Comments on: 3 Easy Steps to Resolving Conflict http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/ Still standing... Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Grace http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-252 Elizabeth Grace Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:02:51 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-252 <p>Thanks for the great advice about conflict.<br /> O.K. listen, do not be defensive, and agree that you disagree. This is great advice for anyone. I will visit again soon.<br /> Found you from reading - Make It Great Blog - with Phil Gerbyshak.<br /> Elizabeth G. Thanks for the great advice about conflict.
O.K. listen, do not be defensive, and agree that you disagree. This is great advice for anyone. I will visit again soon.
Found you from reading – Make It Great Blog – with Phil Gerbyshak.
Elizabeth G.

]]> By: Elizabeth Grace http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2942 Elizabeth Grace Mon, 17 Sep 2007 03:02:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2942 Thanks for the great advice about conflict. O.K. listen, do not be defensive, and agree that you disagree. This is great advice for anyone. I will visit again soon. Found you from reading - Make It Great Blog - with Phil Gerbyshak. Elizabeth G. Thanks for the great advice about conflict.
O.K. listen, do not be defensive, and agree that you disagree. This is great advice for anyone. I will visit again soon.
Found you from reading – Make It Great Blog – with Phil Gerbyshak.
Elizabeth G.

]]> By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-246 Perfectly Me Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:00:55 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-246 Good advice, Earth Mother. Thanks for stopping by and putting in your two cents. Good advice, Earth Mother. Thanks for stopping by and putting in your two cents.

]]> By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2941 Perfectly Me Fri, 14 Sep 2007 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2941 Good advice, Earth Mother. Thanks for stopping by and putting in your two cents. Good advice, Earth Mother. Thanks for stopping by and putting in your two cents.

]]> By: Mother Earth http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-245 Mother Earth Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:54:22 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-245 <p>If I can. I'd love to parallel this conversation to parenting - in preparing for teenagers I used to acknowledge heavily the non-conflict conversations. "It's so great how we appreciate each other and agree" and THEN I'd say "Someday we will not be so agreeable or find we don't have the same view. When that happens - and it will. I want more than anything for us to remember the love we have for each other."</p> <p>I am in full throttle right now with a young wonderful teenage daughter and have to really remind myself sometimes of the love. Your comment about loving your editor like a grandmother prompted this comment. In a work environment it's probably prudent to remind ourselves of the gifts and talents we each bring to the table</p> <p>Mother Earth<br /> www.bestwellnessconsultant.com</p> If I can. I’d love to parallel this conversation to parenting – in preparing for teenagers I used to acknowledge heavily the non-conflict conversations. “It’s so great how we appreciate each other and agree” and THEN I’d say “Someday we will not be so agreeable or find we don’t have the same view. When that happens – and it will. I want more than anything for us to remember the love we have for each other.”

I am in full throttle right now with a young wonderful teenage daughter and have to really remind myself sometimes of the love. Your comment about loving your editor like a grandmother prompted this comment. In a work environment it’s probably prudent to remind ourselves of the gifts and talents we each bring to the table

Mother Earth
http://www.bestwellnessconsultant.com

]]> By: Mother Earth http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2940 Mother Earth Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2940 If I can. I'd love to parallel this conversation to parenting - in preparing for teenagers I used to acknowledge heavily the non-conflict conversations. "It's so great how we appreciate each other and agree" and THEN I'd say "Someday we will not be so agreeable or find we don't have the same view. When that happens - and it will. I want more than anything for us to remember the love we have for each other." I am in full throttle right now with a young wonderful teenage daughter and have to really remind myself sometimes of the love. Your comment about loving your editor like a grandmother prompted this comment. In a work environment it's probably prudent to remind ourselves of the gifts and talents we each bring to the table Mother Earth www.bestwellnessconsultant.com If I can. I’d love to parallel this conversation to parenting – in preparing for teenagers I used to acknowledge heavily the non-conflict conversations. “It’s so great how we appreciate each other and agree” and THEN I’d say “Someday we will not be so agreeable or find we don’t have the same view. When that happens – and it will. I want more than anything for us to remember the love we have for each other.”
I am in full throttle right now with a young wonderful teenage daughter and have to really remind myself sometimes of the love. Your comment about loving your editor like a grandmother prompted this comment. In a work environment it’s probably prudent to remind ourselves of the gifts and talents we each bring to the table
Mother Earth
http://www.bestwellnessconsultant.com

]]> By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-242 Perfectly Me Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:51:06 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-242 Thanks for stopping by, David! I LOVE your last name! I hope that someday soon, there will be a little David Petersen running around. :) Great insight in differentiating the conflict between subordinates and peers. I agree whole-heartedly. Thanks for stopping by, David!

I LOVE your last name! I hope that someday soon, there will be a little David Petersen running around. :)

Great insight in differentiating the conflict between subordinates and peers. I agree whole-heartedly.

]]> By: Perfectly Me http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2939 Perfectly Me Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2939 Thanks for stopping by, David! I LOVE your last name! I hope that someday soon, there will be a little David Petersen running around. :) Great insight in differentiating the conflict between subordinates and peers. I agree whole-heartedly. Thanks for stopping by, David!

I LOVE your last name! I hope that someday soon, there will be a little David Petersen running around. :)

Great insight in differentiating the conflict between subordinates and peers. I agree whole-heartedly.

]]> By: David Petersen http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-241 David Petersen Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:29:32 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-241 <p>Great advice. </p> <p>I also like to remember my place in the relationship. If there is a conflict and if I am a subordinate, ultimately, the decision is my superiors so even if I do disagree, I defer to their position. If I am the superior, I make it clear that I appreciate their position but since I will ultimately be held responsible for the decision, the final decision is mine. If we are contemporaries then I am more apt to agree to disagree unless their argument is persuasive.</p> <p>As a good Dane, I try to avoid conflict as much as I can but I can also be bull-headed.</p> <p>Best Regards<br /> David Petersen<br /></p> Great advice.

I also like to remember my place in the relationship. If there is a conflict and if I am a subordinate, ultimately, the decision is my superiors so even if I do disagree, I defer to their position. If I am the superior, I make it clear that I appreciate their position but since I will ultimately be held responsible for the decision, the final decision is mine. If we are contemporaries then I am more apt to agree to disagree unless their argument is persuasive.

As a good Dane, I try to avoid conflict as much as I can but I can also be bull-headed.

Best Regards
David Petersen

]]> By: David Petersen http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/2007/09/10/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2938 David Petersen Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:29:00 +0000 http://www.perfectlypetersen.com/life-in-general/3-easy-steps-to-resolving-conflict/#comment-2938 Great advice. I also like to remember my place in the relationship. If there is a conflict and if I am a subordinate, ultimately, the decision is my superiors so even if I do disagree, I defer to their position. If I am the superior, I make it clear that I appreciate their position but since I will ultimately be held responsible for the decision, the final decision is mine. If we are contemporaries then I am more apt to agree to disagree unless their argument is persuasive. As a good Dane, I try to avoid conflict as much as I can but I can also be bull-headed. Best Regards David Petersen Great advice.
I also like to remember my place in the relationship. If there is a conflict and if I am a subordinate, ultimately, the decision is my superiors so even if I do disagree, I defer to their position. If I am the superior, I make it clear that I appreciate their position but since I will ultimately be held responsible for the decision, the final decision is mine. If we are contemporaries then I am more apt to agree to disagree unless their argument is persuasive.
As a good Dane, I try to avoid conflict as much as I can but I can also be bull-headed.
Best Regards
David Petersen

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