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Communication Focus In The Workplace

Written by Robert Bacal

Tuesday, 24 February 2004

Extended attempts to win is another conflict-producing approach to communication.  People lapse into this approach when they lose focus, and begin to act as if they want to win, and the other person to lose.  Discover a better workplace communication focus.   The real focus in workplace communication should be the solving of problems, and it shouldn't matter whose ideas "win", so long as the problem gets solved.  One particular technique that characterizes "winning attempts" is kitchen-sinking - throwing in everything one can find that might support one's favourite position. This is an excerpt from Conflict Prevention In The Workplace.  For more detailed help on workplace conflict, click here. You can learn more about communication, by looking at a free preview of the Communicating Cooperatively In The Workplace helpcard.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 24 February 2004 )