When I ran my ad agency, I encouraged healthy, constructive debate. I discouraged unproductive arguments. I'm not a conflict expert, but I spent enough time as a business owner, on several boards, and ...

Managing conflict with assertiveness and healthy boundaries is an empowering skill that requires awareness, communication, and consistency. In relationships, boundaries clarify where you end and ...

We need to look no further than the evening news these days to see harsh examples of conflict. Somehow, people forgot—or never even learned—how to address differences in constructive (not to mention ...

Karleen Savage, a hostage negotiator and mother of seven, created a five-skills framework for resolving conflict in our everyday lives.

Kindergarten teacher Marshall Anderson hands Addy, a third grade student, a conflict resolution request form during a role playing exercise at Friends School of Minnesota in St. Paul on Sept. 16.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anna Shields, organizational conflict and workplace mediation expert. Conflict resolution has been on the organizational agenda ...