Monthly Archives: July 2013

The Five Stages of Conflict Escalation

Conflict escalation is a gradual regression from a mature to immature level of emotional development. The psychological process develops step by step in a strikingly reciprocal way to the way we grow up. In other words, as conflicts escalate through … Continue reading

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Practical Peacemaking

Why is it that lawyers and the legal system are held in such disregard in a society that prides itself on individualism and protection of rights?  Part of the answer, I think, is that we ask too much of our … Continue reading

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Competition vs. Cooperation in the Workplace

Survey by QualarooIs there a relationship between competition and conflict? An enduring but false myth considers internal competition a good thing. After all, competition motivates people to work hard for a goal and creates incentives for people to produce more, … Continue reading

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