Pre-construction partnering sessions start with creating an effective atmosphere and is a critical step in the conflict resolution process. It is more likely for mutual agreements to be reached when the atmosphere and ground rules are given careful consideration.
Remember these ideas for team building, collaborative partnering:
Clarify individual perceptions involved in the conflict.
Pre-construction partnering sessions expand on shared needs. Realize that you need one another in order to successfully resolve conflicts. Be concerned about meeting others needs as well as your own. When you take the time to look, you will recognize that individuals often share needs in common.
Power is made up of people’s outlooks, ideas, convictions, and actions. A positive view of power enables people to be most effective. A negative outlook on power proves disempowering. Instead of “power with,” it encourages “power over.” Positive power promotes building together and strengthening partnerships. When parties in conflict have this outlook, they can encourage each other to use shared positive power.
Don’t dwell on negative past conflicts, or you won’t be able to deal positively in the present or the future. Try to understand what happened in the past, and avoid repeating the same mistakes over. Don’t get stuck in a rut; learn from past conflicts and be forgiving. Let others know “I’m not mad at you, I’m mad at what you did.”
1. Ask first for the conflict partner’s options — listen and learn.
2. Try free-flowing options:
3. Identify Key Options; these are ones that will:
4. When looking at options, don’t let past experiences cloud present perceptions and decisions.
Doables are specific actions that have a good chance at being successful. Doables are:
Pre-construction Partnering Sessions provide Mutual-Benefit Agreements should give you lasting solutions to specific conflicts.
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