Conflict, Learn to Manage it

Conflict is inherent to human nature, it arises in the face of any change and in the fight for survival, whether at the individual, group or organizational level.

Changes lead our society to progress, but at the same time they are a source of conflict. We can define conflict as the tension or differences that generate cognitive and/or emotional disturbances, affecting the dynamics of our lives, altering the order and the different projects that we can develop. Conflicts also arise as a factor of renewal and change. He Conflict is an opportunity for growth.

Why is it important to detect a conflict?

Change equals crisis to conflict and it is always understood as something negative. A conflict is always synonymous with issues It appears as a tension generator.

It all starts when one of the parties perceives that the other party hinders them or tries to do so, and arises in contexts between people, groups and organizations and in the face of differences in activities, shared resources and interdependent activities.

We must detect what are the main limitations that prevent us from full development. How can they affect us? conflicts in the development of our activities. We are referring to achieving the satisfaction of needs by overcoming the obstacles that arise, without the intention of achieving a win/lose victory, but rather a win/win.

Conflicts affect us by delaying our decision-making, limiting results, affecting relationships, projecting a negative image of ourselves, our environment and, ultimately, our own life.

How can we resolve a conflict?

The importance of conflict lies not in avoiding them, but in the way in which we manage and in the constructive use that we give it. That is, take advantage of what is useful to us and use the energy of conflict to obtain creative solutions.

A life without conflict is being deprived of the opportunities to develop our abilities and skills, to evolve and develop. A society without conflict would remain stagnant. Conflict arises as something inherent to human beings, a generator of dynamism and change.