadership course Issues relating to conflict management that can come up in my one-to-one coaching. Strategic planning …

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Difference is all there is. Opening our minds to disagreement.

By Elisabeth Goodman, 20th March 2022 Why this blog It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a blog. This has been partly due to hitting a really busy period with my one-to-one and group coaching. It’s also because I’m immersed in writing a book and all the reflection that goes with it. This isn’t …

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Creating a culture of psychological safety – in project and operational teams

By Elisabeth Goodman, 1st May 2020 Psychological safety – definition of the term One of our RiverRhee Alumni reminded me recently of the concept of ‘psychological safety’ in teams.  It’s a concept that’s been around for a few years now and is something that is relevant to any team, at any time. It may be …

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Re-building working relationships with emotional intelligence

By Elisabeth Goodman, 9th August 2019 The Summer issue of APM’s (Association for Project Management) Project magazine has a couple of excellent articles on rebuilding relationships. Susanne Madsen (p. 63) addresses how to strengthen your relationship with internal stakeholders who have become cynical and negative over the years. Marion Thomas and Sarah Walton (pp. 65-67) …

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Conflict is “the lifeblood of high performing organisations”

By Elisabeth Goodman, 28th April 2018 I’ve just been reading booklet number 10: Conflict Management, in the “Building Blocks of Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman et al. The authors have some powerful insights on the benefits of conflict and how to address or facilitate it constructively, both as an individual participant, and as a team …

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