How Do You Respond to Conflicts with Others?
Competing Style
- Satisfy your own needs with little regard for others' situation and needs
Accommodating Style
- Satisfy the needs of others as much as possible with little regard for your own feelings and needs
Compromising Style
- Attempt to find a solution that will at least partially please both parties
Avoiding Style
- Put problems aside to avoid conflicts and troubles or because you don't know how to handle them
Collaborating Style
- Work with each other and discuss solutions to conflicts
Instead of stubbornly insisting that "this is who I am", we need to be flexible and adaptable to different conflict situations and adopt different response strategies accordingly
"Attitude"is often more important than "strategy" in resolving conflicts successfully
If we are willing to stand in other people's shoes with respect and empathy, it is more likely that people will cooperate with us
Department of Health / Student Health Service <Self-Care Tips Series>
October 2022